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Internships

2-unit internships are administered through the Career Development Center. You and your MAC faculty supervisor will fill out the Internship Credit Form together, making sure you have clear goals and strategies. This serves as a contract of expectations and opportunities with your internship company. It is recommended that rather than taking any internship that students talk one-on-one with their Media Arts and Culture advisor about seeking an internship experience that will be truly valuable and linked in to concrete professional aims or questions.

It is strongly recommended that students wait until junior and senior year to take advantage of targeted internship experiences benefiting from a solid grounding in coursework and more rarified senses of possible career routes. Also think outside the box in terms of what a career in Media Arts and Culture might be. Beyond the standard studio and production company internships, have you thought about film festival curation, film restoration, media production for non-profits or community-based organizations, museum film programs, editing, sound design, online distribution platforms and social software sites, etc? Think outside the box and seek out an internship specific to you, rather than simply entering the labor mill of some large company.

First stop on your search should be our Current Internships page. All direct inquiries to the department about interns are posted here. Also check out the Career Development Center to get the specifics on the internship registration process and to see what programs Occidental already has working relationships with.

The links listed suggest a range of possible places to begin seeking out internship opportunities. Some are national resources, others are more geographically particular. These should get you started though. The list is by no means comprehensive. If you find other resources, by all means let the Cage or your Professors know so that we can revise and expand this list.

National:
Women Make Movies
Entertainment Careers.Net 
Craigslist (for your local region)
Mandy.com (all production and industry jobs searchable by location)
Showbiz Jobs
UTA List (Put out by United Talent Agency) You need to get an industry professional to forward it to you. Check with CDC on access.
Temp Agencies: Some like Applie One and Friedman Personnell in Los Angeles place people specifically in industry settings.
Look to the Websites of professional unions or organizations: (even if they don’t list internships, show at a monthly meeting or call to get on a list of potential PA’s)

In various cities:
Independent Feature Project (IFP) has listing and chapter in New York, Phoenix, Chicago, Seattle, Minnesota
NBC/Universal (Various Cities) 
Viacom (MTV. Nckelodeon, etc. various locations )
NPR (DC) 
Sony

In Los Angeles:
Film Independent
Intl. Doc. Association
Rhino Records
LA Freewaves
LA County Arts Commission Paid Internships
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Internship Program (junior level, competitive)

In New York:
Downtown Community Television 
Paper Tiger Televison

Northern California:
Bay Area Video Coalition
Lucas Film