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Open Call: SPCUNY Student Fellowship

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We are pleased to announce that we’re accepting applications for the 2025–26 SPCUNY Student Fellowship through April 30, 2025! Join our online info session on Tuesday, April 8, at 10AM ET — register HERE to attend or to receive the recording.

Student Fellows are graduate students with a serious art practice, matriculated at any CUNY campus (often but not always from MFA programs), who are working to develop an independent project at the intersection of art and social justice. Selected through an open call, this group will be part of a wider SPCUNY 2025-26 cohort, which includes CUNY faculty/practitioners, all of whom are also developing their own projects. Student Fellows participate in a required weekly seminar in the Fall and Spring semesters and make significant progress towards (or complete) their independent project. They receive an unrestricted $4,000 stipend in the form of CUNY fellowships. 

You will likely benefit the most from being an Actionist with SPCUNY if you are a CUNY graduate student who is:

  • Working towards one or more socially-engaged art projects, and has an existing basic knowledge of social practice art
  • Interested in furthering your engagement with social practice and public-facing art beyond the requirements of an academic program
  • Interested in discussions around social practice’s core issues while developing a project independently

Social Practice CUNY is an educational network that amplifies the collective power of socially engaged artists, scholars, and advocates throughout the City University of New York’s rich tapestry of faculty, staff, and students working for social justice. Based at the CUNY Graduate Center and working with students and faculty across CUNY’s 25 campuses, SPCUNY’s theory of educational transformation fosters structures for diverse creative leaders who will empower New York City as an inclusive, justice-driven cultural landscape.

For more information and to apply: https://socialpracticecuny.org/student-app/

KODA Arts Administration Fellowship

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In partnership with MoMA and artist Cynthia Tobar, the KODA Arts Administration Fellowship is designed for undergraduate students interested in the arts & Arts Administration. This program aims to foster students’ interest in the field while helping them expand their professional experience. Programs similar to this one have shaped career paths for many undergraduate students. 

The Fellowship is structured in three phases: Knowledge Acquisition, Research Project Development, and Research Project Delivery. Fellows will have access to office hours and individual mentorship throughout the program. Faculty for the Fellowship includes artist Cynthia Tobar, invited artists lecturers, and KODA staff members Klaudia Ofwona Drabar and Elif Usuloglu. 

The Fellowship will run from June 6-August 8, 2025, and four students will be selected through an open call process. Four selected Fellows will receive a $500 stipend each for their participation in the program and are expected to commit 5 hours per week to the Fellowship. The fellows will meet on Fridays/Saturdays in New York, NY, including locations such as KODA House on Governors Island and possible extra meetings during the week at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and other cultural institutions.

Timeline and important dates:

June: In-person workshops at KODA on Governors Island:

  • Saturday, June 7 at 11:30-2pm – Workshop #1
  • Saturday, June 14 at 11:30-2pm – Workshop #2
  • Saturday, June 21 at 11:30-2pm – Workshop #3
  • Friday, June 27 at 11:30am-2pm – Workshop #4

July: Individual research mentoring sessions, online office hours, and additionally scheduled afternoon visits in cultural institutions including MoMA.

August: Final Presentations on Friday, August 8 at 11am-2pm at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Application: The Open Call for KODA Arts Administration Fellowship opens on April 1, 2025. Applications will be accepted between April 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM ET and April 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET. Four selected undergraduate students will be notified of the fellowship offer by May 9, 2025.

Eligibility: 

  • NYC-based undergraduate students.

Selection Process: We will be accepting four fellows for the KODA Arts Administration Fellowship. Short-listed candidates will be invited for a short interview. Accepted candidates will be notified by May 9, 2025. 

Apply here: https://koda.submittable.com/submit/323780/koda-arts-administration-fellowship

NYC School Construction Authority Graphic Design Internship Opportunity 

NYC School Construction Authority (SCA)
25-01 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City NY 11101

Overview

The New York City School Construction Authority (SCA) is a public sector entity, responsible for building new public schools and managing the design, construction and renovation of capital projects in New York City’s more than 1,200 public school buildings. Our mission is to design and construct safe, attractive and environmentally sound public schools for children throughout the many communities of New York City. We are dedicated to building and modernizing schools in a responsible, cost-effective manner while achieving the highest standards of excellence in safety, quality and integrity.

