Designership

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Submit Your Application

Our team will be reviewing submissions on a rolling basis until mid-January. To ensure the process is equitable, submissions will be anonymized before the review team scores applications. The highest-scoring submissions will be invited to a virtual panel interview. Review this scorecard to see how your submission will be scored.

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Virtual Panel Interview

If you are among the highest-scoring submissions, we’ll contact you to attend a panel interview with members of the Bridgeable team. At this stage, you may be asked to share additional information, such as a resume, to help demonstrate your professional training or other relevant experience.

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Final Selection

After the panel interview, the review team will recommend candidates to be hired for an internship role. Bridgeable will hire a team of interns for the summer. Designership begins in May 2025 and runs until August 2025.

Option 1

Share a project that you’ve worked on in the past

Share a project or initiative that you have led or contributed to that demonstrates your ability to address complexity and ambiguity related to a particular challenge.

Option 2

Share a project you would like to work on in the future

Share with us a project that you would hope to complete in the future. Your submission should address an existing complex challenge that you are passionate about and should demonstrate your unique skills and ability to address the problem.

Possible formats include but are not limited to:

• Video recording – try to keep it to less than 5 minutes in length

• Audio recording – try to keep it to less than 5 minutes in length

• Slide presentation (eg. Powerpoint, Google Slides) – try to keep it to 10 slides

• Word document – try to keep it to between 1 and 2 pages

Your submission should clearly explain the following:

• The problem you are addressing

• Why this problem is important to you

• The process you took (or would take) to address it

• The intended impact of the project

• Key lessons you learned (or hope to learn)

All application submissions will be scored against this scorecard.

Please ensure you review this when crafting your submission. Considering these criteria will give your application the best opportunity to score highly.

Review the application scorecard.

Can non-designers apply?

Yes! You don’t need to be a trained designer to be a successful Designership participant. We’d love to hear from people with diverse, multi-disciplinary backgrounds with an appetite for learning and having an impact. The only catch at this time: you must be eligible to work in Canada by the time the Designership begins.

Can this lead to a full-time job?

Fun fact: All of last year’s Designership hires who were eligible were offered full-time roles following the program! We also have several other Bridgers who first joined us at the Designership level. If there are relevant full-time opportunities open after your time in the Designership, past participants will be strongly considered.

Will I be paid?

Yes, the position is paid. Designership participants can expect to earn a competitive $25/hour salary. We’d be happy to share more details and answer questions at the panel interviews.

Want to learn more about Designership?

We strongly encourage interested participants to join our virtual info sessions.

The sessions are led by senior leaders and past Designership participants. They will discuss everything you need to know about the Designership program, run through our scorecard, and offer application submission tips. Previous Designership participants will also be available for a Q&A session.

Register for a virtual info session.