College: Stevenson College, Edinburgh

Course: NQ Digital Design

Heading to: Sydney, Australia

For how long: 14 weeks

Starting: October 2010

Programme: Graphic Design Internships programme

What are you most looking forward to in Australia?

I am most looking forward to the nice weather, learning to surf, spending christmas on the beach, meeting loads of cool new people and just generally experiencing a different way of life.

What do you hope to achieve/ learn on your internship?

I am hoping to return all highly employable, with proper experience in working in a design job.

What do you think this internship/ placement will add to your CV?

Not only will this internship add experience to my CV, but it will be something that will stand out to employers, as going to work in a foreign country is something that not that many people will have done. It will hopefully show that I am motivated and not afraid to go out of my comfort zone.

Why are you travelling to Australia for your internship?

Australia is somewhere that I have always wanted to go to, and would have been somewhere i probably would have liked to travel around in the next years anyway, so it seemed like a plan to do something productive in terms of future job prospects whilst I’m out there.

How jealous do you think your friends are going to be?

My friends are all majorly jeolous and are currently fighting it out about who is getting to stow away in my suitcase.

Anything else you can think of?

One thing that I am worried about concerning my trip is the spider situation in Australia. Lets just say that there will be lots of screaming involved if one jumps out on me.

haha love this comment, one thing to remember is they are way more scared of you than you are of them (hard to believe I know). But you can get a pest free plugin that emits a high frequency that keeps all crawly things out of your flat/ house, check it out when you get to Australia. We use one on the Gold Coast and never have any spiders inside!

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College: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Course: Graphic Design and Theatre

Country: USA

Heading to: Sydney, Australia

For how long: 10 weeks

Starting: May 2010

Programme: Graphic Design Internships programme

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Zach applied in March for his Summer 2010 Internship in Sydney, Australia. Zach has focused on graphic design within his studies in at University of Montevallo and the University of Alabama at Birmingham for the last four years.

Zach has some experience as a freelance designer in Birmingham and has lived abroad extensively. He is looking to combine these two areas in a great summer placement in Sydney, Australia.

Zach has provided some comments on why he choose Australia and what he hopes to get out of his experience:

I’m really down with the folks from Australia that I know here in the states and they’ve done a pretty good job on convincing me that Sydney is where its at. I’ve been around a little bit and have yet to make it down under so I’m stoked to get to catch life from a different angle. I’m a big city kind of guy and from what I can tell there are a lot of different kinds of folks living and working there.

I study graphic design and film/theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I am really looking to get some insight into the creative process of a different perspective. Life is art. There are correlations between culture, problems, solutions, process.

Its a great spot and there is a lot to live and learn from this city, yet I am really looking to bounce ideas and come up with creative solutions to creative problems with the people I meet in Sydney. Life is about the relationships you have with the people you meet and share life with.

If you’re interested in a  summer internship or a graduate Design placement, click through to the Design Internships page for full details on the programme and example Graphic Design internship company and positions descriptions.