Students accepted to the programme will undertake an internship in the workforce. You’ll complete a set project for your organisation and the accompanying university coursework.

The programme operates as a standard, 15-point course and is a valuable opportunity to gain workplace experience, make connections and develop professional skills.

If you’re interested in receiving more info about internships and would like to be in the loop about internship updates, please contact bc@auckland.ac.nz.

Make sure you check out the Internships and careers in Arts video.

If you’ve found an internship project you’re interested in, complete an application.

If you haven’t found anything that interests you, do seek out other opportunities or internships that could be credited towards this course. There may be an organisation you’d particularly like to work with, and you can reach out to them and see if they have options that could work.

You’ll need to ensure you organise an unpaid, 80-hour, supervised project. Your potential supervisor can contact us for details.  

• Worth one 15-point course at Stage III – it will be credited as COMMS 307 for Communication students or CAREER300 for non-Comms students.
  
• Work required: 
  • 80-hour project in the workplace.
  • 10 – 12 hours of coursework (in-person weeks 1-3 and Zoom weeks 6, 10 and 11).
    
• Internship projects come from a range of industries, including media, public relations, advertising, broadcasting, and corporate communication.
• Enrolment numbers are limited and not every student will be accepted. See the application process below for more details.

Applying 

• Find an internship you’re interested in. You can browse available projects here or reach out to organisations yourself. If organising your own project, please download and send your potential supervisor/mentor our one-page course brief and write them an introductory email explaining why you want to take on a project with them and what you have to offer.
  
• Once you’ve chosen a project, put together a CV specific to that opportunity. This CV must come to us first for review. Do not send it directly to any of our current partners.
  
• Complete the online application, including submitting your CV. 
  
• You will find an example CV in the section below. We will give you one round of feedback on your CV and send your 2nd version to our contact in the organisation. It will be up to our contact to decide whether to interview you on the basis of your CV.

If your application is accepted

• You’ll be invited to a pre-course session (on Zoom), where you’ll deliver a 2-minute pitch for your chosen project (even if you’re organising your own project).
• Once you’ve completed the session and the course coordinators are happy with your pitch and CV, they’ll send your application to the organisation.
• The organisation will arrange an interview with you.
• If the interview is successful, you’ll be formally enrolled in CAREER 300/COMMS 307.

• A range of new skills to boost your employability and enhance your CV
• Real-life workplace experience in your area of interest
• Connections – building a network of professional contacts  
• References for future job applications  
• A portfolio of work (e.g. pieces of writing, videos produced, social
  media campaigns)
• Feedback and practice around CV-writing and interview skills  
• The possibility of employment (part-time or full-time) with your chosen
  organisation. The organisations often use this experience to select high
  performing grad employees
  

Past organisation partners include:

• Mango Communication (content marketing)
• SkillsVR (content marketing)
• Ensemble Magazine (online content creation)
• TVNZ Re: (online digital news and media content creation)
• DocEdge Festival (communications, digital content, and event management)
• JunkRun (video production)
• Netball NZ (published research project)
• NZME (Tiktok campaign idea and planning)
• Rainbow Youth (social media)
• Restaurant Hub (writing & production)
• The Spinoff (writing and interviewing)
  

See full list of past projects