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. Up to 10 of 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 10 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 3 interns for the summer. The Designership begins on May 8th, 2023 and runs until August 25th, 2023.

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)

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 that 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 of the Designership will be of strong consideration.

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.

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.

Want to learn more about Designership?

Our virtual info sessions have passed, but you can find the recordings here.

The sessions were led by senior leaders and past participants of the Designership. They discussed everything you need to know about the Designership program, ran through our scorecard, and offered application submission tips. Previous Designership participants were also be available for a Q&A session.

Click here to watch the recordings.