Job Description

The intern will support the work of a senior manager in the Human Resources Department. The duties for the position will include assisting with creating engaging and informational visual content for training, digital boards, social media, various events, etc. The Graphic Design intern will collaborate with theHuman Resources team to communicate SCA culture and values effectively though design. Their tasks may include designing recruitment materials. enhancing internal communications, visual aids, and presentations. The intern will use the Adobe Creative Suite and understand the intersection of design and Human Resources. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop and previous graphic design experience is required.

Position Requirements:

  • Local full-time college students currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s degree program or graduate student in a Graduate Degree program in graphic design, communication design or in related areas.
  • Candidates should be proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
  • Strong verbal and written language skills are important.
  • G.P.A. will be considered.
  • Applicants who are selected must be able to present unexpired original documentation to show identity and employment authorization to work in the United States.

Work Schedule:

During the fall and spring semesters, participants may work up to 20 per week. During the winter intercession and summer months (June-August), students may work a full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week. Standard weekday office hours should occur between 8 am-5 pm.

Salary:

$ 19.00-$22.00 per hour (based on grade level)

Required Materials Include:

  • Current Resume
  • Cover Letter
  • Official Transcript detailing coursework completed to date
  • Official Registration (bursar’s receipt or enrollment verification)
  • Class Schedule

Application Deadline:

Resumes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, however the recommend submission deadline is January 24, 2025.

To be considered, please forward the required materials to:

Ruby Saake, Manager of Operations
Business Development Department
NYC School Construction Authority
2501 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (347) 231-0010
Email: SCAINTERNSHIPS@nycsca.org

The New York City School Construction Authority is an equal opportunity

4A’s Foundation’s Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP)

The 4A’s Foundation’s Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP) is a highly intensive fellowship that provides students with the opportunity to work in the advertising, communications and marketing industries. MAIP fellows interact with industry professionals on a day-to-day basis to gain valuable professional ​experience. Students selected for the MAIP fellowship program will hone their skills in a variety of advertising/marketing disciplines. If you have an interest in kick-starting your career within advertising, marketing, media and creative industries check out the additional resources below:

​Throughout the MAIP experience, MAIP Fellows will:

  • Participate in a 22-week internship program
  • Complete up to 10 weeks virtual training series prior to the internship, designed to prepare fellows for the industry 
  • Engage in a 9-10 week PAID internship with one of the 4A’s Foundation’s partner organizations
  • Attend live, virtual professional development sessions (based in the Eastern Standard Time Zone)
  • Work 1:1 with a MAIP Coach, an industry professional volunteering their time to support a fellow’s professional and personal development

Who can apply to MAIP?

The 4A’s Foundation welcomes applicants who represent all dimensions of diversity with a strong interest in working within the advertising/communications industry. Our previous Fellows represented some or all aspects of the following:

  • Demonstrated their passion to kick-start a career in advertising and marketing through application essays and within the interview
  • Identified as Asian/Asian American, Black/African American/Afro-Caribbean, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian or Alaska Native, Middle Eastern, White, Multi-Racial or Multi-Ethnic (e.g. Hispanic and Black)
  • Identified as neurodiverse and/or has learning and thinking differences
  • Identified as part of the LGBTQIA+ community
  • Identified as a person with a disability
  • Were veterans, or underwent training that supports serving the U.S. in a branch of the Armed Forces

​We recognize that no two applicants are alike and we look forward to getting to know you! We encourage students with all backgrounds interested in advertising, communications and marketing to apply.

