Read from 17 live postings
Getting hired in Media & Communications
Mass communication, journalism, public relations, multimedia and design students.
Toughest gate seen
Portfolio, not CGPA
Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad
Placement length
12 weeks
What the better employers ask for
Internship allowance
RM 600–1,200
Per month, as published
Postings read
17
In this field, read in full
Among the lower-paying fields, and one broadcaster pays hourly. Check the basis, because an hourly rate can work out below every other field once you count a full week.
Quick answers
What do employers require for a Media & Communications internship in Malaysia?
We read 17 Malaysian Media & Communications postings in full on 4 August 2026. Toughest gate seen: Portfolio, not CGPA (Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad). Placement length: 12 weeks (what the better employers ask for). This is the one field outside computing where built evidence outranks grades, and the only one where a portfolio appears more often than a CGPA figure. If you are studying media and have no portfolio, that is the gap, not your marks.
How much does a Media & Communications internship pay in Malaysia?
Employers in our sample (17 postings, 4 August 2026) published internship allowances of RM 600–1,200 a month. Among the lower-paying fields, and one broadcaster pays hourly. Check the basis, because an hourly rate can work out below every other field once you count a full week.
What do Media & Communications employers accept as proof you can do the work?
A portfolio, named in almost every posting. EY asks for “a proven portfolio”, Edelman and AnyMind both ask for one, and one employer wants an “exceptional writing portfolio in English and Bahasa Malaysia”, bilingual, not either-or. Named in the postings: Writing, Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere Pro, CapCut, Canva, SEO and Social platforms.
What counts as proof here
A portfolio, named in almost every posting. EY asks for “a proven portfolio”, Edelman and AnyMind both ask for one, and one employer wants an “exceptional writing portfolio in English and Bahasa Malaysia”, bilingual, not either-or.
Named in the postings
These are the tools and standards employers wrote into the requirements block for this field, not a general recommendation.
The trap in this field
This is the one field outside computing where built evidence outranks grades, and the only one where a portfolio appears more often than a CGPA figure. If you are studying media and have no portfolio, that is the gap, not your marks.
Who was hiring
EY, Moët Hennessy, Edelman, Ogilvy, AnyMind Group, McDermott, BFM Media, Ruder Finn, PRecious Communications, TP-Link, KRU Studios, Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad
Employers named across the 17 postings read for this field. Postings expire; the names indicate who recruits at this level, not what is open today.
Another field
Drawn from 245 Malaysian postings read in full on 4 August 2026. The market-wide patterns are on the main page: What Malaysian employers actually ask a student for