20-Week Traineeship Programme

Start off your Orientation Year right

Train at the DSS

• Build your professional network and get work experience in Amsterdam.
• The DSS Amsterdam Traineeship Programme offers you limitless opportunities to grow your skills and develop your full potential in innovative interactive media.
• This isn’t your typical traineeship: it is hands-on learning at its best, involving practice-based work with a touch of research. You’ll be part of a vibrant interdisciplinary group during a semester and enjoy unique exposure to a network of experts within the field.
• You will work in multidisciplinary teams guided by experts from the industry and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. The team is a mix of designers, programmers, social/digital media experts, researchers, copywriters, and storytellers.
• In 20 weeks (from Feb-Jun and Sep-Feb) your team develops a working prototype in collaboration with clients like KLM & VodafoneZiggo. The team will be working 5 days a week in Studio HvA or at the client’s office. Within the programme, there will be time allocated for documentation or graduation requirements/thesis work. The programme is in English and available to all talented and motivated students, recent graduates of higher education, and professionals seeking to advance their career.

You

• Are experienced with or intend to develop your skills regarding user-centered design.
• Not only are you a thinker, but also a doer and you flourish in a multidisciplinary team.
• Turning concepts into prototypes is your thing, but also reflecting upon results in relation to the societal challenge.
• You will work closely with different stakeholders and together you will come up with tools, prototypes, and solutions for a societal challenge.
• Together with the city of Amsterdam and its citizens we will design for societal impact. We aim to create solutions for the society of tomorrow and to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

What do we offer?

• A vibrant international environment: Work with peers and professionals from all over the world.
• Real client projects: Collaborate with leading companies and institutions such as KLM, VodafoneZiggo, and the City of Amsterdam.
• Professional coaching and mentoring: Receive guidance from experienced experts in design, technology, communication, and research.
• Personal development workshops: Boost your skills in storytelling, agile methodology, systems thinking, and more.
• Portfolio-ready outcomes: End your traineeship with a working prototype and real-world experience to showcase to future employers.
• On top of that, you’ll be part of the DSS community even after you complete the programme, for inspiration and career opportunities.

Interested?

Get the brochure for all info on the programme.

Tuition Fees

The tuition fee to participate in the Digital Transformation Intensive Programme is €4,750.