The Association offers internships to qualified students around the world with an interest in the culinary tourism industry. While our headquarters and office are located in beautiful Portland, Oregon (USA), we maintain a global footprint with contacts, interests and operations all around the globe.

We realize it may not be feasible for a student to relocate to Portland for a semester, which is why the Association offers Virtual Internships. The Virtual Internship program runs a number of internships that last on average 12 weeks during an academic term. Internships can be customized to a student's specific interest and area of study, or students can choose from our most popular internship offerings below. Internships are unpaid but students may be eligible for academic credit through their institution.

Every intern is partnered with a member of the Association staff. The staff member and intern agree on the scope of the project before the internship begins. During the course of the internship, the staff member and intern communicate on a weekly basis to make sure that any questions are answered and that the student is learning. At the end of the internship, the student completes the project and receives a letter from the Association, which may be used to receive credit at an academic institution. Exceptional candidates may also receive letters of recommendation to assist with their job search.

CURRENT VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP OFFERS:

MARKETING INTERN
Oriented for marketing, sales, and business management students.
The Association seeks students interested in sales and marketing to conceptualize, devise, create and execute a marketing campaign for one of the Association's products. You will create a target market from the Association's database, build the components of the campaign (offer, message, call to action and deadline), execute the campaign, and then measure the return of the campaign, all under the tutelage of an experienced Association professional staff member. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of sales and marketing.

MEMBERSHIP INTERN
Oriented for marketing, sales and business management students.
The Association seeks students interested in membership associations to conceptualize, devise, create and execute a membership campaign for one the Association. You will create a target market from the Association's database (or perhaps choose your own region or country), build the components of the campaign (offer, message, call to action and deadline), execute the campaign, and then measure the return of the campaign, all under the tutelage of an experienced Association professional staff member. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of member relations.

DATABASE INTERN
Oriented for students of marketing, customer service and database design.
The Association seeks students interested in customer relationship management to work on improving market segmentation in the Association's database. You will select identify a section of interest within the database, build a strategy to perform the work, complete the work, and then measure the success of your work, all under the tutelage of an experienced Association professional staff member. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of customer relationship management and database issues such as segmentation and reporting.

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT INTERN
Oriented for students of journalism and publishing.
The Association seeks students interested in journalism and publishing to work on revising the Association's core book, Culinary Tourism: The Hidden Harvest. The goal is to overhaul the book, include much more information, and many new examples. You will work directly with Association President Erik Wolf on this project. You will first develop an overhaul, make inquiries of publishers, source examples and write content. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of offline (print) publishing.

FOODTREKKER EDITORIAL INTERN
Oriented for students of journalism and publishing.
The Association's publishing arm seeks students interested in journalism and publishing to write and develop content for FoodTrekker.com, our consumer culinary tourism website. You will work with FoodTrekker's Editor in Chief to define a geographic and/or product area of interest to you. You then become a subject matter expert on those topics and populate the FoodTrekker database with the knowledge you glean from a variety of sources. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of online publishing.

MULTIMEDIA EDITING INTERN
Oriented for students of audio/video editing and production.
The Association's publishing arm seeks students interested in audio/video editing and production to annotate and transform audio and video content for FoodTrekker.com, our consumer culinary tourism website. You will work with FoodTrekker's Editor in Chief to define the scope of the project and our specific needs, as well as your areas of interest. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of multimedia publishing in an online format.

EDUCATION/TRAINING INTERN
Oriented for students interested in training, teaching, and education.
The Association seeks students interested in training, teaching, and education to work on developing its Certified Culinary Tourism Professional (CCTP) program workbook. You will work directly with the Association's Education Committee on this project. The committee will guide you on specific tasks, which you will research, complete and report on. You will also attend conference calls the committee holds regarding this project. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of workforce training.

PHP CODING INTERN
Oriented for computer programming and software design students.
The Association seeks students interested in PHP coding and programming to work on the FoodTrekker.com website. You will be assigned a project of interest to you, develop a plan to perform the work, complete the work, and then measure the success of your work, all under the tutelage of an experienced Association professional staff member. At the end of the internship, you will have a new understanding of the practical application of PHP coding and website database design.