Internships

Employers are invited to participate in our media arts internship programme.

Students from the School of Media Arts are available to intern with employers who can benefit from their skills and talents. Areas of expertise include moving image, photography, graphic design, digital design, journalism, painting, sculpture, audio engineering, music, sound design, public relations and advertising.

What are internships?

Internships are 120 hour placements of Wintec students, offering a structured form of work experience that students receive course credit for.

How it works

Students keep a daily journal, build a portfolio and present a seminar and written report to their peers. The employer sets the student's tasks and projects, and completes an evaluation form on completion to provide feedback on the student's performance. Find out more about the details and employer benefits of internships in the FAQ section.

Further information

For further information contact the Internship director.

Projects

New Wave publication project

A book put together by Media Arts staff and students records the journeys of 18 migrants who now live in Hamilton, but were born outside New Zealand. The New Wave: Hamilton’s Migrant Community, looks at the growing diversity of Hamilton’s population. While 70 percent of Hamilton is broadly defined as European, and 20 percent as Māori and Pasifika, there are also citizens from 160 ethnic backgrounds. Journalism tutor Charles Riddle says it is this last 10 percent of the city's population that is fascinatingly diverse and makes for interesting reading. Around 15 students worked on the publication under the expert guidance of editor in residence Aimie Cronin. The project team also worked closely with the Hamilton Migrant Centre and the Hamilton City Council. The book is the first phase in a two-year project which will culminate with an exhibition in the Waikato Museum.

New Wave Launch books Photo by Geoff Ridder

River City Sound sessions

A moving image student produced a multi-camera production making live videos for local bands.

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Matariki Interactive Waka project

The Matariki Interactive Waka Project is a multi-disciplinary project that aims to create an interactive waka sculpture that will sit beside the Waikato River at Hamilton’s Ferrybank Park and draw the people of the city back to the river.

It’s a community project lead by Media Arts tutor Joe Citizen with Wintec students in the areas of Trade, Engineering, Media Arts and Early Childhood acting as co-creators of the sculpture. We also have several Wintec staff members and independent researchers on board who are all working hard towards a final goal that benefits the people of Hamilton and visitors to this beautiful place. We are also working in partnership with Wintec’s Maori Achievement Office who are advising on tikanga, matauranga and whenua consultation.

Artist's impression of Tōia Mai, Hamilton’s new interactive waka sculpture to be gifted by Wintec.

Moving Image students profile Waikato Museum

One of Moving Image Production students assignments is a group client-based Documentary. This is the fourth year we have teamed up with Waikato Museum who has been our Client for two Museum staff profiles that share behind the scenes stories at the Waikato Museum. Over the last few years of this ongoing community project, Moving Image students have made an excellent range of videos highlighting a variety of Museum staff profiles: what they do, how they do it and why they like working at the Waikato Museum. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Waikato Museum again in the near future.

News

First students graduate Wintec Bachelor of Communication degree

Monday, 08 March 2021

Orion Wall is one of the first cohort of students to study the Wintec Bachelor of Communication

Orion Wall is one of the first cohort of students to complete the Wintec Bachelor of Communication degree.

Three years ago, Wintec launched a new Communication degree designed for a future world of working, where theory met practical work-based experiences and classrooms were flipped. Orion Wall joined the first cohort of students and three years later, and about to graduate, he tells his story.

When I started looking at studying communications, none of the degrees really stood out to me. I was 18 years old, living in Hamilton and I wanted something that was going to challenge me, equip me with industry skills, and prepare me for the changing media world.

This is what Wintec was offering with the new Bachelor of Communication degree.

Going into the first year of a new degree we had the ability to help craft the course content to the world around us now. We were not learning from resources made years ago, we were learning content that was relevant to us right now and for the future. We had many interesting guests from different industries and backgrounds come in and talk, David Farrier, Suzy Cato, and Honey Hireme are a few to mention.

I was able to make lots of connections throughout the degree having been put in a group of likeminded strangers. We grew our skills, our personalities, and professional goals together and will graduate as a family.

Our tutors were deeply knowledgeable in their personal domains and were always available to talk to throughout the degree. Not only to discuss study related topics but also for moral support, which was needed over the Covid-19 period last year.

Having the opportunity to hire out videography and photography equipment was beneficial as it gave me the ability to explore new skills in the creative industry. We were allowed to use the campus facilities to explore our own creative endeavours, like when a group of us entered into the 48Hours Film Festival and camped out in the editing suites.

The hub on the hill is full of learning resources, quiet areas to study and a café to indulge in while you are procrastinating. P Block was our safe haven of creativity, with quiet classrooms for conceptualising ideas, decked out photography and videography studios as well as communal and private editing studios. There is also a lounge for relaxing and a shared kitchen for snacks and drinks. Over the degree P Block became the home for our class.

I was able to learn a large array of topics such as videography, marketing, script writing, advertising strategies, documentary making and feature writing. My most memorable project was when went down to Rotorua to make a short documentary on the Rotorua Coffin Club. A quirky group of older folks that were designing their own coffins and getting the older people in the town involved in making their own.

My three years at Wintec has advanced my expertise in aspects both expected and unexpected. I gained confidence in myself and in my own creative abilities.

Find out more about studying the Bachelor of Communication with Wintec School of Media Arts.

The first graduands of Wintec Bachelor of Communication will be part of Wintec Graduation and Special Awards ceremonies from Friday 12 until Thursday 18 March 2021.

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