In addition, applicants must:

  • Be eligible to work in the U.S., by way of student work visas and/or are citizens of the U.S.
  • Have a GPA of 3.0
    • ​Students with a <3.0 GPA may submit an additional statement with additional context
  • ​Be within the following academic year:
    • Undergraduate college senior graduating in Fall/Winter 2024, Spring 2025, or Summer 2025
    • Undergraduate college junior graduating in Spring/Summer 2026
    • Graduate student currently pursuing additional education in a specific field
    • And/or are a student attending a participating 4A’s portfolio school at the time of application*
  • Be available to participate in the full duration of the 22-week fellowship period, and work as an intern from June through August with no pre-planned time off

*Students on the quarter system must arrange early release with their academic department before applying as the fellowship kicks off in June.

https://foundation.aaaa.org/interested-students.html

AIGA Mentorship Program

AIGA NY is committed to our mission of “Championing the future of design for all.”

AIGA NY Mentorship Program Vision:

To foster a community of designers that support each other’s all-around growth. We help designers strengthen their self-confidence, realize their full potential in their career journey and empower them to take on leadership roles.

Join this year’s cohort and join us in building this community! We accept applicants from around the world, but prioritize matching our AIGA NY local community.

Applications are open until January 17th. Apply today!

https://www.aiganymentorship.org/

AIGA Portfolio Development Studio. Now Accepting Applications!

This 6-week, 12-hour online course aims to help you understand the critical elements needed to have a portfolio that’s right for the projects or jobs you’re seeking. Each week, group crits and activities will help you improve your work and the presentation of your work so that you can put your best foot forward.

Join AIGA’s Lee-Sean Huang for: 

  • Guidance and feedback from industry experts,
  • Support from your fellow designers, and
  • Confidence in telling your story.

Registration closes September 13!

Learn More and Apply!

Gallagher and Associates Visual Design Internship 2021

Summer 2021 Internships at G&A

We are looking for enterprising students to join our New York office as part of our media team. Our studio predominantly focuses on digital interfaces and immersive media-driven projects. The backbone of the work that we do consists of exhibition design and museums, having recently opened projects such as the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tennessee, and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
See some of our Digital work here: 
http://www.gallagherdesign.com/projects/services/digital-media/
As an intern you are an excited designer, open to learning and creative dialogue with the ability to work collaboratively in a fluid studio environment. The internships will be composed of time working with our multidisciplinary teams in the office in order to get a sense of our overall process. 

Visual Design Intern

Qualified candidates should have:

  • A strong visual background with great sensitivity to typography and robust graphic design skills
  • An understanding of and interest in interaction design
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite programs
  • Motion and animation skills are a plus
  • Working knowledge of Adobe XD, prototyping tools such as Invision, Framer is a plus

Roles and Responsibilities include:

  • Participating in studio brainstorms and creative conversations
  • Helping to refine and further develop visual concepts with the team 
  • The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced studio environment
  • Being an accountable and contributing member of the studio
  • Pushing personal creative growth and discovery

To apply for the visual design internship, fill out this form.

Motion Design Intern

As a Motion Graphics Design intern at G&A, you are passionate about pushing the limits of storytelling through visuals, pace, and motion for a wide range of projects and formats. You have some solid foundations in After Effects and/ or C4D, and keep yourself informed with motion trends, tools, and plug-ins on a daily basis. Our work in the studio spans from mood-board creation, motion samples for interactive, style frames for films, and large-scale immersive environments using projection mapping. You are eager to learn the multi-faceted aspect of our work and open to a learning and creative dialogue with the ability to work collaboratively in a fluid studio environment. You will have the unique opportunity to work and learn from our multi-disciplinary teams in NYC, PDX, and DC, by contributing actively to our projects under other designers mentorship and creative supervision.
Qualified candidates should have:

  • Experience working with After Effects and/or Cinema 4d.
  • A strong visual background with great sensitivity to typography and graphic design skills
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite programs
  • Working knowledge of other 3d softwares, creative coding, prototyping tools and projection mapping is a plus.
  • Motivation to expand your skills in the intersection of physical and digital.

