INTERNSHIP STORIES

I am Arthur Futernik, a sophomore at Maryland Institute College of Art. During the summer of 2016 I interned for an industry design company called EC Designs. I was told about EC Designs through a family friend that mentioned my name to lead designer, Eric Cera. After doing a bit of research I noticed Eric worked for many reputable clients such as MTV, Time Inc, and ABC, among others. Eric was impressed by my website and I reached out to him to get further details. In the past I have always wanted to work in the entertainment industry. Interning for EC Designs would give me a great head-start and insight to this field of work. When the summer started, Eric and I met in person and went over what I intended to do with the company. After a long conversation about my past experience, future goals, and the work load I would be doing I was accepted as an intern! This internship provided an in-depth look into the field of industry design, an occupation that is very in line with ...

I interned the summer of 2016 for TESSO Technologies; a large wireless distribution company located about 20 minutes outside Baltimore in Timonium, Maryland. TESSCO has another location in Nevada and is traded on the NASDAQ. Their partners include Lifeproof, Otterbox, Speck, Samsung, LG, you name it. After coming across a listing online for a design intern, I applied on a whim. The position was paid, I had not secured a credited position yet, and having just signed a lease to the most beautiful walk-up, I was in no position to turn down being paid. I received a phone call immediately the following morning, and after an interview and a portfolio review I was hired. I worked under Paul Garland in the marketing department. Paul’s official position was campaign production and execution (a generic tag applied to all the creatives in the marketing department), but he was essentially the creative head for the department, as all the other creatives answered to him. I worked on many...

My name is Nora Mestrich, and I am a senior graphic design major. In the summer of 2016, I interned at Anti/Anti Studio in New York City. This past spring semester I became much more interested in branding and decided I wanted to focus my internship hunt at small branding studios in New York. I searched extensively for small studios to apply to, and worked with my department head, Brockett Horne, to find connections I may have at the studios I was applying to. From there, I sent cold emails and waited to hear back. Anti/Anti got back to me about a week after I sent my initial email and told me they wanted to schedule an interview with me, and since I was already planning on being in New York during spring break, I scheduled my interview for that week. When I went in for my interview I met with the Creative Director Ros Knopov and walked him through my portfolio. I heard back a couple weeks later that I had officially received the internship and began planning my summer in New Yor...

My name is Ian Kline and I am a junior Photography major. During the summer of 2016, I was an assistant to Jordan Baumgarten, a photographer who has his MFA from RISD and is currently based in Philadelphia, PA. I first saw Jordan’s work when he had an interview on Vice Magazine’s website that followed up on his first book Briar Patch in 2013. At the 2016 Philadelphia Photo Art Book Fair, a bunch of us went out for dinner after the first night and Jordan was in the group with us. He mentioned that he wanted to find an intern for the summer to help him out in the studio and in the field. I told him I was more than interested and willing, but he said I might be too qualified and that one of his students at University of the Arts may gain more out of the internship, but he said he would let me know. He texted me about a month later saying that if I wanted to do the internship I’d be more than welcome, so I excitedly said yes.  Unlike some internships that may be one sided wi...

My name is Sandra Liu, and I am a junior Painting major. During the summer of 2017, I was an intern artist at Salem Art Works, an art center and sculpture park located in upstate New York. I found this opportunity online through the MicaNetwork, and I was interested in it because it provided an opportunity to work amongst professional artists and explore new mediums. I  wanted to push myself as a painter beyond school and desired a venue to talk to practicing artists about how they make work and sustain themselves. Furthermore, since this program was a work study, I would have food and board covered and a small artist’s stipend. I applied to Salem Art Works online through their Submittable form and turned in my resume, letter of intent, and ten work samples. I was notified through email two months later that I was chosen as one of the new interns. My direct supervisor was Anika Cartterfield, the intern coordinator at Salem Art Works. They  helped integra...

  My name is Syehyun Lee (Sean) and I am a rising junior Film and Video major in Maryland Institute College of Art. During the summer of 2016, I was a Video and Marketing department intern for Dasan Education, a company based in Seoul (Gangnam), Republic of Korea (South Korea). When I was a high school student, I went to Dasan Education Institute to study for the SAT and TOEFL for the American University, so I had always wanted to work at Dasan company when I get old enough to work, and summer 2016 was the time! What Dasan company does in South Korea is launch decent SAT, ACT and TOEFL Academy (Institute) sites in large cities in Korea. They also have two international middle and high schools in Seoul, South Korea. I can say that all the huge companies have video departments for recording something. In Dasan Education Company, they need to record all the lessons of SAT, ACT, TOFEL, and AP subjects for merchandizing; they sell to students who really want to study outside ...

My name is Emma Rubini, and I am going into my senior year as an Illustration major. In summer 2016, I interned in the costume department at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC). The world of theatre is one that has interested me since I was a child, but I had gotten out of it since starting college, and it was something I really missed. After becoming interested in costumes as a hobby, I took the costume design class here at MICA in fall of 2014, and it was from the professor of that class that I heard about CSC. I emailed the costume director, Kristina Lambdin. She got back to me quickly, and after a short back-and-forth, she accepted my internship request. She is also the one who became my direct supervisor. She is in charge of designing costumes for new shows (sometimes with a co-designer) as well as maintaining the costume shop and creating new c...