Monthly Archives: April 2021

The Future Academy exists to ignite curiosity in everyone. This is an 8-week internship program designed to discover and foster the next generation of creative innovators.

The Future Academy includes a holistic curriculum, which consists of real-world, cutting-edge work experience on global brands, sprints on proactive client briefs, ongoing mentorship, personal and professional development training, knowledge-sharing from AKQA experts, and custom online courses. 

To learn more about the application process, use this link: https://www.akqa.com/careers/future-academy-intern-3048749/

The Multicultural Advertising Intern Program is an internship program for diverse candidates with a paid internship in the advertising industry. The MAIP Fellowship comprises 22 weeks of invaluable professional development experience. Students begin their experience with 12 weeks of Virtual Spring Training led by the industry’s best and brightest.

After completing their training, MAIP fellows are flown to their host agency’s location for a nine-week, full-time, paid internship experience fully immersing them into the industry. In larger regions, fellows also have the opportunity to attend MAIP Labs–professional development seminars hosted by volunteer agencies nearby. Applications open every September.

So what does this mean now? 

MAIP is hosting info sessions starting April 26 @ 5-6pm ET! These are virtual meetings and you can sign up for a session using this link.

All eligibility details here.

MAIP applicants must be current juniors/seniors in college, be enrolled in graduate school, or be enrolled in portfolio school. Additionally, applicants must identify as:

American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Middle Eastern
Black/African American/Afro-Caribbean
Hispanic/Latino
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Multiracial (e.g. Hispanic and Black)

Don’t forget to submit your work to Spring Show this weekend! The deadline has been extended until Monday, April 19. Use this link https://artuwnm.com/springshow/ to enter. Good luck! 

Alumni and graduating students! Apple is starting up their next Orchard program. The Orchard is a yearlong paid apprenticeship in Marcom focused on bringing emerging, diverse talent into our teams across many disciplines. Apple plans to have positions available for writers, designers, art directors, video producers, UX designers and web developers, brand managers, strategic and media planners, CG creatives, and interactive producers. The chance for ongoing, full-time employment in Marcom is possible upon completion of program. 

Their application window has just opened, and the deadline is May 10. You can apply here.

If you haven’t had a chance to submit or are stressed about getting your work together in time, we have great news for you today: we are extending the Spring Show submissions deadline to Monday April 19th, 11:59pm PST. So don’t waste another minute, folks!

As always, we are here to help with any questions so feel free to reach out to advertising@academyart.edu anytime! Good luck.

The SFMOMA Art Bash will be FREE this year! The Art Bash experience will explode across four days (April 12-15), welcoming the public to a dynamic series of virtual events, and engaging sponsors with an additional special event. To learn more visit https://artbash.sfmoma.org/

Have fun and expand your horizons!