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Communications Internships - Internships or Research
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Communications Overview
Complete a PR, Advertising, Communications, Journalism, or Publishing Internship in Australia or New Zealand
Location: All Cities, Australia or New Zealand
Communications internships exist with diverse organizations and in a choice of industries throughout Australia and New Zealand. Students will have the opportunity to expand their understanding of the field in an assortment of areas, including writing press releases, updating website information, event management and planning, creating editorial submissions, managing databases, and developing communication strategies. Current placements are with nonprofits, professional sport leagues, radio broadcasting stations, film festivals, telecommunication corporations, marketing firms, government agencies, and public relation firms.
Please see the current available placements in the navigation items on the left of this page. However, if none of those placements fit what you are looking for, just let us know and we will find one that does. During the application, you will write a cover letter that includes your goals and interests for your internship. Your AustraLearn Internship Coordinator will then work with you to match up your learning goals and interests with the best available internship placement.
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Journalism
Sports Journalism Internship with Professional Basketball Organization
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
This placement is with a professional sports league in Australia. The intern will get experience in writing press releases, updating website information including player profiles, interviewing professional athletes, maintaining databases, and working on event brochures.
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Advertising
Advertising Internship in the Fashion and Modeling Industry
Location: Sydney, Australia
This placement is with an advertising agency that is involved in the fashion and modeling industry. The agency provides a full range of marketing and PR services to a variety of clients.
The intern will gain experience in marketing, PR, media relations, writing, maintaining databases, and press releases.
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Advertising Account Handling
Advertising Internship with Large International Agency
Location: Melbourne, Australia
This internship is with the Melbourne branch of a large international advertising agency. They have 496 offices in 96 countries and their clients include Nokia, Canon, 3M, Procter and Gamble, Volkswagen, and The World Baseball Classic. They provide direct marketing, branding, public relations, interactive, advertising and promotional communication services to their clients.
Your role will be to support the Account Director and Account Manager by assisting in the running of accounts on a day to day basis. You will assist in campaign development and execution ensuring successful and profitable outcomes. This involves the development of jobs, trafficking work through creative and production, obtaining estimates, maintaining guard books and ensuring the delivery of post campaign analysis. You will also support the team by providing administrative assistance through the ongoing upkeep and delivery of client competitor reviews and adhoc market research. There may also be potential for placement within the creative department.
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Advertising Internship
Advertising Internship with Large International Firm in Wellington
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Founded in 1923 and headquartered in New York City, this large international advertising agency has 186 offices and over 7,000 employees worldwide. They are an ideas agency who come up with creative solutions to business problems – not just advertisements. Your internship will be with the company's Wellington office, which is a tight team coming up with great ideas.
With this internship, you will get to experience all aspects of working in an advertising agency – strategic, account management, media planning and creative. The site works with wide variety of clients and always have great projects that they are working on. PR, Event Planning and Marketing - Entertainment
Public Relations and Event Planning Internship in the Entertainment Industry
Location: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
This placement is with a small organization that deals with the entertainment industry. They offer legal advice, regular newsletters, structured networking, professional development, a magazine, events and competitions.
The intern will gain experience in event management and public relations. The interns will also have the opportunity to do some editing and design work.
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Communications
Communications Internship with Sydney Sporting Organization
Location: Sydney, Australia
This internship is with the state sporting organization responsible for conducting the sport of athletics (track & field) within New South Wales.
The intern will prepare and distribute media releases to local papers, prepare content for website, and review website as part of annual process of updating structure. Additional tasks include analyzing membership trends and other event statistics and assisting in developing marketing campaign for New South Wales All Schools Championships.
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Public Relations/Marketing
Non-Profit Marketing and Public Relations Internship
Location: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
This placement is with a non-profit organization that is committed to working on behalf of marginalized and vulnerable children from Burma, who live as internally displaced people in Burma or who have fled their war torn country for a new life in Thailand. Although many of these children have escaped the oppression of their home land, new dangers await and their journey towards a normal life is far from over.
Over the internship period, the individual’s primary role will be the planning and preparation for a fundraising wine and food event. This will be from initial planning stages, seeking donors and participants for the event, and all logistical requirements. It is important to note the event may not be within the intern period; the intern will be planning and preparing for the event. They may also be required to prepare marketing and sponsorship materials to maximize donor opportunities. They will be reporting to and working with the National Manager on all tasks.
