Avenue
Pictures • Icon Pictures • DM Baker
Media Relations
• Creative Artists Agency
Double Feature • Cumulus Broadcasting • Fox
2000 •
Fox Network Entertainment
Chicago Pacific• KEYT/ABC • Jeff Nathanson • Pie
Town Productions
Santa Barbara International Film Festival • Spyglass
Entertainment
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Information for Students Wanting
To Apply for a Media Internship
Internships are available for Fall, Winter, Spring,
or Summer. Internships are primarily in Los Angeles,
but some are in Santa Barbara.
Interns must be enrolled either as an undergraduate
(junior or senior) or graduate student at UCSB during
the quarter or summer that they complete the internship,
and are not eligible after they have graduated from
the university.
Only complete applications will be considered.
Applicants to the media internship program must submit
the following:
- Media internship application form (download
form).
- Transcript of coursework verifying junior, senior
or graduate student status, (must be a registered
UCSB student during the internship term), and a 3.0
GPA.
- A letter of recommendation from a past internship
sponsor, relevant work supervisor or professor.
- A résumé indicating at least one
prior internship or relevant work experience.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on the MONDAY of the
following week each term:
- Fall: September, Monday of the week that includes
the 7th
- Winter: October, Monday of the week that includes
the 24th
- Spring: February, Monday of the week that includes
the 9th
- Summer: May, Monday of the week that includes the
8th
Submit the application to:
Cathy Boggs
Associate Director
Carsey-Wolf Center
6046 HSSB, UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7100
cboggs@cftnm.ucsb.edu
Center faculty will review applications, invite selected
applicants for an interview, and match accepted interns
with a host organization based on the interests of
the accepted intern and the requirements of the company
sponsor.
For applicants who would like help in preparing a resume,
interviewing, or searching for other internship opportunities,
please visit Career Services, the primary campus resource
for internship and career information (building #599,
across from Storke tower, next to Humanities and Social
Sciences Building, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7140;
805-893-4412). Their web page at http://career.ucsb.edu offers
extensive information on all of these, plus other job-
and internship-related topics.
We encourage all of our interns to take Education
164 - Introduction
to Career Planning. Visit www.career.ucsb.edu for
more information.
Information for Students Accepted into the
Media Internship Program
Before the first week of your internship:
- Pick up and read an internship packet from Career Services, the
primary campus resource for internship and career information (building
#599, across from Storke tower, next to Humanities and Social Sciences
Building, 893-4412). The packet includes: A Student Guide to Internships;
Creating your Own Internship; Internship Interview Tips; and Projecting
a Professional Image in the Workplace.
- Download a copy of the Learning
Agreement. Complete your portion of the Learning Agreement
and then go over this with your host organization supervisor to
complete and sign the rest. Make three copies so that you can give
one to your supervisor, one for you to keep, one to give to your
department if you are obtaining credit for the internship, and
one to return to the Media Internship Program (Dr. Ronald E. Rice,
at the address listed above).
- You will need to provide your host organization proof that either
you are registered for internship credit, or are certified by Career
Services as a university student doing an internship. Apply for credit
in your major department if they offer such credit.
- If you cannot get credit for the internship through your own department,
and you are an undergraduate student, apply to Dr. Constance Penley
(penely@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu),
Co-Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New
Media and Professor of Film and Media Studies, for a 2-credit independent
study.
- If you are a graduate student, apply to Dr. Ronald E. Rice (rrice@cftnm.ucsb.edu),
Co-Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New
Media and Professor of Communication, for a 2-credit independent
study. Please note that this requires a short proposal, and the correct
course/instructor add code, so plan ahead to be fully registered
by the beginning of the term. If you do not need course credit, then
take a copy of your Media Internship Program acceptance letter to
Career Services, and request a Letter of Sponsorship/Certification,
or set up an appointment with Ms. Deb Artz (805-893-4412). She will
prepare an official certification letter that verifies your student
and intern candidate status, providing a legal basis for you to assume
an unpaid internship. You will then give this letter to your host
organization’s Internship Coordinator. See also “Internship
Certificate Program” at http://career.ucsb.edu/students/internships/certificate_program.html.
A week before the end of your internship:
- Download a copy of the Exit Evaluation form,
complete it, and return it to the Media Internship Program.
- Download a copy of the Employer
Evaluation of Intern. Complete your information at the top
and then give this form to your host organization internship supervisor.
The supervisor may or may not decide to go over this with you,
and obtain your signature if so. Have them mail or fax this form
back to the Media Internship Program.
- You must make sure both forms are completed in order for us to
provide future references for you.
After your internship is completed:
- Take your Media Internship Program letter of acceptance to the
CCS Career Employment Desk and request your Internship Certificate
with a UCSB seal; allow at least two days before returning to pick
it up.
- Media interns accepted during the year will be invited to a luncheon
in June.
Information for Host Organizations/Supervisors
The signature of media studies at UCSB is the strong grounding in
the liberal arts and sciences that our students gain even as they are
pursuing careers in the creative and business aspects of the entertainment
industry. The modes of inquiry and knowledge represented by the liberal
arts help our students make sense of the past, come to terms with the
present, and shape the future. Numerous courses in creative, film,
and television writing offered across several programs teach the students
both how to evaluate materials and tell stories in their own powerful
voices.
Course Credit for Internships:
Interns will be enrolled at the university and can obtain
credit for their work. Organizations may ask for a Letter of Certification
to guarantee UCSB authorization.
Regular Term and Summer Internships:
Generally, students work 10-15 hours per week for 12 weeks during the
year or up to 40 hours per week during the summer.
What You can Expect of the Intern:
You can expect that these will be the very best students, with both
practical and course experience in a variety of media industry activities.
In addition to administrative work, most media interns would be interested
in and able to provide help in production, marketing, evaluation
of material, etc. You may ask an Intern to sign a standard industry
confidentiality agreement.
What the Intern can Expect from You:
The university and the Media Internship Program request that internships
(a) balance the amount of clerical work (i.e., no more than 50% data
entry/filing) with pre-professional tasks and projects that enrich
the intern's knowledge, and (b) offer some training and feedback
about the intern's progress. At the beginning of the internship,
the intern will bring a Learning
Agreement form for the two of you to complete; and at the end,
the Intern will bring you an Employer
Evaluation of Intern form for you to complete and mail or fax
to:
Cathy Boggs
Associate Director
Carsey-Wolf Center
6046 HSSB, UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7100
cboggs@cftnm.ucsb.edu
Who is the Internship Coordinator?
The Media Internship Program is administered by:
Cathy Boggs
Associate Director
Carsey-Wolf Center
6046 HSSB, UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7100
cboggs@cftnm.ucsb.edu
Host Organizations should read and print out information
relating to UCSB internships in general, at http://career.ucsb.edu/employers/internships:
Overview (including Criteria and Guidelines for Internship duties,
responsibilities, office space, feedback, evaluation of intern); Compensation
and Liability; Selecting your Intern; and Academic Credit for your
Internship.
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