Roles and Responsibilities include:

  • Participating in studio brainstorms and creative conversations
  • Helping to refine and further develop visual and animation concepts with the team 
  • The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced studio environment
  • Being an accountable and contributing member of the studio
  • Pushing personal creative growth and discovery

Our internships are paid, and you will need work authorization for all positions:
You need to be able to work legally in the US:

  • For current international students, you are able to use CPT in order to legally work at Gallagher and Associates.
  • For all others, you should have an approved OPT in order to work at Gallagher and Associates.

To apply motion design internship, fill out this form.

UX Intern

As a UX design intern, you are an excited designer, open to learning and creative dialogue with the ability to work collaboratively in a fluid environment. You will be working on different projects with exhibit designers, visual designers, content developers , and creative technologists. 
Qualified candidates should have:

  • Proficiency in user research, user experience design and interaction design
  • Human-centered design practices
  • Proficiency in Figma or Sketch, and the Adobe Creative Suite 
  • 3D modeling, storyboarding and motion are a plus
  • Prototyping skills in tools such as Invision, Framer,  between others.

 Roles and Responsibilities include:

  • Research audience, comparable experiences
  • Sketching concepts quickly
  • Participating in brainstorms and creative conversations
  • Wireframes
  • The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced studio environment
  • Being an accountable and contributing member of the team
  • Pushing personal creative growth and discovery

To apply for the UX internship, fill out this form.

Paid Apprenticeship at Apple for Marcom, The Orchard

The Orchard
is a 12-month residency program within the Marketing Communications group at Apple.
It’s where fresh creative talent comes to Apple to learn and grow. The individuals in the Orchard come from different backgrounds. It’s a team of people just as hungry and talented as you are, working on real projects with real deadlines.
Orchard 5.0 is looking for the bold, the adventuresome, the curious, the makers, the doers. We’re looking for our next group of designers, strategists, interactive and brand art directors and copywriters, brand managers, CG creatives, video producers, web developers and UX designers.
Open to alumni and graduating students only (not continuing students).
Respond by May 10.
Apply Here

CUP Fellowship for Change in Design

Apply to the 2021 CUP (The Center for Urban Pedagogy) Fellowship for Change in Design!

Original Posting: http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/ApplyToThe2021CUPFellowshipForChangeInDesign
We’re now accepting applications for the 2021 CUP Fellowship for Change in Design!
The Fellowship is a paid, year-long, full-time, training program designed to promote and support individuals in gaining the skills, contacts, and experience to help them excel in their design careers.
The Fellow works at CUP full-time, collaborating on our community-engaged design projects as part of the CUP team, working as an in-house designer, and participating in mentoring opportunities.
The Fellowship is an initiative to support the development of a pipeline of talented individuals from historically under-represented communities into the design fields, and to dismantle the systemic biases that stand in the way of their advancement as leaders in these fields. The 2021 Fellow will be selected through a competitive, juried process and will work with CUP from July 2021–June 2022. Meet this year’s jury here!

The selected Fellow will receive a stipend of $40,000 (paid in monthly installments), along with free health insurance benefits, a flexible leave policy, and a small budget for professional development activities.

Applications should include:
– A cover letter saying why you are interested in the Fellowship, what you hope to get out of it, your career goals, and how you meet the Fellowship criteria
– A current resume
– A portfolio of your design work. We’re looking for your skills to work on a range of visuals and with type. Please describe the context that your projects were completed in and your role. Your portfolio will be reviewed on screen and in a print-out. Please format your work so all pages can be printed out at 8.5 × 11in. (Max file size: 5 MB)
– A list of 3 references, with contact information
Submit all materials through Submittable by Monday, April 12th at noon, EST. The application portal will close then, so if you need an extension, please email siyona@welcometocup.org in advance and we’ll try our best to accommodate.

Please note that we will not review applications that do not provide all requested materials. And we will not use links to access additional information that is not uploaded to Submittable, including links to web-based portfolios. No phone calls, please.

CUP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair and inclusive employment practices, and strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the diversification of ideas to apply.