Hospitality Management Intern

Salary Unpaid

Are you a bit mad, very driven, and excited about building new things? Look no further! We are a talent accelerator, helping people to enter the tech world by either creating a startup or joining one. We're a community-driven non-profit part of the Startup Foundation, alongside eg. Slush and Maria01. We support our community through events, workshops, and training to develop the skills needed in high growth companies.


The general scope of your responsibility will consist of Community Management, mainly:

  • Being the face of The Shortcut Lab at Maria 01 and of our community

  • Being the first point of contact for our customers and visitors at our office

  • Improve the user experience of our The Shortcut Lab (our office)

  • Research and ideation of how to improve the customer experience

  • Managing the relationship with other actors in the startup ecosystem (such as Maria01, Aaltoes, Startuplifers, Kiuas etc.)

  • Facilitating events for our community

  • Being up to date on what is going on in the startup ecosystem

  • Supporting on-boarding and off-boarding of our interns and staff

  • Supporting planning, building and hosting community events and event marketing communication, maintaining our online community platform, and supporting marketing

You are:

  • Energised and driven by subjects such as talent development, diversity in tech and the Shortcut mission

  • Ambitious, willing to grow as a community leader, and seeking to demonstrate your abilities

  • Enthusiastic about interacting with people and making new connections

  • Excellent in communication and interpersonal skills: you make a good impression, and can get along with different kinds of people

  • Socially and professionally well-connected and have an outgoing personality

  • Able to respond to challenges by generating results, getting feedback, and improving based on that feedback

  • Great at public speaking, and confident in presenting The Shortcut to various audiences

We offer:

  • Platform to showcase your ability and increase your employability

  • Access to networking opportunities

  • Working with a diverse community of driven, like-minded doers

  • Exciting and fast-growing working environment.


For more information or questions please contact us at michal.leshem@theshortcut.org

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Skill development
Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Work life balance
Work life balance

Carve out time for your kids, friends and personal cider projects.

Central office
Central office

Your local office is your anchor point, thus, we placed it centrally at your convenience.

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Working at
The Shortcut

The Shortcut is an impact-driven non-profit organization dedicated to professional integration, career transformation and entrepreneurship in Finland. We are deeply embedded in the startup ecosystem, funded by the Startup Foundation and are a sister organization to Slush, Maria 01 and Junction. We bridge the gap between job seekers and companies in Finland by providing in-demand training and fostering a growth mindset in the community.

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