Meet Pirita Hiltunen

Even if you don't know the German words for "drain" of "clogged" you can still manage to solve the problem of a clogged drain with your janitor in Berlin. GROW participant Pirita Hiltunen from MTV3 Finland is living proof that even after only a month at Ullstein Buchverlage in Berlin, you can get by easier than you think. "German yoga lesson instructions are slowly starting to make sense to me - as well as the chaotic Berlin traffic. With a bike," she says.

Hiltunen will be working for two more months as a junior product manager as part of the Jahrbuch Redaktion team, which is a switch from her job as marketing planner for business-to-business marketing at MTV3.

"Jahrbuch Redaktion is a fairly independent part of the Ullstein Buchverlage," Hiltunen says. "I am excited about this project where I get to redesign the entire web site structure for Jahrbuch der Werbung and Jahrbuch der Unternehmenskommunikation. It is very challenging and at the same time a unique learning opportunity."

Hiltunen, 28, says she has always wanted to work in a foreign country. "For as long as I can remember, my dream has been to live and work abroad," she says. "I have loved working at MTV3, but the only thing missing has been the international opportunities - until GROW. So I had no other choice but to apply!"

Her best memory so far? "Waking up on that first day, looking out the window and realizing that I am living the dream that I have always had."