For Employers: Employ YOOBEE @Natcoll Graduates

YOOBEE @Natcoll graduates have highly developed creative and practical skills that are relevant to the digital design industry. They have been taught by passionate, industry-experienced tutors using industry standard software in a very creative environment.

YOOBEE @Natcoll Design School itself has been leading the way in industry-led design education for over 14 years, and maintains strong links with the digital media industry to ensure the courses continually evolve to meet industry needs.

• YOOBEE @Natcoll graduates' skills
• Visit YOOBEE @Natcoll
• Recruitment opportunities
• Real client briefs
• Guest speakers/industry visits
• Curriculum advisory groups

YOOBEE @Natcoll graduates’ skills

YOOBEE @Natcoll graduates have work-ready skills. They are ready to meet the challenges of a digital design career having learnt creative and practical skills. To see what graduates from each course can offer you choose a qualification below:

• Diploma of Computer Graphic Design
• Diploma of Animation and Digital Video
• Diploma of Interactive Design
• Diploma of Web Development
• Diploma of Animation (Advanced)
• Diploma of Digital Filmmaking (Advanced)
• Diploma of Digital Media (Advanced)

Visit YOOBEE @Natcoll

Each campus runs:

• open days
• open weeks
• taster workshops
• student exhibitions

These are held throughout the year and designed as opportunities to find out more about us. Up and coming events can be viewed here.

For more information about how your business could benefit from being a part of these events, contact your nearest campus.

Recruitment opportunities

Recruit YOOBEE @Natcoll students and graduates for:

• job vacancies
• internships or cadetships
• study related part-time or holiday vacancies
• scholarships
• work placement
• project work
• industry experience
• voluntary work

Please contact your nearest campus for further details.

Internships

An internship is a fixed term, structured, paid or unpaid work experience programme which is related to the student's course or career plans and mentored with supervision and feedback on work performance. It can be full-time or part-time work during holiday periods or term time alongside studies or after graduation. It can be paid employment with short term deferment of studies. Internships can take place in New Zealand or overseas.

Internships provide excellent means for enhancing recruitment activities. They give employers access to prospective employees and a chance to view the intern for future potential without any commitment to hire. Interns can bring enthusiasm and a fresh point of view to the workplace, stimulating creative thinking and providing new alternatives.

Benefits:

• Strengthen the relationship between your organisation and the training community - students and staff
• Meet short term project deadlines - interns can fill short term gaps in your workforce
• Tap into students who come equipped with the latest software skills and knowledge of recent technical innovations
• When you need to take on new staff, you will have a ready pool of talented peopled who understand your culture and can hit the ground running

Creative Bite Design Studio

YOOBEE @Natcoll has its own Work Experience Internship Programme located in the Auckland Campus. The Creative Bite Design Studio is for recent graduates of our diploma courses in Graphic Design, Web Design, Video Post Production, Interactive Design and 3D Animation.

During their time at Creative Bite the interns develop the skills studied, gain real-world experience much sought after by industry and enhance their student portfolios with “live” jobs. Some interns have already developed links with clients which have
led to industry employment opportunities.

How can Creative Bite help your business? You could subcontract work to them, use interns as relief staff or during busy times, use interns for project based work when an extra person is needed. Contact the Studio Manager to see if Creative Bite interns can help.

Real client briefs

In most courses students do at least one major project as part of their diploma and are often looking for real client briefs to work on. Please contact your nearest campus if you have work that may be suitable. It is usually possible during these projects for the employer to also act as a mentor and provide feedback if they wish.

Guest speakers/industry visits

YOOBEE @Natcoll is always looking to give its students direct contact with industry. If your business is willing to come to campus and speak to students, or are willing to have students visit your premises please contact your nearest campus.

Curriculum advisory groups

YOOBEE @Natcoll has Curriculum Advisory Groups in each of the campus regions to provide advice on the curriculum taught by Natcoll. If your business would like to be part of these groups, which generally meet once a year, please contact your nearest campus.