Industry Internships
Our Industry Internship programme can provide your organisation with enthusiastic senior students who bring their fresh ideas, inspiration and newly gained expertise to your business, and help out with projects you never find the time for.
Whether your organisation is small, medium or large, commercial or not-for-profit, we’d like to invite you to participate in this rewarding programme. We have students majoring in a variety of areas including public relations, event management, international communication and media studies.
Benefits to you
- Complete work which you may not normally have the time or resources to do
- Contribute to students' learning and professional development
- Use the Industry Internship to find future employees and "try before you buy"
- Access Unitec’s personnel and facilities
- Enhance your corporate profile through social responsibility.
Industry Internships are an integral part of Unitec’s Bachelor of Communication and have been run successfully since 2008. All work placements require students to sign a contract to protect the confidentiality and intellectual property rights of the sponsoring organisation, and there is no ongoing employment obligation.
What type of work experience or projects can students do?
Our graduates have a reputation for ‘hitting the ground running’ and the ability to make an immediate impact wherever they go.
The following are just a few examples of work and projects which Unitec students could undertake in your organisation.
Public Relations
- Public relations assistant
- Brand management assistant
- Crisis communication assistant
Event Management
- Product launch
- Event assistant
- Event producer
- Conference assistant
- Fund raising assistant
- Event manager
- Promotions assistant
International Communication
- Communications assistant
- Policy development
- International student services assistant
Media and Design
- Feature writer
- Media monitor
- Developing web content
- Media analyst
- Publication designer
Student profile
Courteney Macleod
Bachelor of Communication graduate and intern at NZ Fashion Week
“I’ve really enjoyed being there and while I’m job searching I’m also gaining really good experience. The editor there has been really supportive in finding a job for me as well through people she knows in the industry.”
How does it work?
As a key component of the Bachelor of Communication, students are required to undertake internships in the workplace.
Students complete 200 hours of work (generally 2 days per week over a 10-week period) each semester and are available for work placements twice a year. Semester One - Februrary to June, and Semester Two - July to November.
No payment for this work period is required and there is no expectation or obligation of ongoing employment.
What we require of you
- Provide clear project outcomes or duties for the student. A Unitec placement plan must be jointly completed by yourself and the student(s)
- Induct the student(s)
- Provide appropriate support and supervision of the work undertaken
- Provide sufficient resources appropriate to the project/placement
- Take part in a joint assessment of the student at the end of the project/work placement.
Find out more
We welcome your enquiries about the Industry Internship.
To find out more about how our senior students can help you achieve your communication goals, please contact:
Dr Sara Donaghey
Industry Internship Co-ordinator for the Bachelor of Communication and Graduate Diploma in Event Communication
Faculty of Creative Industries and Business
Tel: 09 8154321 ext 8281
Email: sdonaghey@unitec.ac.nz
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Matthew Manukia - Public Relations Intern, Film Auckland (part of Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development)Bachelor of Communication (Public Relations)"Communication/PR is such a great area to get into – this field ...
