Overview

The internship is a requirement as part of the Masters of Digital Media program. Students are required to secure a four month internship related to their career objectives during the May-August term. Internships may either be with companies in the digital media industry or with a non-profit or other organization requiring the application of digital media technologies to carry out their work.  

The MDM program will provide a variety of internship opportunities for students to explore, some providing compensation and some offering students the opportunity to provide their services on a voluntary basis in order to gain experience in the field of digital media and to contribute their digital media skills to the community. 

Students have the assistance of the MDM Industry Relations department and a variety of additional resources to aid in the search for their internships. In advance of the internship period students receive support in preparing resumes and portfolios, job searching and interviewing and are provided with a variety of networking opportunities.

During the internship period students build on their real world experience and employers have the chance  to try out prospective employees.  While the MDM program will provide a range of resources to present students with a wide number of available opportunities and to support them in preparing for the interview process, each student is ultimately responsible for successfully securing his or her own internship position.

Internship Opportunities

Assistant Producers, Development & Project Managers, Interactive and Social Media Designers, Virtual World Researchers and Technologists, and Data Visualization Specialists.

A variety of digital media companies (local and international) have hired MDM interns including:

Game Companies: Radical Entertainment, Threewave Software, EA, PowerUp Studios, Relic
Mobile Companies: Telefonica (headquartered in Spain), Nokia, MobileMUSE
Animation Companies: Bardel Entertainment, Rainmaker
And others: UBC Fisheries (Data Visualization Project), Nanyang Technical University (Singapore - Virtual Worlds Project), InTransit BC (The Virtual Tunnel Project)

Here's what industry has to say about MDM interns:

Re: Assistant Producer Internship at Relic Entertainment (Dawn of War)
"Our intern was a pleasure to work with and consistently exceeded my expectations…He took responsibility well above his job description and never let me down. There wasn’t a task that I couldn’t assign him that he wasn’t able to handle, and when he did need some help to find the right solution, he was mature enough to ask and was always extremely amenable to feedback. He has the talent and skill to become a great Producer some day and I would like to work with him again to help him get there.  I hope we’ll be able to hire him upon graduation provided he hasn’t found a job somewhere else first!"

Re: Intern Assistant Producer at EA
“Our intern was a pleasure to work with.  He was organized and reliable, worked collaboratively, took initiative and was proactive. In a very short time, he integrated into the team and was able to partner with all necessary members of the team.  He was universally liked. Given the availability of a position on my team, I would hire him without question.”