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Public Relations - Event Management
Public Relations Internship with Event Management Company
Location: Melbourne, Australia
This public relations internship is with Australia’s premier cultural event management company. The team is respected and renowned within the event and entertainment industry and is supported by a wealth of local and international experience.
An intern with this organization will have a variety of job tasks including:
Writer's Society
Research and Marketing Internship with Writer's Society
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
This internship is with a writer's society comprised of 1280 members throughout the country. They are the principal body working for the benefit of professional writers and the principles of freedom of speech in New Zealand. It is open to writers of every genre, published or unpublished. They support writers through advocacy and representation and providing programs and services.
Interns will be involved in a variety of duties including sourcing advertising, sponsorship and funding opportunities, news items relative to the business of writing, commissioning articles for the authors, assisting the chief executive as required, and research.
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Print Journalism
Print Journalism Internship with Community Newspaper
Location: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
This internship is with an organization that is made up of five community newspapers serving New Zealand's capital. The circulations are based on community newspapers that have a history in some areas of over 50 years. The group was re-branded in 2006 with a stitched and trimmed magazine format. They concentrate on hyper-local news (everything from local school happenings to the latest road works and council arguments and issues) with a punchy editorial style, opening up of issues and clean open design.
The editorial intern will work in with at least one of the publications Job tasks will include allocating stories to follow up on, making photo bookings, going with the photographer to jobs, and writing accurate stories.
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Publishing
Publishing Internship with Leading Niche Magazine Company
Location: Sydney, Australia
This placement is with one of Australia's leading niche magazine publishers marketing leading titles in business, export and retail. Within the magazine publishing sector, they provide publishing services to some of Australia's leading companies, associations and institutions, including government departments.
The intern will work with the editorial team to gain a greater understanding of the entire publishing process and also gain experience in writing, design, pre-production and printing.
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Magazine Journalism
Journalism and Production Internship with International Tourism Magazine
Location: Sydney, Australia
This internship is with an international multimedia publisher of cultural experiences that provides inspiration to city dwellers around the world. The magazine celebrated its 40th birthday in 2008 and is now in 25 of the world's leading cities including Sydney, New York, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Dubai. They produce an independent magazine and website published by a small team of hard working, dedicated and passionate Sydneysiders. It is the guide to better living. They preview, investigate and celebrate everything that's hot and happening by tapping into Sydney's vast social spectrum of food, arts, bars, theatre, film, fashion, nightlife, outdoors, TV and music.
This job can be very varied, but essentially the candidate would get to see how a busy and short-staffed magazine and website are put together. You would be invited to sit in and contribute to editorial meetings and muck in at all stages from research at the start to proofing pages at the end.
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Sports PR
Public Relations Internship with International Non-Profit Sporting Agency
Location: Adelaide, Australia
With a presence in almost 200 countries throughout the world, this organization is one of the world's largest sporting organizations. They are a non-profit organization that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for people with an intellectual disability. Many of the participating athletes live lives of neglect and isolation, hidden away or socially excluded from full participation in schools or society. Transforming the athlete, this organization provides a gateway to empowerment, competence, acceptance and joy.
This internship will be focused on the public relations side of this organization's 2010 event. You will assist in contacting sponsors from previous year to try to re-engage them in the organization and get them involved in upcoming events. You will also be involved with website maintenance, including checking websites links and other information. A special PR project will also be created in conjunction with your goals and previous experience.
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PR/Event Planning with Children's Charity
Public Relations and Event Planning Internship with Children's Charity
Location: Sydney, Australia
This children’s charity is dedicated to improving the quality of life of children in need. They believe that all children should be given the opportunity to make the most of their abilities and achieve their aspirations and dreams. The funds they raise provide specialized equipment and services for children, children’s hospitals, community groups, schools and organizations. Established in Australia in 1975, they are recognized as a leading children’s charity which now operates in 14 countries around the world.
This position will give you the opportunity to assist with the production of Australia's most successful charity motoring event, with the money raised helping ill, special needs and disadvantaged children. Started in 1985, this 10- day event is not a race or a rally, but celebrates driving in some of Australia's remote areas with the ultimate goal of raising money for children. That first even in 1985 raised $250,000 and the event has continued to grow since then. You will not be required to travel with the event, but will assist with the organization leading up to it. You will help the Events Manager and Coordinator with every aspect of planning this large charity event. You will co-ordinate raffle and auction items, coordinate trophies and prizes, assist with organization and preparation supporting events leading up to the trip, assist with preparation of guides to be distributed to all officials of the event, and gather all paperwork required.
