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Career Services

Career development is a journey. Wherever you are in the process — from choosing a major to considering graduate school — SLU-Madrid Career Services offers seminars and one-to-one coaching to help you develop your plans and achieve career success.

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Kaylee Galindo creates and edits textbooks to teach young learners English at her internship at Milton Educational Publishing. The books Kaylee helps create are used in Spanish schools for grades ESO 1-4.

At Saint Louis University-Madrid, our career services coordinator is here to help you find internships, coach you on your job search, and assist with graduate school applications.

Career Services Seminars

Create your LinkedIn Profile
1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28, SIH 132

Craft a Great Résumé
2 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, MH S07

Internship Requirements and Opportunities
2 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, MH S07

Create your LinkedIn Profile
2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, MH S07

Take your LI Profile Picture
2 p.m., Thursday, March 13, MH S07

How to Network — In-person and Online
2 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, MH S07

Crafting a Cover Letter — Without AI
2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 25, MH S07

Preparing for an Interview
2 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, MH S07

How to Get the Job you Want
2 p.m., Thursday, April 3, MH S07

Applying to Graduate School
2:30 p.m., Thursday, April 3, MH S07

Alumni Career Advice Forum and Networking Event
2 p.m., Tuesday, April 22, MH S07

Internships

An internship allows you to test-drive a career path as you acquire real-world experience, develop your résumé and gain confidence. Some of our recent internship workplaces include:

  • Deloitte
  • Embassies (U.K. and U.S. Embassies in Spain; Spanish Embassies abroad)
  • Charles Schwab
  • Blomeyer & Sanz
  • Macmillan Education
  • ONG Rescate
  • Gonzalez Byass
  • Sotheby's
  • Geneva Centre for Human Rights

If you'd like to learn more about interning at SLU-Madrid, see the requirements and get started on Handshake.

Remote Internships — SLU Experiential Learning Program

Participate in a remote internship from day one! Organizations offer these project-based, short-term internships and, therefore, do not have a minimum credit requirement.

Apply for a Remote Internship 

Employment

A SLU-Madrid education prepares you to work in the field of your choice. Graduates of SLU-Madrid go on to work at top companies and organizations around the world. Some of the companies employing our graduates include:

  • Acciona
  • Banco Santander
  • Deloitte
  • IBM
  • KPMG
  • Legal Aid Society
  • Mandarin Oriental
  • National Human Rights Council
  • SAP
  • United Nations
Graduate School

A SLU-Madrid education provides a great foundation for graduate school. We'll also direct you to programs and advise you on applications, entrance exams, and personal statements.

SLU-Madrid alumni attend graduate schools recognized worldwide, including:

  • Boston University
  • Columbia University
  • Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
  • Georgetown University Law School
  • Harvard University
  • IE
  • London School of Economics
  • New York University
  • U.N. University for Peace
  • Yale School of Management

Our graduates are people for others who participate in the Peace Corps, the Fulbright program, AmeriCorps, Teach for America, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and numerous organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life for all persons.

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Career Services Coordinator

Patrice Burns

Patrice Burns

Padre Rubio Hall
P: (+91) 554 58 58, ext. 241
patrice.burns@slu.edu

Patrice Burns graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in communications and Spanish. She studied for a year at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as an undergrad and has lived and worked in both the U.S. and Spain since then. After receiving her M.A. in Spanish from Marquette University, she worked as a center director at Concordia University and as director of foreign languages at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee SCE. She joined SLU-Madrid in 2007 and serves as the career services coordinator, helping students prepare for their careers via hands-on workshops and internship experiences. She also provides career counseling to graduates and manages alumni relations. 

Career Services Assistant

Anamaría González

Anamaría González

Padre Rubio Hall
P: (+91) 554 58 58, ext. 241
anamaria.gonzalez@slu.edu

Anamaría was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a semester abroad at Madrid's Conservatorio Superior de Danza "María de Ávila" (CSDMA), she understands the power of following your passions across borders. After graduation, she worked in fundraising, supporting school communities and helping them reach their financial goals. In 2019, Anamaría returned to Madrid as an English teaching assistant, where she had the privilege of working in various concertado and private schools across the city. She earned a master's degree in Global Higher Education from Instituto Franklin – Universidad de Alcalá in 2025. Anamaría joined SLU-Madrid in July 2025 as a Career Services Assistant, focusing on helping students explore meaningful professional paths with purpose and intentionality.