MoTIF http://motif.swinmc.net A Motif.swinmc.net weblog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:56:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 IBL opportunities http://motif.swinmc.net/blog/2012/02/01/ibl-opportunities/ http://motif.swinmc.net/blog/2012/02/01/ibl-opportunities/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:51:24 +0000 admin http://motif.swinmc.net/?p=1288

If you are a current Swinburne Media undergraduate student and you are interested in any of the following placements, please contact Annette Pelgrim, Manager Cooperative Education, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, asap!
Phone (+61 3) 9214 8753
Marketing and Events Assistant, Swinburne, Faculty of Design

Attention: Media/Digital Media/Communications/Journalism/ Social Science students

If you are mature, motivated, able to work independently as well as part of a team, then apply for this opportunity to work in a creative environment at Swinburne’s Prahran campus. You will be involved in marketing, communication, and student recruitment activities which will use your skills in speaking, advertising, writing and organising. This is a role and an experience that looks really great on a CV. Interviews will be held 13-17 Feb. (This position has also been advertised to students in other Faculties.)

Closing Date: 10th February 2012 (5pm)

Multimedia Developer/Trainee – Online Learning Australia Pty Ltd

Here’s your opportunity to get a foot in the door assisting in customised eLearning projects with a Collins St company, while increasing your employability skills. There are possibly two placements available here, with the possibility of extension to 12 months.

Closing Date: 6th February 2012 (5pm)

Junior Graphic & Website Designer, Soul Media

If you pride yourself on strong communication skills, consider yourself a self starter, have a passion for the web and design, then here’s a great opportunity to join a small Digital Agency that specialise in Web Design & Development, graphic & print design and just about anything in the digital space. You will be given every opportunity to further your skills and will be given the freedom to be creative and learn on the job.

Closing Date: 5th February 2012 (5pm)

Marketing Communications Coordinator – IBL Student – Designer Doorware

Here’s an opportunity to make your mark, using your business marketing knowledge and communication skills to great advantage. This company has supported product engineering IBL students in the past and now seeks another student in a new field. This placement may suit Business Marketing, Digital Marketing, or Media & Communications students with a keen commitment to learn!

Closing Date: 7th February 2012 (5pm)

Marketing Assistant, Swinburne – Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences

Wanted! ….. If you are enthusiastic (and love enthusing others), motivated, able to work independently as well as part of a team, then apply for this opportunity. You will be involved in marketing, communication, and student recruitment activities which will use your skills in speaking, advertising, writing and organising. This is a role and an experience that looks really great on a CV and you will receive a tax free scholarship stipend for this position.

Closing Date: 9th February 2012 (5pm)

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SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT FOR TWO MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY & DESIGN STUDENTS NOVEMBER 2011 – FEBRUARY 2012.

From Cashtivity:

We are seeking two bright and energetic multi media and communications students to work with the Cashtivity team over the summer on a web design project. The placements will be ideal for students seeking to build up a portfolio of work and getting real project experience. You will be working on cutting edge projects.

The placements will be on the following basis:

• 32 days (2-3 days per week over a 9-12 week period)

• Starting after exams in November with completion by end of February 2012 (start/finish dates are flexible)

• Based in the CBD • Offered on a voluntary basis

What is Cashtivity?

Cashtivity helps you plan and organise your cash activities – from bake sales to app sales. Do it yourself or with your friends – in school, at home or on the go. Cashtivity is a new project, an internet service helping young people and the young at heart, to put their business, financial and entrepreneurial ideas and plans into action. We commenced operations in August 2011. We are creating and testing two new ground breaking products – Cashtivity Web Apps and Cashtivity Campus Apps.

What are the Placement Projects?

There are two projects which will require the students to work as a team. Each student will lead one of the projects. The first project will be to create a style guide and design for our new Cashtivity Campus App – this is an online YouTube education channel supported by slides, video, voice, animation and a ‘whiteboard’. You will design the Education Channel, creating look, feel and format which speaks the Cashtivity brand. Our Campus Apps will comprise a series of courses, all of which will be produced through a standard format and available to users online. The second project will be to create a design and style guide for our existing Activity App and to enhance the web site with this new design.

The website address is: http://cashtivity.com.au

Who are we seeking?

We are looking for those wishing to take their creative, technical and project skills to the next level. Excellent communication skills are essential. It is ideal for students entering their final year of undergraduate or postgraduate study.

How do I apply?

Applications close on Friday 11 November 2011. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and a short list will be invited to an interview in early November.

To apply please send a covering letter and resume to:

Marissa Di Pasquale

Cashtivity

Level 41, 55 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

Email: marissadipasquale@gmail.com

Please direct any inquires through email.

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The Centre for Creative Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, La Trobe University invite you to a public lecture:

Mark Amerika: “Remixthecontext: the transmedia artist in network culture”

The lecture will be followed by a Conversation between Mark Amerika and Dan Angeloro (Soda_Jerk)

When: 15 November 2011, 6.30pm
Where: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library Victoria, Melbourne
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/visit/how-get-here

Remix is a widespread practice of recombining existing material to make something new —including covers, sampling, mash-ups, smash-ups, cut-ups. Mark Amerika looks at how new media artists, many of whom identify with the historical avant-garde, are expanding the forms of remix art to foreground an anti-disciplinary [anti-authoritarian + interdisciplinary] approach to both contemporary practice and theory. Amerika will discuss his experimental art, theory, and pedagogy, including his recent projects Immobilité and remixthebook.