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Public Relations/Communications
Public Relations Internship with Socially Responsible Retail Company
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
This socially responsible retail outlet sells natural based skin care and haircare products. They develop and implement socially responsible initiatives throughout the business to reflect its five core values: Ending animal testing throughout the industry, protecting the planet,community trade, activate self esteem and love your body.
Your internship will be with the public relations and communications department. Some of the duties will include developing and writing media releases, developing and writing resource tools for customers seeking information on the values of the company, PR initiatives, developing best practice processes and templates for the PR and Communications Manager, assisting with the development of media kits, and tracking and monitoring media results.
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Art Gallery Communications
Communications Internship with this Community Museum and Art Gallery
Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand
This internship is with a public community art gallery and museum. They are committed to showcasing innovations in creativity that drive human progress and understanding at all levels: culturally, socially, spiritually, and economically. Their displays are dedicated to any piece in which creativity abounds, including art, music, dance, fashion, science, and business.
Your internship will be focused on assisting the gallery with its communications efforts. You will update help with website listings, media databases, public relations, and marketing activities. You will also have the opportunity to assist with other operational activities such as helping with educational activities and public programs.
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Communications - City CouncilCommunications Internship with Local Government of Wellington Suburb
Location: Upper Hutt, New Zealand
This internship is with the city council of a community in suburban Wellington. The city has a population of 38,500 and the council aims to make the city a great place to live for all of them. Your placement will be with a non-profit that is run by the city council that helps coordinate retail activities in the central business district.
Your role will be to assist the director in all facets of running this non-profit to increase the retail activity of Upper Hutt. You will support new initiatives and spark retail activity through promotions such as a farmers market, Christmas promotions (depending on the time of year), city revitalization, retail newsletters, and other events.
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Custom Date Internship
Design an Internship to Meet Your Specific Needs
Location: Any city in Australia or New Zealand
Custom Date Internship placements are available for students who are unable to participate in one of our PDAC placements for any one of the following reasons:
- You do not meet the minimum GPA or college level requirements.
- You cannot attend the program during the pre-set PDAC dates.
- You need an internship of a duration other than 10 weeks.
AustraLearn Custom Date Internships are available in most every field of study. These one-of-a kind placements can accommodate a variety of start and end dates and program lengths of 6-26 weeks. In the required cover letter, applicants should detail the type of internship that they are seeking and their desired start and end dates. The success rate of these placements is very high, and students marvel at being able to intern with organizations that most closely mirror their desired experience.
In general, it is possible to start an AustraLearn Custom Date Internship at any time; however, applications must be completed at least four months prior to the desired internship start date. AustraLearn will try to match up these dates as closely as possible, but we suggest that the applicants have some flexibility.
Program fees vary with the actual finalized program length. Once you have submitted your completed application with all supporting documentation, including a specific cover letter, and have paid the initial deposit, our overseas staff members in Australia and New Zealand will find an internship placement to meet your needs. Your application MUST be received at least four months prior to your intended start date.
Most aspects of the custom date internship placements are the same as the PDAC placements. For instance, housing, on-site support services, and pre-departure services are similar across both types of programs. However, the custom designed internships do not include a Program Introduction because of the varying start dates for each placement. You will receive a welcome packet and an orientation phone call upon arrival in Australia or New Zealand. Additionally, custom designed internship placements do not carry credit from Chapman University; however, you can often arrange credit with your home university. You will want to speak with advisors at your home university about the processes and assessments they will require.
