Media
internship
For photographers, filmmakers, designers, journalists and social media creators who want their work to help protect reefs in the Philippines.
Still from Impact: Bringing the Fish Back, a film made by MCP media interns
We're scientists and dive instructors, not creatives
That's exactly why we need you. Media interns join MCP already skilled in their craft, and use it to tell the story of reef conservation in the Philippines: our survey work across Zamboanguita, Siaton and Santa Catalina, our Marine Protected Areas, and the communities we work with.
Because we're not creatives, we can't teach the tools of your trade. You won't learn Photoshop, Illustrator or how to shoot video here, so you'll need to arrive able to do the work. What we can give you is a real organisation that relies on what you make, clear goals, real deadlines, and stories worth telling.
Email us your portfolioWhat you could work on
- FilmShort films and social cuts about our reef surveys, Marine Protected Areas and the people behind them.
- PhotographyAbove and below the water, from survey dives and mangrove planting to everyday life on campus.
- Design and webOur website, campaign websites, printed materials, and the free lessons teachers use in their classrooms.
- Journalism and PRPitching our stories to newspapers, magazines and online media, and getting them published. You'll need a proven track record of published work.
- Social mediaCampaigns that reach future volunteers, donors and partners.
Made here, by our media interns
Every film below was made at MCP by media interns, from a 37-second short to a 10-minute documentary. Together they now introduce our work to volunteers, donors and partners around the world.
MCP - Safeguarding our Seas
How You Can Help by Volunteering
Tour Around The MCP Campus
Volunteer Diving Program
Divemaster Program: Training Philosophy
Lessons, too
Our free classroom lessons began as media intern projects, before our team gave them a final polish. Any teacher can use them.
What it costs
Media interns pay a reduced volunteer fee in return for creative work we agree on together before you arrive.
With diving
$275per week
50% off the volunteer fee
- Three meals a day, plus tea, coffee, water and snacks
- Basic dorm accommodation
- Free scuba diving and use of dive gear
- Marine park fees
Without diving
$137per week
75% off the volunteer fee
- Three meals a day, plus tea, coffee, water and snacks
- Basic dorm accommodation
How the discount works
You pay the regular volunteer fee before you arrive, and we refund the difference once the agreed work is delivered.
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Send your portfolio
Email us examples of your work, or a link to your portfolio.
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Agree on a brief
Together we set clear creative outcomes for your stay.
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Pay the regular fee
The standard volunteer fee is paid before you arrive.
- 4
Create on location
Shoot, design, write and pitch, with help from the team.
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Deliver, get refunded
We refund the difference for agreed work delivered. No delivery, no refund.
Also included
- Feedback on your work as you go
- Use of all MCP facilities
- Help from volunteers on shoots and projects, when they're available
- Any PADI course we offer, when there's a free spot. You only pay for certification and books.
- A team of local and international conservationists, scientists and volunteers to work alongside
What we expect
From everyone
- Arrive with your skills in place. Your portfolio is how we judge whether the internship is a good fit.
- Plan to stay at least 6 weeks, and longer if you can. The longer you stay, the more you get to know the place and the further you can take your projects.
- Bring your own laptop and software. We have a few Macs at base, but they're shared and often in use.
If you're a student
- Tell us before you come what your university or college expects from us in terms of evaluation and tutoring.
- Have a tutor at your university who approves the scope of your work with us and guides you on their requirements.
Show us what you make
Email us a few examples of your work or a link to your portfolio, and tell us what you'd like to create at MCP. We'll get back to you to talk it through.