Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

Intern at myGengo!

myGengo is hiring Interns! We are looking to hire one or two amazing, multilingual individuals who fit the following.

You are:
• A college student or recent graduate
• Fluent in either Chinese or Japanese
• Punctual, reliable, confident, positive, proactive and organized
• Excited about a career in the web

You have:
• Good attention to detail and a good writing style in Japanese or Chinese
• Good computer skills (but you don’t need to be a programmer)

You’ll do this:
• Help us grow our worldwide team of translators
• Spread the word about myGengo online and in the real world
• Edit and create new website and blog content
• Give amazing customer support

You’ll get:
• Expenses paid (up to Y1000/day)
• A foot in the door at a company that’s going places
• Something on your CV that will be important
• The opportunity to learn a lot – we are interested in helping you too!

You’ll get way more than an internship at a big corporation:
• A sense of achievement as you be a part of myGengo growing
• You’ll do much more interesting work (no photocopying! no coffee runs!)
• You’ll learn a lot more, because you’ll be on the front line
• You don’t need to wear a suit
• You won’t be playing Minesweeper, you’ll be working damn hard

You’ll learn:
The basics of being a brilliant person to work with
(Trust us, if you’re still in college or fresh out, you’ve still got things to learn!)
• Good teamwork
• Communication skills
• Presentation skills

Design
If you’re interested in the design side of things, you’ll get expert coaching from a creative director with 7 years experience in web design and branding.
• UI Design, IA, Graphic Design
• Flash/Actionscript (3.0)
• Branding
• Help & advice with any personal/portfolio projects

Web Development
If you’re more on the technical side, you can be taught by two top developers both with 16 years combined experience building high-end web apps.
• HTML & CSS
• SEO
• PHP/MySQL
• Server Administration, Web-Services Deployment
• Help & advice with any personal/portfolio projects

Research & Support
If you’re more the academic type and your interests are in language, you will be integral to our content creation and translator-support efforts
• Language and cultural research
• Translation Market / Industry research
• Help & advice with career path choices

Where?
Tokyo (Ichigaya / Hanzomon station)

Commitment
Minimum 4 weeks, 3 days per week
If you are available for a longer period, part time, that’s great!

Please fill out our application