Internship: Graphic Designer

Veer offers paid summer employment with its award-winning, in-house creative team. The successful applicant will spend the summer at Veer headquarters in Calgary, Canada, a beautiful city located just on the edge of the Canadian Rockies. It is a two-month internship. Veer provides airfare and accommodation. The student intern is responsible for food and entertainment.

How to apply?

Qualifications:

• Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in their second or third year of an accredited graphic design program at a US or Canadian post-secondary institution.
• Applicant must provide: a transcript of grades; a letter of reference from an instructor.
• Applicant must also draft a personal letter (250 words) describing his/her design history, previous design education, reason for applying for the internship, and design career goals.
• Applicant must submit three samples of work, one to be accompanied by a detailed rationale and the other two by shorter rationales. Work samples will not be returned.
• Applicants residing in the United States must also meet the Student Work Abroad Program (SWAP) criteria in order to be eligible for the internship at Veer. Details can be found on the SWAP site.
• Recipients must agree to provide a photograph of themselves and files of their work for use in marketing communications by Veer.
• Within one year of receiving the internship, a brief follow-up report from recipients may be required describing their advancement in their graphic design education.

Veer Internship Application Download : 173KB Adobe Acrobat PDF

Portfolio Sample Submission Form Download : 150KB Adobe Acrobat PDF

Deadline for application: April 30, 2008
Internship will be awarded and student notified: May 15, 2008
Internship period: Two months (July/August)