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Digital agency awards work opportunities to students at new media design show

Monday 14 May 2012

Cyber Duck

Ten students from UEL’s School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) have been awarded industry sponsored prizes including paid work experience and tickets to attend a top industry design show.

To win the award, students from Multimedia Technology Design, Interactive Media Design and Computer Games Design degree courses, competed with each other to come up with engaging interactive web content for digital agency Cyber-Duck. Director of Production and Marketing for the company, Matt Gibson, is a UEL graduate.

Karolina Pajewska, Cyber-Duck’s HR Executive, awarded the prizes, saying that: “There is no better way to meet talented students,” and that she and Cyber-Duck were looking forward to welcoming the students, who would then have the opportunity to work on real commercial briefs from within the industry.

Programme Leader for the New Media Design degrees, Dr Tony Sampson, thanked the company for their continuing interest in UEL’s new media students and ongoing support for the show: “The work experience opportunities offered by Cyber-Duck will make wonderful additions to our students’ CVs and portfolios. They will gain valuable experience working on apps and games development, and potentially see their efforts go live on the Cyber-Duck website.”

Catherine Harper, Dean of the School of Arts and Digital Industries, said: “The enthusiasm of students and staff at this year’s event was remarkable – student projects were hugely exciting and imaginative. However, what really impressed me was the conviction with which students talked about their work and the compelling sense that these are ideas, which could seamlessly enter the market as well as stretching its boundaries.”

The winning teams were:

Interactive/Multimedia: The JAMS'S - Sahithya Jegatheeswaraiyar, May Le Floch, Anna Chiampesan, Joanna Mordal, Sarah Russell - who chose the theme of Men vs. Women, highlighting similarities and differences between them in fun and entertaining ways.

Games: Reservoir Ducks - Dwayne Husbands, Daniel Fahey, Benjamin Russell, Aaron Smith, Dominic Hayward - who designed and developed a game called Saving Private Crust, a multiplayer game of survival for a family of ducks, defending a slice of toast called Private Crust. 

Notes to Editors

The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.

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