Employment Type: Internship
Contract Duration: 6 months extendable to 11 months
Why you will love working here
At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make
aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.
• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!
About the team you are joining
IATA Events provide organizations active in air transport with an
essential arena for insight, discussion and cooperation on industry-related
issues. Your will join the IATA Event Operations team as Intern Event Operations and therefore work in a fast pace,
multi-disciplinary and diverse environment. If you have excellent
organizational and communication skills, a high-level of initiative and strong
cultural awareness, enjoy engaging with internal and external stakeholders and
are interested in events and in the air transport industry, we strongly
encourage you to apply to this position. You will report to the Senior Manager
Event Operations, and will be supporting the administration, operations and
logistics of the annual global IATA events.
What your day would be like
A typical day in this role might include:
- Managing
content on iata.org event websites, keeping FAQs and
sponsor information up to date and uploading final slide decks to event
pages.
- Updating
internal marketing materials, ensuring sponsor
logos and details are accurate and ready for use across channels.
- Reviewing
and validating event registrations, checking
delegate categories and admission items, spotting incomplete registrations,
and reaching out directly to delegates when clarification is needed.
- Processing
SPEX and event-related contracts in LCP and SAP,
supporting seamless collaboration with internal stakeholders and the Event
Contracts team.
- Preparing
post-event reports, compiling data and insights that
help evaluate event success and inform future improvements.
- Providing
remote support for ongoing events, assisting the
team quickly and effectively when operational needs arise.
- Preparing
transition slides used during events
- Uploading
and organizing event photos on the official
IATA Flickr account to maintain our event archives and photo library.
We would love to hear from you if
- You recently (within 1 year) graduated
from a University with a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a related field such
as Marketing, Event management and/or Business;
- You have knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PPT, etc.), Adobe Creative Suite
and HTML/SharePoint.
- You can prioritize multiple projects, are highly organized and can take care
of detailed administrative tasks.
- You can easily adapt to workload and work under pressure with a positive
mindset, proactivity and a problem-solving attitude.
- You have excellent English writing skills and good attention to details.
- Experience working with CVENT, SAP and Salesforce is a plus.
Travel Required: N
Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
