Business Development & Member relations Internship

The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in San Diego (SACC San Diego) was founded in 1989 and is the largest Swedish non-profit business organization in San Diego. Our mission is to promote and facilitate trade and commerce between Sweden and the greater San Diego area, while providing a broad spectrum of services to our members and enhancing Swedish-American networks in the U.S. and Sweden. We are now seeking highly motivated individuals for our Fall 2025 internship positions.

About the internship

The Business Development & Life Science position is a six months long internship located in San Diego, CA with preferred start in January 2026. The position offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable ‘real world’ experience and business related skills as well as developing a professional network in a region with some of the world’s most prominent telecommunications, life science and cleantech industry clusters. The interns work closely with the Board of Directors, but are the executors of the Chamber’s initiatives, projects, events, and operational activities. In short it comes down to ensuring the overall success and effectiveness of SACC San Diego.

Duties and responsibilities

​​​​​​​The Business Development & Life Science intern is responsible for planning and executing the Chambers events. The intern works closely with the Marketing & Cleantech intern in order to set up the marketing for the events. The intern’s main focus is to plan and execute Life Science Bridge, a joint initiative with the Chambers in San Francisco, Minnesota and Boston. The intern will therefore have a focus on the life science industry and will have the overall responsibility for this event, which includes event-planning, finding sponsors and speakers and to promote the event. In addition, this person will keep close contact with the Chamber’s current strategic partners and corporate members. The intern will be analyzing the life science market, targeting new business members, initiating contact and developing a solid understanding of their business needs and negotiating competitive terms in order to sign new members. Overall, the responsibilities are Life Science Bridge, planning and executing the Chambers events and to develop strong and sustainable relations with current as well as prospective members.

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates are welcome to apply for multiple positions at SACC, it's important to highlight that accepting an offered position and subsequently accepting a second position at SACC is not allowed. Doing so will result in disqualification from both positions.

Who are we looking for?

Currently enrolled in a university program or graduated, within a relevant field of study and:

• Can work for six months straight

• Fluent in oral and written Swedish and English

• Ability to work independently as well as in teams

• Outgoing personality and strong communication skills

• Excellent organizational and administrative abilities

• Swedish citizenship required

Preferable qualifications

• Relevant practical work experience and/or extracurricular activities

• Previous international experience from studying and/or working abroad

• Sales experience, marketing experience and/or event planning experience

• Understanding of environmental issues and innovations

• Project management and leadership experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage others

Compensation

There is no monetary compensation for the intern, as SACC San Diego is a non-profit organization. However, as an intern abroad you are entitled to apply for scholarships. Depending on their university program, some Swedish students might also be eligible to receive student aid from CSN.

How to apply

If you are interested in becoming our next Business Development & Member Relations intern, Please apply by clicking on this link to submit your application through SACC USA's page as soon as possible, although no later than September 30th, 2025. Interviews will be held continuously and the position can be offered before the application deadline.

For questions and more information, please contact a management associate at SACC San Diego at operations@sacc-sandiego.org.