Hire a ProCom Intern
When you sponsor a ProCom intern, you get:
- A fresh perspective on communications from Canada’s brightest talent
- A tech-savvy, social trendsetter with innovative ideas
- An extra set of hands to amp up campaigns, events, and projects
- The ability to test-run long-term hires, saving you time and money
- Mentor and leadership opportunities for staff
- Lifelong brand ambassadors who love promoting businesses they love
Previous sponsors include:
- TTC
- North York Arts
- Rethink Breast Cancer
- Yonge-Steeles Ford Lincoln
- Simcoe District School Board
- Canadian Association of Mental Health (CAMH)
- Rogers Media, Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
Acceptance guidelines
We are grateful to all organizations that volunteer their time and resources to the development of our students. Your support, mentorship, and feedback are crucial to ensuring internships are successful — for you and the student. We look forward to working with internship sponsors who:
- Facilitate workplace on-boarding, including but not limited to any necessary organizational privacy and confidentiality agreement policies
- Submit duly completed forms and administrative documents before the placement start date
- Ensure a safe working environment in which student can thrive to apply their communication skills
- Contribute to student evaluation via online interim and final assessments
- Mentor and support student career development throughout the placement
| Date | Internship Events |
|---|---|
| March 31st | Deadline for employers to google formsubmit their internship opportunity, external link |
| May 3rd | Earliest internship start date(flexible) |
| May 31st | Mandatory midterm meeting (students only) |
| June 14th | Earliest internship end date (flexible) |
240-320 hours in a communications-related work placement, typically between May and June. Students typically work between 35-40 hours/week for 6 to 8 weeks throughout the spring term, with any additional hours being entirely up to the student and sponsor. Most students remain at their internship placements into the summer.
Yes! Please complete a Placement Proposal Form, external link. Once approved, your position will be circulated to prospective interns who will follow up with you directly.
As many as you have opportunities and support for so long as the acceptance guidelines are met.
Any paid or unpaid employment that takes place outside of the parameters of the internship placement would be at the discretion of the student and the employer. Liability insurance coverage provided by Ryerson University for any unpaid internship is extended for the entire duration of the work placement.
Compensation depends entirely on the organization's capacity and budget and is not a prerequisite to hiring. We often collaborate with startups, SMEs, not-for-profit and various charitable organizations whose funding is limited to research and other grants. While we certainly encourage compensation at the appropriate skill level, we often help facilitate opportunities provided that the experience is of relevance to the student. Most unpaid internships do however come with a lump sum stipend or honorarium attached. These are typically equal to appropriate hourly rate times the total number of placement hours.
Become an Internship Sponsor
To be considered for internship placement, please complete the following steps:
- Complete our Sponsor Placement Proposal Form, external link
or
- If a pdf or Word document summarizing a possible role already exists, feel free to forward it via email at procom.internships@ryerson.ca.
- Once received, we will post the position on our internal job board for any interested student to follow up and initiate the recruitment process
Contact
For more information about the ProCom internship program, please contact:
- Danielle Taylor, Internship and Alumni Liaison, procom.internships@ryerson.ca
- Robert Bajko, BA Internship Coordinator, rbajko@ryerson.ca