(Digital) Design Internship
Do art and culture, and theatre in particular, make your heart beat faster? And are you taking a course in graphic design, communication & multimedia design or something along those lines? Are you never far from InDesign, do you spot straight away when the white space is off, and do you know exactly why that one poster works? Then this is your chance!
There’s always room in the Marketing & Communications team for a motivated student who is eager to learn and good company, and who is looking for a full-time internship of at least four months.
You’ll be right in the thick of it in our studio: the place within the Marketing & Communications team where all the design comes from, from poster to trailer. That means the pace varies. Sometimes something is urgent and has to be right within the hour. And sometimes you have all the time in the world to work on something, chip in on a campaign or take a concept further.
At ITA we believe you learn most by simply being part of the team. So we take a good look at what you’re studying and match it to the day-to-day work of the department. If your heart lies with print, that’s where you can focus. If you’re more into digital and motion work, that’s just as welcome. Alongside that there’s plenty of room for your own interests and projects. And we’re dying to hear your take on design — which you’ll no doubt have plenty to tell us about.
What will you be doing?
One hour you’re working on the poster for a new production; an hour later you’re making a set of assets for our socials or laying out a presentation for a partner event. You work out how a quarterly calendar fits the format of the bus shelter panels around the city, you cut out an image for an advert, you build a short animation for the screens in the building, and you’re there when the printer’s proofs come in.
As an intern you support the studio in ways that suit both you and your studies, including:
- Working on campaign materials: posters, flyers, adverts, out-of-home and the quarterly calendar
- Working on digital materials: social assets, website and newsletter headers, banners and digital signage
- Working on corporate materials: presentations, handouts, brochures, templates and the annual report
- Basic image editing: colour correction, retouching and cut-outs, for print and online
- Lending a hand with motion: short animations, teasers and social content, if that’s your thing
- Chipping in on campaigns and visual concepts, and turning them into finished materials
What we ask of you
- You’re taking a Dutch vocational (mbo) or university of applied sciences (hbo) course in graphic design, graphic media, CMD or similar, and your placement is part of that course
- You’re available full-time for at least four months and will be a full member of the team
- You’re comfortable in InDesign and Photoshop; Illustrator is an advantage, and experience with After Effects or Premiere Pro is a welcome bonus
- You enjoy working in a studio where the pace varies: sometimes a rush job, sometimes all the room you need
- You’re precise, have an eye for detail and work tidily and methodically (in your files too)
- You enjoy working within an existing brand identity and getting the most out of it
- You have a good command of Dutch, written and spoken; much of what we produce is in Dutch
- You send us a portfolio, however small — what we’re mainly looking at is how you think
Want to know more, or apply?
We can of course adapt your list of tasks to your own learning goals. And although you’re with us full-time, you’ll have plenty of time to work on your coursework and room for study days at your college or university. You’ll receive an internship allowance, of course, and you can see our shows for free.
Does an internship at ITA sound like your kind of thing? Send your covering letter, CV and portfolio to communicatie@ita.nl. We’ll be in touch. And if you still have questions, get in touch with Evelien ter Ellen, head of Marketing & Communications, at evelien.terellen@ita.nl.
