Recent Internships

3C Financial Partners

3C Financial Partners ("3C") offers a three-month multidisciplinary internship program that spans investment banking, strategy consulting and private equity. The program covers valuation, deal documentation, investment banking and venture capital, as well as value-creating management techniques.

“The 3C internship provides a lot of opportunities to learn about different aspects of finance and its real world applications. The job is not heavily quantitative; rather the focus is on research and superb presentation of ideas.”
Nikolay Filchev '04

City of Hope

Our grant with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides funding to support research opportunities for you at the City of Hope in Duarte. You could spend the summer in the laboratories of the Beckman Research Institute working closely with a mentor on current research. City of Hope is an innovative biomedical research, treatment, and educational institution dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

DreamWorks SKG Studio

The DreamWorks Internship Program seeks to encourage those of you with interests in entertainment careers. Over the past five years, DreamWorks has offered more than 20 positions in business/corporate, creative development, marketing/publicity, and production.

"Most of what I know about development, storytelling, and filmmaking I acquired through my DreamWorks internship. Over the course of three semesters I interned for director/writer/producer Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog), working in post production on House of Sand and Fog. Eventually I became Mr. Perelman's development intern and creatively contributed to his current and future film projects. The connections I made and experience I gained were invaluable—and essential for anyone determined to excel in the entertainment business."
Jeffrey Grosvenor '04

J. Paul Getty Multicultural Internship Program and Los Angeles County Arts Commission

The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission have given more than $1.1 million to 168 organizations to support undergraduate internships in the arts. The internships introduce you to arts-related careers by providing experience working with museums, film, literary, performing and visual arts organizations, and local arts agencies.

“As an education intern at the Museum of the American West under the Getty program, I had the chance to experience the incredible process of running an exhibit and putting together programs about the history of the American West that were both educational and entertaining. I helped develop and implement the summer camp program where I was able to interact with children and gain invaluable experience in the field of education.”
Maritess Bonite Go '03

T. Howard Foundation for the Promotion of Women in Media

The summer internship program provides an opportunity for women and people of color to gain firsthand experience working in the satellite and telecommunications industry. Host companies provide a diverse range of assignments designed to enhance an intern's understanding of the industry.

"As an executive marketing/publicity intern with the Hallmark Channel, I assisted in nationally promoted publicity campaigns and planned marketing tie-in promotions for a Hallmark original movie and the company’s music division. The internship gave me the chance to travel across the country and meet key leaders of the industry. After working at the Hallmark Channel, I interned at Paramount Pictures."
Amy Oliver '04

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

We collaborate with The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens to offer a variety of internships. Over the past four years, these have included exhibit development, French and American art, film history, and Web design.

“While working with the media coordinator at the Huntington, I learned about location filming and photography, an area of personal and professional interest to me. In exchange for clerical work, I gained experience working in the archival organization of the film history of the Huntington. I also got to see set decorators and film crews at work. It was fascinating to witness the transformation of a bamboo forest garden into a Cambodian village.”
Jeremy Jangord '05

Huntington Medical Research Institutes

Internships are available to those of you who are interested in exploring careers in biomedical research. Summer research units include molecular medicine, magnetic medicine and neural engineering.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The academic part-time program provides you with on-the-job training as a supplement to classroom instruction. Job assignments give you the opportunity to work in scientific, technical, or administrative sections of the Laboratory. Duties include analysis, project development, design, programming, documentation, surveying, investigation, computation, and laboratory or field experimentation testing.

Live, Learn and Intern on Capitol Hill

The Capitol Semester internship in Washington D.C. offers you exclusive briefings and dialogues with national leaders and numerous social events to encourage interaction among students. The program, which includes internship placement, housing, and coursework for credit, is rigorous, demanding and fast-paced.

Mark Taper Forum

The Mark Taper Forum offers internships for the New Work Festival each fall. Internships of two to 10 weeks’ duration are available for those of you interested in working as directing, literary or production assistants.

Minority Advertising Training Program

This is a paid internship program for outstanding minority college students interested in careers in advertising. Started in 1992, the program is sponsored by the Los Angeles Advertising Agencies Association, the Advertising Club of Los Angeles, and TBWA Chiat/Day. Internships are available in advertising agencies, public relations firms, and print or broadcast media.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Internships at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute focus on professional development—learning research techniques and improving communication and collaboration skills. You would have an Institute mentor who supervises a specific project. The mission of the Institute is to serve as an international center for advanced research and education in ocean science and technology.

Occidental College Urban and Environmental Policy Institute

You would be involved in research, organizing, advocacy, mentoring, and tutoring at more than 20 organizations, including AIDS Project L.A., Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union -Local 11, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Experience Community Housing Corp., and the Coalition for Clean Air.

UCLA Medical Center

You could have the opportunity to work with the Director of Volunteer Service who researches, recruits, develops, enhances, markets, and administers the program for over 2,500 volunteers at three medical center sites. As a volunteer, you would network with, and learn from, senior hospital administrators.