UOD Summer Internship for 2007

Slide 1: Not sure what to do next Summer? Why not get an internship in… NEW YORK LONDON BARCELONA CHICAGO LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO

Slide 2: University of Dreams But don’t just take our (UOD) is an American word for it. Matty Reville company that will find is a History student at you the perfect summer For eight weeks you can work Sheffield University who internship program in an internship in one of these took part in the Los Chicago, Los Angeles, locations with housing and New York, San Francisco, Angeles program last London or Barcelona. meals already covered. summer… “Like many students I was worried going into my final year at uni without having a real idea with what I want to do as a career. About this time last year I started looking for internships on internjobs.com, who gave UOD a “highly recommended” rating.

Slide 3: 1. FIRST STEP: WHAT INTERNSHIP? I researched into the program, starting with their website (www.internprograms.com). Internships on offer fell into 19 categories… Event Advertising Casting Planning Fashion Film Finance Interior Law/Legal Marketing Design Public Music Publishing Photography Radio Relations Real Estate Sports Television Theatre/Arts Tourism

Slide 4: 2. SECOND STEP: WHERE TO GO? I had to choose which location I should spend the summer before applying for specific positions at companies. Wherever you choose to work, you are put into housing (generally University Halls of Residence) with other people from the program. This includes catering, transportation to and from work, (optional) weekly seminars, professional staff assistance and regular activities on the campus.

Slide 5: Seeing as you pay to live their for eight 2. SECOND STEP: weeks, the decision of which of the six locations to live in is obviously very WHERE TO GO? important. Here’s a quick guide. PROs PROs - largest program - joint cheapest venue - best city in the world! - close to sandy beaches WWW.INTERNPROGRAMS.COM WWW.INTERNPROGRAMS.COM - very prestigious firms CONs CONs - starts 3rd June - most competitive program - SAN FRANCISCO - no overnight trips NEW YORK starts June 10th PROs PROs - live in UCL (central) - entertainment capital - - not other side of world! lots of nearby beaches - WWW.INTERNPROGRAMS.COM WWW.INTERNPROGRAMS.COM biggest campus (185) CONs - you probably live here! - CONs joint most expensive LONDON LOS ANGELES - umm… it’s very hot?!? PROs PROs - beautiful and vibrant city - great if language student - joint cheapest venue - completely diff culture WWW.INTERNPROGRAMS.COM WWW.INTERNPROGRAMS.COM - lots of legal internships CONs CONs - must speak Spanish - joint most expensive CHICAGO BARCELONA - only 1 overnight trip

Slide 6: 3. THIRD STEP: WHAT INTERNSHIP? Each of the programs are massively different, but all include a tour of the city, 1-2 overnight trips (e.g. LA Vegas) and a trip to a professional sports event. Each location has a trip/activity planned for every weekend. There’s no way for me to tell you which one would suit you best. For specific info, check the website. I decided to go to LA. After this decision, I was given a ‘Placement Agent’. Each successful applicant to UOD is given a member of staff to present them with options available in the desired location. My Placement Agent was Bryce Henson (left). Bryce guaranteed that he would place me in my industry of choice or they’d refund any fees. He also told me that in the six years they have been running summer internship programs, UOD have successfully placed over 99% of its enrolled participants. Bryce then sent an email with the firms UOD is affiliate with.

Slide 7: The company offers over 1,000 internships across it’s six programs. Even on the LA 3. THIRD STEP: program there’s so many I’ve had to scale it WHAT INTERNSHIP? down to ridiculous proportions, but I’ve emphasised some of the most famous ones. Jim National New Line Jennifer Lopez LA Film Make A Hollywood 20th Century Billboard Hilton Henson Lampoon Cinema Fashion Festival Wish Reporter CBS Fox Magazine Hotels Company Warrior Universal Comedy Levi’s The Athletes Sony Fox MTV Barclays BMG BMI Records Music Central Agency Bank

Slide 8: 3. THIRD STEP: WHAT INTERNSHIP? I asked Bryce to set up interviews with three potential firms. Warrior Records The Sports Placement MTV Agency Assistant Marketing Director Sports agency representing Working in the LA office for for an independent music Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson, the world’s biggest Music label. Laila Ali, Joe Namath. television channel. All three offered me a job, and I spent last summer working on Hollywood Boulevard for the Warrior Records record label.

Slide 9: In the Warrior Records Swimming pool at one of office with my boss our weekend hotels UCLA Campus Outside work on Hollywood Playing the slots in Boulevard Vegas Meeting Penn & Teller The staff members at after their Vegas show our Halls of Residence

Slide 10: For more information on how you can have the summer of a lifetime, join my Facebook group (called UOD Summer Internships 2007). Also, check out the main UOD website at www.internprograms.com. If you have any specific questions or want to organise a time to meet face-to-face, either contact me (Matty Reville) through the facebook group or email me at hia04mjr@shef.ac.uk. This really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and one that I’d strongly advise anyone to look into!