October 19, 2022
We have continuously grown in number and in the way we get things done through the years. Together with this growth is the increasing number of aspiring interns who desire to learn from this industry by joining us.
(Note: We don't provide allowances and laptops to our interns. It is important that you have read our Interns Culture Book for more context before proceeding with this blog article.)
1. Select the internship experience track you want to apply for:
Web and Mobile App Development
You are going to study on our tech stack for 2-3 weeks, after which you will be assigned to be part of a project delivery team. As part of the team, you will be observing, learning, and working with Symph developers, designers, and a project manager, on Symph web and mobile app development projects.
QA Technical
You will experience testing Symph products— web apps, mobile apps, and more— by coding. You will be tasked to assure consistent product quality by developing and enforcing automated testing software.
Internal Technical Operations
You will be working on the development of Symph’s internal operating system. You will be given technical tasks to fix, improve, or add to current Symph operations tools to optimize its functionality and effectiveness to the entire company.
UI/UX Design
You will be working alongside the Symph design team and have experience working on web and mobile apps or Symph's very own products. You will also experience working closely with project managers/product managers and developers.
Project Management
You will be partnered with a team project manager who you will assist in handling projects. You will be immersed in management tasks like making sure a project’s specifications are followed, project timeline is on schedule, communicating with the project delivery team (Symph designers and developers) and other stakeholders.
Entrepreneurship
You will serve as a client mainly of internal projects like Symph’s web apps or systems. As the client of the project, you will lead the assurance of project execution and quality, and you will be the one mainly communicating feedback and suggestions for iterations between the Symph executive team and the project delivery team. If you are a person of ideas and are willing to do what it takes to make them a reality, this is probably for you.
Marketing Automation
On the technical side of marketing, you will experience automating recurring marketing efforts and sales pipelines. You will also experience the essentials of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and execute SEO-related actionable items for Symph.
QA Testing
You will experience doing Quality Assurance tests on Symph products— web apps, mobile apps, and the like. Your experience and feedback on the product will then be the data collected and analyzed for the product’s development team to fix bugs, iterate on features, and introduce new ideas.
Internal Non-technical Operations
You will help manage compliance of company operations needing the cooperation of the entire Symph team. This would mainly be tasks on communicating with the Symph team for reminders on compliance, gathering feedback, and relaying this information to the company executives.
Sales
You will be part of the Sales team where you will help the sales executives on managing the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) pipeline. You will learn how clients/ consumers think, behave, and how we as the service provider should collaborate with our clients to make sure we provide beneficial value to their companies.
Liaison Officer
You will primarily assist the Admin and Finance teams with administrative and finance-related tasks. You will also assist the production team to maximize the productivity of the whole team.
Copywriting or Social Media Marketing Intern
As a Copywriting or Social Media Marketing Intern at Symph, you'll craft compelling content for our brand across platforms. Collaborating with the marketing team, you'll write engaging social media captions, blog articles, and more to drive audience engagement. Additionally, you'll assist in managing Symph's presence on various platforms, ensuring alignment with our marketing strategy. Gain hands-on experience in content creation, social media management, and digital marketing analytics.
Creative Design Intern
As a Creative Design Intern at Symph, you’ll work with our design team to create visually stunning assets for marketing campaigns and products. Collaborate with Symph’s expert editors to craft compelling graphic and video content. Learn about multimedia production and storytelling, including integrating Artificial Intelligence into the editing process. Gain experience in graphic design, video editing, and multimedia production.
Events Intern
As an Events Intern at Symph, you will help organize community events Symph is involved in like tech meetups, design workshops, and entrepreneurship seminars. Collaborate with team members who are active community leaders like the Google Developers Group (GDG) – Cebu community manager, Google Business Group (GBG) – Cebu, Startup Weekend facilitators, and more, to coordinate engaging activities. Gain hands-on experience in event planning and community engagement, contributing to Symph's growth within the local and international tech and startup community.
AI Content Intern
As an AI Content Intern at Symph, you’ll leverage tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to enhance our social media presence. Explore innovative ways to use AI in content creation and distribution. Gain insights into the intersection of AI and marketing, contributing to our content strategy in the digital age.
Business Development
You will identify and look for sales leads, pitch our products to new clients/leads, maintain a good working relationship with new contacts, communicate new product developments to prospective clients, and oversee the writing of marketing literature.
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2. Prepare a Pecha Kucha video as part of the application. Take a look at this example for inspiration. Then fill out one of these forms according to the internship experience track you have selected:
(Web and Mobile App Development, QA Technical, Internal Technical Operations, UI/UX Design, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Automation)
(QA Testing, Internal Non-technical operations, Liaison Officer)
(Copywriting, Social Media Marketing, Creative Design, Events, AI Content)
(Business Development)
3. Our team will review your application and reply within the week to either decline your application or accept you as our intern.
I've applied but I haven't heard back from you. What do I do?
Did you follow all the instructions above? Please double check.
If you followed all the instructions above, wait 3 days (factor in weekends and holidays) for a response on your application. Feel free to stalk our social media accounts while waiting. If we haven’t responded back, please do send us a follow up email at join@symph.co.
If you have any inquiry that is not answered by this blog post, please send us a message- direct messages to our social media accounts will do. We are looking forward to your application and we can’t wait for you to be part of the team!
