Why advertising?
"I don't want people who do the right things. I want people who do inspiring things" Bill Bernbach, founder, DDB.
Advertising and marketing communication is about effecting change. Changing consumer behaviour, changing the fortunes of businesses, and sometimes, changing lives.
To meet these heady challenges takes passion, vision, commitment and a good understanding of human beahviour.
Successful advertising careers come from an inherent ability to be a master of all trades. You must know and understand a variety of different industries. In many cases, you’ll know more about your client’s brand, business and competitors than they do.
The best advertising people are confident, outgoing, dynamic, team-players. They are voracious consumers of popular culture, trends and technology. They have good creative appreciation, are highly organised and have usually had some sort of amazing life experience that separates them from the crowd.
CAANZ is looking for exceptional people willing to work hard for an exceptional career.
Are you up for the challenge?
Our Internships
CAANZ Graduate Internships are the best way to get your foot in the door of the advertising and marketing communications industry. All you need to do to be considered for a role is complete an application form.
There is the small matter of ensuring your application stands out from the crowd and makes us want to interview you. As Mr Bernbach said, we want people who inspire us.
If you are shortlisted, you’ll have the opportunity to get in front of up to 10 agency Chief Executives.
What you do with that opportunity is up to you.
Successful candidates will be offered an internship role within a leading New Zealand advertising agency.
The roles available are Account Executive, Media Assistant or Experiential Marketing Account Executive.
You’ll be mentored, paid $32,000 per annum (pro rata for the duration of your internship), and attend a series of networking events with industry leaders and your peers.
On completion of your internship, we anticipate you’ll have proved your worth to the agency and be offered permanent employment.
All internships are currently based in Auckland.
Our Roles
Account Executive
Working with the account service team, you will coordinate the day-to-day activities of the agency on behalf of a client's product or service. You’ll be responsible for the timely completion of projects and be expected to present and gain acceptance for work created and produced by the agency, under the direction of an Account Director.
Internal administration duties include trafficking and studio liaison of advertisements, briefing creative on projects and follow-up, as well as general quoting of jobs.
To succeed, you must be highly organised, possess outstanding communication skills and have an acute attention to detail. You’ll be a team player who combines creative problem-solving with sensible decision making.
Find out more about the Account Executive internships
Media Assistant
Working alongside your assigned media team, you'll provide support for colleagues to ensure fulfilment of all projects. That means the chance to work across a broad range of channels and disciplines, and gain a heap of knowledge about different areas of media.
Day-to-day, you'll be involved in a variety of tasks, including:
- Planning and buying
- Analysis and post-analysis
- Instruction of material to media
- Invoicing
- Competitive review support
- Liaising with Production/Studio to ensure material is delivered on time and to specification.
You'll also help build partnerships with creative agencies, providing input when required.
It goes without saying that you're a strong communicator and have the ability to be an integral part of a team. You're also highly organised, deadline driven, and you pay attention to the small details. On top of this, if you have strong statistical, analytical, writing and presentation skills then you have the skills needed to thrive in this industry.
Find out more about the Media Assistant internships
Experiential Marketing
You will take on an internship working as part of a campaign co-ordination team producing and executing creative experiential marketing solutions, including brand experiences, brand launches and event marketing.
You will assist in developing event logistics solutions, producing time lines, liaising with suppliers and coordinating staffing requirements for a team of people in the agency. You will be responsible for coordinating multiple projects and juggling many balls at once for multiple people so great organisational and communication skills are essential.
A key part of this role is to coordinate staffing of campaigns and, at times, to manage these staff on-site. You will need to have great people skills and be able to effectively manage staff of a similar age to you. The role also requires an acute attention to detail and you will need to be highly process driven.
Find out more about the Experiential Marketing internships