Mark Amerika is a cult novelist, media theorist, web publisher, VJ artist, and remix artist. He has been named a “Time Magazine 100 Innovator” as part of their continuing series of features on the most influential artists, scientists, entertainers and philosophers into the 21st century. Amerika is widely exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at major art galleries and biennales. He is Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Principal Research Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne. http://markamerika.com www.remixthebook.com

Dan Angeloro is one half of Soda_Jerk, a collaboration working together since 2002. In their video installations and performance lectures, Soda_Jerk work with audiovisual samples to create speculative narratives that interrogate historical events and cultural trajectories. Soda_Jerk are the recipients of the 2011 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship and a 2011 British Council Realise Your Dream Award. http://www.sodajerk.com.au

For futher information, please contact
Norie Neumark, Director, Centre for Creative Arts
n.neumark@latrobe.edu.au
or Natalie Pirotta, Coordinator, Centre for Creative Arts
CentreCreativeArts@latrobe.edu.au

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The Medium Rare team ( a combination of Media and Communications postgraduate students and Honours students, undergrad journalism students and Andrew and Lisa) had a great day on the final shoot for the pilot program that will air on Channel 31 later this year. Guests Jonathan Green, editor of ABC’s The Drum website, and Matthew Pinkney, online editor from the Herald and Weekly Times, were impressed with the professionalism of the students. You can view more behind the scenes photos and get more information about the show at the Medium Rare website, http://mediumrare.swintv.net

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Industry Engaged Learning invites all current and former Swinburne students to go into the running to win fantastic prizes by simply sharing their IEL Experience. Whether you have done a Capstone, Internship or IBL placement – to enter, simply tell us about your IEL experience in 500 words or less and an iPad2 could be yours!

Competition Terms

Entries must be a maximum of 500 words (not including title) and must refer to an IEL experience undertaken as part of your university studies at Swinburne. IEL experiences include Industry Based Learning, Industry Placements, internships, capstone and study tours and must have a direct connection to the student’s area of study.

While you are free to write your entry as creatively as you wish, all entries must contain the following:

  • A description of your IEL experience (what, where, and when of your placement/experience)
  • What you learnt from your experience
  • How the experience allowed you to connect your academic studies to real world practice
  • How it influenced your career aspirations

Along with your entry, you must include the following:

  • Your name, details of the degree you are studying/studied and telephone contact details
  • A photograph of yourself -either a photo of yourself undertaking your IEL experience or a portrait photograph are appropriate

Prizes

1st Prize Apple iPad2 16G WiFi

2nd Prize $100 Coles Myer gift card

3rd Prize $50 Coles Myer gift card

Email your entry in Microsoft Word format and your photograph in JPEG format to iel@swinburne.edu.au by 5pm on Monday, 31 October 2011.

Entries will be judged on writing style, creativity and effectiveness. Please read Terms and Conditions for full terms on this competition. If you have any questions regarding this competition please contact IEL on 9214 4973 or email iel@swinburne.edu.au.

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Journalist Amber Wilson is seeking some assistance with a documentary she is producing. She writes:

I’m a journalist and presenter who is looking for a camera operator and editor who would like to work on a documentary about people with disabilities and their access to sex. While the work will be unpaid unless/until the documentary is sold and aired, the aim is to make a professional-standard production that has television appeal. I’m looking for someone who is open-minded and willing to be involved in something that involves some outside-the-square thinking. Please give me a call on 0423 292 558. We’d be looking to start production within the next month.

Her email is amber.wilson@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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Information Sessions for Honours are going to be held on

Friday 26 August, 1.30–2.30pm

Download the brochure LSS Honours Info session Poster 2011

Science – Room EN101
Arts – Room EN102
Register to attend!
Email: lssinfo@swin.edu.au
Telephone: 9214 5209

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Jane Curtis – ABC Open Producer – Bendigo
Where are you from originally?
Brisbane
What did you study at Swinburne?
I studied a Masters in Media and Communications and subjects including Convergence Journalism, Radio Production and Digital Audio and Video.

What are your media passions?
Creative online collaborations, documenting community projects in interesting ways, following blogs and social media, and using the web to connect, learn and share on and offline.
Where are you now?
I’m doing my dream job as an ABC Open Producer for Central Victoria.
See Jane’s work at

http://open.abc.net.au/openregions/vic-central-51bX8hh

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Rental Assistance Scholarships 2011

Equity and Disability Support Service are awarding 50 rental assistance scholarships to domestic undergraduate Higher Education students from low socio-economic backgrounds or experiencing significant financial disadvantage. The aim of the scholarships are to assist students with paying rent/board.

The scholarships are to the value of $2,000 and will be paid in fortnightly instalments of $100 from September 2011 with a lump sum backdated to March 2011 for those students enrolled from Semester 1.

Students enrolling in Semester 2 will be entitled to $1,000.

 

Applications are now open and close Monday, 22 August 2011.

Please read the General Information Document before you apply.

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Swinburne postgraduate student Luc Steinberg interviews Clementine Ford, a freelance writer and journalist.

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