INTERNSHIP STORIES

I had my first internship in the US this summer, and it turned out to be one of the best  experiences in my design learning. Instead of being like an internship, Wix Design Playground is  more like an academy of website design and project management. It is affiliated to  Wix.com, who attribute their expertise and powers to help and educate the young  designers.  I learned the information about this program through the MICA Career Fair. Vuong, the head  of Wix Design Playground, visited MICA and had a brief interview with me. Afterward, I  had one more online interview with another program leader before I was accepted . This 7-hour a day, 5-day a week for 3 months program is actually a little bit heavy for the summer, however, I enjoy the intensity and am very satisfied with what I acquired. During the 3-month program, we are given diverse resources to develop our  own interests and careers such as lectures, workshops, and one-on-...

I got this internship through a family friend who used to work at Sony.  She put me in contact with Sony Music Canada director of the office I worked at then he linked me to my supervisor.  I am very proud of the new skills I learned such as  improving my Photoshop skills and learning how to make GIFs. I have also learned how to network and create professional relationships.  I was  responsible for designing GIFs for artists, create playlist album covers, helped with  some artists websites. I was also asked to help film for GIFs, videos,  and for photography  artists.  This internship helped clarify my career goal and helped me realize that I want to work more in the music and entertainment industry, but still as a graphic designer.

I applied to Google’s UX design internship online through their application portal . My New York office offer was finalized in early April.  Although the hiring process is quite opaque, I assume that I stood out in the candidate pool  because of the diverse design projects I worked on outside of class and my in-depth progress  for my design challenge. During my interviews, I also spoke confidently and engagingly about  my designs. I lead the development of two UX projects for Google Docs and proposed new solutions that  make it easier for users to work in Docs.  Being the first to work on a new  problem space at Google, I wasn’t given specific design instructions . Instead, I took it into my own hands to research the problem area and  discover useful data to identify previously unthoughtful design directions. I also actively  prepared and set up user studies to test my ideas and learn more about user behavior. ...

Working at Pentagram Design has been a dream internship  and a dream summer. Not only was it an amazing experience to be working at  Pentagram, but I couldn’t have asked for a better, more fun team to work in! Team Oberman does a lot of work in the entertainment industry. I was lucky to be a  part of the team that was working on the identity of Space Jam staring LeBron James.  My logo made it to the top two and it was an intense ride perfecting it for the final  presentation. I was lucky that the director and the producer saw the logo. It is a great  learning experience I will always remember. I learnt so much in those three weeks,  collaborated with the team and kept on pushing myself. My mentors were incredibly  helpful too. Other than this major project, I worked on the identity for Words of Art, a card game for  art lovers made by Scholastic for Agnes Gund’s art collection. That was a completely  different experience and...

This summer, I interned for the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Media (PCA&M) an organization dedicated to the promotion of the arts. This non-profit hosts an exhibition space that showcases anywhere from one to three exhibitions at a time, in addition to a school that offers a wide array of classes to both children and adults. The school offers a variety of classes, including ceramics, metalworking, screen printing, photography, and more. While researching internship opportunities in Pittsburgh, I came upon a posting for an Exhibitions Intern. I was unaware that the posting was from 2016, however, I was able to get in contact with the Gallery Programs Manager who was enthusiastic about my interest. After some correspondence and a phone interview, I was offered a position as an Exhibitions Intern. I was supervised by the Creative Director. The focus of my internship was on preparing and assisting with the upcoming exhibition, which featured seven sol...

During my internship this summer at Hyperakt, a design studio in Brooklyn, I got the  amazing opportunity to work with a passionate group of designers, strategists and  developers. The great part about Hyperakt is that they believe in the power of design for good. All  the work that is done was for clients who are working towards social justice. The  highlight of my internship was working on developing a brand identity for Donors  Choose, a crowdfunding platform for public school teachers. My concept went onto  become the final option and the entire team worked together to build a whole world  around that identity. It was a huge learning experience for me to see the trajectory of  the idea grow from a simple sketch through multiple renditions to the final shape it  took. Other than that, I worked on developing options for other brands like MTV Social  Impact Squad, WeWork Veterans in Residence. I also worked on creating illu...