WELCOME TO
UNLOCKED INTERNSHIPS

The award-winning UNLOCKED Internship Programme was launched in 2023 with the aim to help kickstart opportunities for underrepresented emerging talent, looking to get their break in the UK’s creative industries. In year one, we opened up eight paid internship opportunities for emerging creatives in some of the most exciting organisations and agencies based here in Scotland.

The programme is founded by integrated comms agency, John Doe Group.

WHY WE’RE DOING THIS

Marginalised ethnicities and those from low-income backgrounds are massively underrepresented in the creative industries. To help change this, the programme is created to ‘unlock’ new internships, with the clear future goal of fairer and greater representation.

HOW IT WORKS

Each of our UNLOCKED partner organisations commit to offering:

A minimum 4 week internship (unless stated otherwise)
Takes place across July to September
Paid at real living wage

There’s no maximum age limit however all applicants must be 18+. While all applications will be considered, priority criteria for placements are those from marginalised ethnicities and / or low-income backgrounds.

Internships are awarded not on the basis of prior experience but rather due to a candidate’s passion, motivation and drive to learn. Applicants do not need to be an official 'creative’, studying a creative or marketing subject or indeed studying at all apply - all we ask is that you have a clear interest in the creative industries and a natural curiosity to learn more.

Successful candidates have already been selected for 2024.

For any further information or if you have any questions, contact unlockednorth@johndoehub.com.

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

OUR 2024 PARTNERS

This year, the UNLOCKED Internship Programme offered coveted positions within some of Scotland’s leading organisations and creative agencies.

These included: ALT, Atomic10, Big Think, Hydrogen, John Doe Group, Leith Agency, Lux Events, MadeBrave, Muckle Media, Scottish Government, Story, Story Shop, StudioLR, STV, Union Group, Voom and Whyte & Mackay!