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Headlands Center for the Arts Designer in Residence
Headlands Center for the Arts
Contract
SF,CA
08.06.21
Current Internships and Practicums Opportunities
Internships Completed by Students in the Past
One of the most important aspects of your education as well as preparation for entering the professional world of design is to gain practical experience. Internships are off-campus and Practicums occur on-campus and, as such, are the primary opportunities for you to learn these skills. Because of this it is in your best interest to be involved with as many of these as possible. As a graphic design major, you are required to complete 3 units of either practicum or internship. (40 hours = one unit of academic credit. Therefor, you would need to log 120 hours with your employer to earn 3 units of credit). This requirement is collectively listed as ELO or Experiential Learning Opportunity on your degree course checklist. Beyond this requirement you no longer have to register for any additional ELO units unless you want them to appear on your academic transcript. The ultimate value in completing EL’s are to give you experience in applying the knowledge and skills you learned in the classroom/studio to the professional work environment. In addition, ELO experiences offer you the opportunity to build your personal portfolio of design work for future employment interviews.
A suggested pattern of ELO’s which progress in the type of opportunity they might offer you and sequentially develop your skill and knowledge might be similar to the following plan:
- on-campus practicum (Sophomore or Junior year)
(i.e. ASUOP or University Marketing) - summer internship near your home
- fall/spring internship in Stockton area junior year
- internship outside Stockton area senior year
ELO’s (Internships—off campus + Practicums—on-campus)
Go to the resource links below for information about internship, practicum and independent study requirements for Pacific Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO).
- ELO Requirements
- (internship, practicum, independent study, undergraduate research)
FORMS:
YOUR VISUAL IDENTITY:
HOW TO FIND AN ELO:
- Pacific’s Career Resource Center
- Opportunities posted on the GD website Current Internships page
- Your own inquiry and initial contact
- Referred to by Design Professors Lee or DeBoer
- AIGA Jobs
- Graphic Design Jobs
- Career Resource Center
- Preparing for a Design Interview
- Internship and Practicum Opportunities Listing
- Some Internship Contact Addresses
- Job Search
- National Directory of Arts Internships
INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS
(read the ELO Requirements and fill out the form below to initiate interest in finding an ELO)
Some Graphic Design INTERNSHIPS other Pacific students have completed:
- City Internships— InfoInfo—international
- International Internships
- Adobe—San Jose
- Aero Turbine—Stockton, Amen Bains
- Alabama Girl—Lodi
- Alison Wong Design—Lodi
- AlphaGraphics, Santa Cruz, CA—Ernest Latham
- Bartle Bogle Hegarty Advertising (BBH), New York, NY—Jesse Bowen
- Bartle Bogle Hegarty Advertising (BBH)—London, ENG, Boni Kading
- Big Monkey Group, Stockton, CA—Maria Boyle
- Brightness Advertising, Bejing, China—Cindy Quan
- Calaveras County Historical Society—San Andreas, CA, Shawna Bayers
- City Magazine—New York, Boni Kading
- D & D Advertising—Laguna Niguel
- Dorfman Pacific—Stockton
- Diva Designs—Stockton
- EnJae Design—Stockton, CA, Shawna (Bayers) Holm
- Entrepreneur Magazine—LA, CA, Stephanie Ronson
- Fleishman Hilliard, Sacramento, CA—Tricia Juanitas
- Food Network Magazine—Erin Hover
- FunYellow—Livermore, CA, Beth Sun
- Gallo Winery—Modesto, CA, Lisa Menestrina
- Gensler and Associates, SF, CA—David Mayman
- GoodPaige Service Bureau—Vasallia, CA, Amen Bains
- GRID Finance, Dublin, Ireland—Alexandra McBride
- Guntert and Zimmerman—Rippon, CA, Courtney Thompson
- Haggin Museum—Stockton
- Ink & Co—Erin Hover
- Jewell Winery—Lodi
- J. Walter Thompson (JWT) Advertising—Bangkok, Chuzka Nikaya
- Ken Fong and Associates—Stockton
- The League, San Francisco,CA—Jo Read
- Louis Vuitton, LA, CA—Purple Tayo
- Memories for the Making—Lodi, CA, Christina Chinn
- Mother, New York, NY—Erin Hover
- Never Boring Design, Modesto, CA—Shawna (Bayers) Holm, Cindy Quan
- North Coast Medical, Gilroy, CA—Cindy Quan
- Pacific Dugoni Dental School—San Francisco, CA, Jonathan Eilers
- The Parks Group, Modesto
- Port City Marketing, Stockton, CA—Tricia Juanitas, Camille Brockett, Molly Cheng
- Power Marketing—Stockton
- PSC, Modesto, CA—Stephanie Ronson, Shawna Bayers
- Stockton Ports, Stockton, CA—Camille Brockett, Sarah Gutierrez
- She Inspires and Creatively Belle, Sydney, AUS—Taylor Sutton
- Simpson Strong Tie, Pleasanton, CA—Jenny Fama
- Stop The Presses, Stockton, CA—Jessmin Balthazar
- Stockton Symphony, Stockton, CA—Chelsea McClure
- San Joaquin County Bar Association, Stockton, CA—Anastaya Uskovo
- San Joaquin Office of Education—Stockton
- Sacramento Bee—Sacramento
- Setness Tours—Stockton, CA, Alyssa Baker
- Starbucks—Seattle, WA
- Stockton Cougars Soccer—Stockton
- Stockton Record—Stockton, CA, Chotika Osphonegese
- Tokay Press, Stockton, CA, Hareem Cheema
- Tokion Factory Magazine—Erin Hover
- Vinotek—Lodi