Internship competition to attract creative minds

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The Digital Hub Development Agency has announced the launch of this year’s Best in Show, a competition aimed at students across the country. The prize at stake for the most creative projects is an internship with a successful digital media company.

Final-year students are now being invited to submit examples of their work to be in with a chance of winning a placement, which they can complete after graduation from college.

Announcing the details of Best in Show 2011 Dr. Stephen Brennan, director of marketing and strategy at The Digital Hub, said the competition highlights the many opportunities that exist for creative and digital media graduates in Ireland.

“A survey we conducted amongst companies located at The Digital Hub in recent months showed that – in spite of the recession – the digital media sector has a very positive outlook, with companies predicting economic growth and employment this year of 44% and 43% respectively,” he said. “This means digital media is one area where there are actually going to be job increases in the next few years.

Entrants ahave a choice of five categories:

Digital Design – the winner in this category will receive a work placement with Red Dog, one of Ireland’s leading graphic design companies.
Film/Video – winners in this category will receive a placement with Areaman Productions.
Multimedia – winners will receive placements with payByMobile and the Tobacco Free Research Institute, both of which are based at The Digital Hub.
Animation – winners will receive a work placement with Igloo Animations.
Audio/Music – winners will receive placements with Athena Media and Riviera Media Group, leading international audio production companies.

In addition to these five categories, a graduate from a local community education centre – D8CEC – will win a work placement with a company located at The Digital Hub: for this category, the winner will complete a placement focusing on office administration skills with the Digital Skills Academy.

The closing date for entries is 15 July 2011. For further details visit www.thedigitalhubexhibit.com/bestinshow.

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