Frenchspeaking Architecture Intern *CONVENTION DE STAGE NECESSARY* With EU nationality

Job description

About

La mission de Colonies est de créer l’expérience de logement de demain.

L’offre locative actuelle, qui n’a pas évolué depuis des décennies, est largement inadaptée au nouveaux modes de vie et aux évolutions tant professionnelles que personnelles. Le logement est aujourd’hui vécu comme un problème, une contrainte alors qu’il devrait être l’un des principaux vecteurs de bonheur. Et paradoxalement, alors que la densification des métropoles s’accélère, de nombreux habitants s’y sentent de plus en plus isolés.

Pour Colonies, le logement doit être en mesure d’accompagner les mutations des modes de vie et devenir un véritable facteur d’épanouissement individuel et collectif.

L'offre de Colonies repose sur 3 piliers : les espaces, les services et la communauté.

Ces solutions de logement sont construites autour d’un espace privatif (studio), de « Homes » qui reproduisent le principe d’une maison, et de super-communs qui étendent les possibilités.
Cette approche associe simplicité et flexibilité (réservation en ligne, formules tout inclus, etc.). Pendant leur séjour, de quelques semaines à plusieurs mois, les clients de Colonies peuvent accéder à des services qui facilitent leur quotidien et leur permettent de consacrer leur temps à ce qui compte vraiment pour eux.
Enfin les résidences Colonies sont pensées de manière à faciliter les rencontres et les échanges (community management et mise à disposition d’espaces uniques) – sans jamais les imposer.

Capitalisant sur plusieurs expériences réussies, Colonies accélère désormais sa croissance en renforçant son équipe développement.

Colonies a réalisé une levée de fonds de série A auprès d’investisseurs de renom, (Idinvest, Global Founders Capital, Xavier Niel, Financière Saint James, Thibaud Elzière) avec pour ambition de devenir le leader européen du Coliving.

Job Description

We offer a stage in our inhouse Architecture & Design team with start date in June/July 2020 for a duration of 5-6 months.

Created in Paris in 2017, Colonies designs and operates housing buildings located in large cities.
Our places are fully furnished and equipped, mixing private studios for intimacy and common spaces for sharing. Our offer is all-included to make sure our tenants can focus on what really matters to them. Moving to a new place can be challenging and intimidating: this is why we foster community through regular events and activities.
After raising a €11 million financing round with investors such as Idinvest Partners, Global Founders Capital, Kima Ventures and Financière Saint James, Colonies is accelerating its growth and will start launching developments and operations across Continental European markets with a focus on Germany, Benelux and Switzerland.

Colonies is looking for a special person studying Architecture and/or Interior Design to do an internship with us based in Paris. You would be interning within the Architecture & Design team of 7-10 people, and the wider Colonies team (30+ people), elaborating co-living quick turnaround smallscale Houses projects as well as longterm larger scale projects.

Preferred Experience

What would we like you to do at Colonies?
You will work with the Architect & the business development team to evaluate quick feasibilities of projects by applying the Colonies Concept
You will develop small scale projects of houses in Europe.
You will take part in one or more large scale project project developments designing our supercool supercommon spaces
You will work cross-functionally with the Project Management team and Operations gathering and sharing data information from the projects we are working on
You develop and create new and efficiently drawn designs for future coliving concepts
You will be working with procurement, sourcing of FF&E and liaising with suppliers
You will be supporting in producing prototype packages and guidelines for the development into each local market in EMEA

What type of background do we imagine that you have?

·  You are currently at the end of your studies in Architecture or Interior Design and you are looking for an internship that could extend into a fixed position at the end of the internship period.
·  A base knowledge of french regulation in the residential sector is a plus.
·  CAD, Revit, 3d SketchUp, Rhino, Adobe Photoshop and PowerPoint or Google Slides, InDesign, are one of your strengths. If you are comfortable using Slack, Trello, Github, Notion that is a plus.
·  You have an independent working attitude and a strong hands-on mentality
·  You are willing to be building relationships with our cross functional highly energetic teams of 30+ people
·  You are fluent in written and spoken English & French. Our business language is english.

What is the Colonies Culture?
Assembling various trades into a single team is a characteristic of Colonies. We do real-estate development, architecture, project management, experience design, and tech. Each one of us is encouraged to share their craftsmanship with the team, and to participate to discussions about the Colonies concepts.
The atmosphere is casual and relaxed, and we all love working hard as the brand is expanding quickly.
Work schedules and personal organization are flexible: we bet on autonomy and trust. We are currently located in the Paris 10th district, with an amazing view over Montmartre.

Recruitment Process

What does Colonies offer?

** You must have a Convention de stage in order to make a french internship of 6 months
You must have a Work/Internhsip authorisation for the french territory
Start date: January 2020
Duration of Stage: 5-6 months (unfortunately we do not accept applicants for internships for a duration of less than 5 months)
**

We are offering you the opportunity to become a member of our growing and highly-motivated pan-european team
We offer a team-oriented and diverse working culture within a highly professional, national and international network and start-up environment
800 euro per month
50% off your metro card
You'll be encouraged to dedicate time learning new tools

Colonies search for people with a passion for their profession, in various projects of different sizes. As we want to get to know you and how you work please do send us your full CV, portfolio, coverletter...

Last but definately not least:
We want you to respond to the following questions in order to for us to be able to include you in our selection:
What are the 3 technical drawings you are most proud of?
Can you give us 3 inspirational images of what COLIVING means to you?
What does urban living today and tomorrow mean for you and why do you want to participate in changing the way we live?
What motivated the above selection?*
We need you to have the talent to strengthen our team.

Start date: July 2020 for a duration of minimum 5 months

Additional Information

·  Contract Type: Internship (Between 5 and 6 months)
·  Start Date: 25 June 2020
·  Location: Paris, France (75010)
·  Education Level: Master's Degree
·  Experience: < 6 months
·  Occasional remote authorized
·  Salary: 800€ / month