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Fees| Program Fees | $2265.00 | | Housing | | Without Meals | $2,900.00 |
Fee IncludesPDAC Internships- Internship Fee and Academic Credit Includes: in-country development of internship opportunities, personal placement/match of student with internship opportunity, delivery of the internship by the host site as stated in the position outline, student supervision by host site, PDAC academic consultation with supervision and assessment, 6 credits of upper division academic credit from Chapman University, and all pre-departure services including assistance with visas, airline tickets, orientation, health and safety, and family consultation (as needed). Mandatory On-Site Housing and Student Support Includes: Housing for duration of program (rent only), on-site 3-day group Program Introduction on arrival including airport reception, on-going 24-hour phone student support (as needed), cell phone (minutes purchased at an additional cost), premium ISIC card for travel/other insurance, and international health insurance. Meals will be billed at an extra cost when students are placed into accommodation that has a required or optional meal plan. Housing is arranged by the AustraLearn office and is not negotiable. Students are responsible for international travel, domestic travel to/from workplace sites, meals (where not paid in advance), immigration visa fees, and all personal costs for the period of the program as well as any extra travel while in country. Custom Designed Internships- Placement and Processing Fee - $2,702 Includes: on-site development of customized internship opportunities, personal placement/match of student with internship opportunity, delivery of the internship by the host site as stated in the position outline, student supervision by host site, customization of program dates and lengths, and all pre-departure service including assistance of visas, airline tickets, orientation, health and safety and family consultation (as needed). Mandatory On-Site Housing $1,668 USD for 6 weeks $250 for each additional week beyond 6 Fee SemesterThe fees above are valid for all internship programs commencing on or before October 2010. Fees are subject to change. Dates| All dates are provided by each university and are subject to change. AustraLearn will attempt to provide you with the most up-to-date information as we receive it. Be sure to confirm dates before finalizing any travel plans. | |
| June 1 - August 13, 2010 PDAC Internship - Summer | Application Deadline: February 26, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | June 1, 2010 | | Start Date | June 1, 2010 | | End Date | August 13, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 22 - September 03, 2010 PDAC Internship - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | June 22, 2010 | | Start Date | June 22, 2010 | | End Date | September 3, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 22 - August 6, 2010 PDNC Internship - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | June 22, 2010 | | Start Date | June 22, 2010 | | End Date | August 6, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| September 2010 PDAC (September 21 - December 3) - Fall | Application Deadline: June 18, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | September 21, 2010 | | Start Date | September 21, 2010 | | End Date | December 3, 2010 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| January 2011 PDAC (January 24 - April 8, 2011) - Spring | Application Deadline: October 1, 2010
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| Anticipated Departure | January 24, 2011 | | Start Date | January 24, 2011 | | End Date | April 8, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| May 2011 PDAC (May 30 - August 12) - Summer | Application Deadline: February 1, 2011
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| Anticipated Departure | May 30, 2011 | | Start Date | May 30, 2011 | | End Date | August 12, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 2011 PDAC (June 27 - September 9) - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2011
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| Anticipated Departure | June 27, 2011 | | Start Date | June 27, 2011 | | End Date | September 9, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| June 2011 PDNC (June 27 - August 12) - Summer | Application Deadline: March 1, 2011
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| Anticipated Departure | June 27, 2011 | | Start Date | June 27, 2011 | | End Date | August 12, 2011 | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
| Custom Date - | Application Deadline: Varies
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| Anticipated Departure | Varies | | Start Date | Varies | | End Date | Varies | | Mid Semester Break #1 | - | | Mid Semester Break #2 | - |
Entry RequirementsPDAC Internships-
2.5 GPA and must be at least a college Junior (successful completion of two full years of university level education). Must also be between the ages of 18 and 30 at the program start date.
Custom Designed Internships-
Must be between the ages of 18 and 30 and have graduated from high school.
Required GPA: 2.50
AustraLearn Coordinator| Name: | Barbara West | | Title: | Manager, Internship Programs | | Department: | Internships in Australia and New Zealand |
BIO:
Barbara manages the enrollment services and program facilitation of the Internship Program.
Barbara graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana with a BA in German and Geography. She studied for a year abroad in Giessen, Germany and has traveled through out the United States, Europe, Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Advice From The Coordinator:
International internships look incredibly impressive on your resume, especially when they’re the type of quality placement that AustraLearn provides. Interns get practical experience in their chosen field and are not subject to the busy work that many employers request when they know they have free labor. The integrity of the program is never compromised and students gain a wealth of cultural and professional knowledge; knowledge that is very marketable when they begin their career. Internships are an excellent option for students looking to get both work and international experience at the same time and at an affordable price. |
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A word from our alumni
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"I absolutely LOVE my internship! I couldn't have asked for a better placement. I would definitely, 100% recommend this site for future interns. The people are amazing and made me feel right at home. I really don't want to leave! My host family is also very nice!"
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J. Unger
Internship in Australia
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