We are able to meet with each student individually to assess personal and professional goals. Based on a student’s interest, we work together to craft a local, national or international internship opportunity that explores a particular career path.
MECA encourages students to participate in internships as a means of gaining real-world experience and better understanding a potential career path. We work with each student to match them to an opportunity that meets their personal and professional goals. Internships for academic credit take place in the Portland area during the academic year and can happen anywhere during the summer. Faculty highly recommend and value these experiences because of the real-world knowledge gained by working under a supervisor in a professional setting. See a list of selected internship employers that have hosted opportunities for students under our Opportunities section below.
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Upcoming Proposal Deadlines
Fall 2018 Internship deadline: August 31, 2018
Spring 2019 Internship deadline: January 18, 2019
Summer 2019 Internship deadline: May 6, 2019
Internship Basics
Requirements for Credit:
- On an academic cycle
- Starts in September, January or May
- 135 hours over 15 weeks
- Requires an on-site supervisor with skills related to the job duties
Employers interested in offering an internship can post it online.
Digital Media
- Baxter Academy of Tech and Science: (Portland, ME)
- Big Room Studios: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Calypso Communications: Design Intern (Portsmouth, NH)
- The Chewonki Foundation: Marketing Intern (Wiscasset, ME)
- Chickadee Games: Video Game Design Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Community Television: Production Intern (Portland, ME)
- CIEE: Content Intern (Portland, ME)
- Cumulus Media: (Portland, ME)
- Digital Mill: (Freeport, ME)
- Diversified Communications: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Engine: Design Intern (Biddeford, ME)
- Fort House Studios: (Portland, ME)
- Gay Girl Dating Coach: Production Intern (Portland, ME)
- Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- iBec: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Lone Wolf Media: (South Portland, ME)
- Mainely Art: (Portland, ME)
- MECA: Marketing Intern (Portland, ME)
- MECA FY-In: Teaching Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Northcross Group: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- P3 Studio Maine: (Portland, maine)
- Proactive Resources Design: (Portland, ME)
- Rollin Leonard: (Portland, ME)
- Shoestring Theater: (Portland, ME)
- SoliDgInc: (Portland, ME)
- Space Cow INC: New Media Intern (new York, NY)
- Studio e Flett Design: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- VIA Agency: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- White Dog Arts: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
Graphic Design
- Alice Design Communication: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- American Eagle: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- American Natural History Museum: Graphic Design Intern (New York, NY)
- Calypso Communications: Design Intern (Portsmouth, NH)
- Carol Wilson Architecture: Graphic Design Intern (Falmouth, ME)
- Christopher David Ryan: Studio Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Designtex: Production Intern, Project Design Specialist (Portland, ME)
- Drew Design Co : (Portland,ME)
- The Element Group: (Portsmouth, NH)
- Engine: Design Intern (Biddeford, ME)
- iBec: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Idexx Laboratories: Graphic Design Intern (Westbrook, ME)
- -ing Design, LLC: Design Intern (Kittery, ME)
- Kingspoke: (South Portland, ME)
- L.L. Bean: Graphic Design Intern (Freeport, ME)
- Liquid Wireless: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Local Thunder: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maine Magazine: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maine Media Workshops: (Rockport, ME)
- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia: Graphic Design Intern (New York, NY)
- Might & Main: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Murphy Empire Design: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Northcross Group: (Portland, ME)
- Peppermill Projects:(Annapolis, MD)
- PERCH Studio: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Proactive Resource Design:(Portland, ME)
- The Portland Designer: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Magazine: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Museum of Art: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Pirates: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Puelle Design: Graphic Design Intern (Yarmouth, ME)
- Rogue’s Gallery: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Rollin Leonard: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Shamrock Sports & Entertainment: (Portland, ME)
- Shawnee Peak: Studio Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Simmons Ardell: (Portland, ME)
- Steelcase, Inc: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Style Caster: (New York, NY)
- Toderico Creative: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Tyler Technologies
- University of Southern Maine: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- VIA Agency: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Wayside Publishing: (Freepot, ME)
- 360 Uncoated: (Portland, ME)
Illustration
- BISHART: Graphic Novel Intern (Portland, ME)
- Children’s Museum of Maine: Illustration Intern (Portland, ME)
- Cider Mill Press Book Publishers: Book Design Intern (Kennebunkport, ME)
- Curious City: Children’s Book Publishing Intern (Portland, ME)
- Hasbro, Inc: Game intern (Pawtucket, RI)
- Impact Custom Apparel LLC: Design Intern (Cumberland, RI)
- The Ink Spot: (Portland, ME)
- Kris Johnsen: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maclin Design: Interior Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Morris + Essex: Screenprint Intern (Portland, ME)
- Nash Box: Illustration Intern (Portland, ME)
- Out for Justice: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- MECA: Photobooth Intern (Portland, ME)
- Pickwick Independent Press: Printmaking Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portland Stage: Illustration Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portland Symphony: Marketing Intern (Portland, ME)
- Quarto Publishing Group: Book Design Intern (Beverly, MA)
- Rollin Leonard: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Stephen Costanza: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- The Ink spot: (Portland, ME)
Painting
- Lisi Raskin: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maine Project for Fine Art Conservation (Portland, ME)
- Mayo Street Arts: (Portland, ME)
- Michel Droge: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Public Library: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Sascha Braunig: (Portland, ME)
- Stephen Benenson: (Portland, ME)
- Sotheby’s: Auction Intern (New York, NY)
- SPACE Gallery: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Wildwood School: (Schenectady, NY)
Woodworking & Furniture Design