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Animation Intern - Summer 2025

The Walt Disney Company

California, United States (On-site)

Animation Intern - Summer 2025

1 Month ago • Upto 1 Years • Animation • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Pixar offers a 12-week summer internship program for animation students. Interns will receive hands-on experience in Pixar's production environment, working with proprietary software on assignments ranging from a bouncing ball to a full-body acting shot. The program includes classroom-based training and mentorship from experienced professionals. Interns will gain knowledge of the production pipeline, attend animation dailies, and develop their animation skills, including acting, storytelling, and understanding traditional animation principles. The internship is full-time, running from June 2nd to August 22nd, 2025, in Emeryville, California. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from industry professionals and gain valuable experience in the animation field.

Must have:

Deep understanding of traditional animation principles
Strong acting and animation skills
Ability to tell stories through movement
Knowledge of physical motion, weight, balance, texture, and form
Demo reel showcasing animation skills
Legal right to work in the US

Good to have:

Storytelling skills
Computer animation experience

Job Summary:

Pixar offers an exciting internship program intended to give students valuable “hands on” experience and exposure to our production environment. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn from working professionals -- to experience firsthand “a day in the life of a Pixar Animator." Through our extensive 12-week, classroom-based animation training course, animation interns will work in collaboration with mentors to do the following: • Using our proprietary animation software, your acting skills and animation abilities will be supported and challenged as you work through a set of assignments beginning with the bouncing ball and ending with a full body acting shot • Gain knowledge of the production pipeline process •. Attend animation dailies

Qualifications:

You demonstrate a deep understanding of traditional animation principles and have a demo reel showing your application of the principles to tell a story with meaning through movement
You have the ability to use acting skills that bring characters to life as well as clearly communicate simple ideas with which an audience can empathize
Your educational background helps you show a thorough knowledge of physical motion, weight, balance, texture, and form
Storytelling skills preferred
Computer animation experience is useful but not required
Demonstrate your aesthetic sense via your online demo reel or portfolio
You are organized, detail oriented and enjoy working quickly and collaboratively
You possess a good attitude and a strong work ethic
You are available to work full-time Mon 6.2.25 - Fri 8.22.25
You already possess the legal right to work in the United States

Eligibility:

Traditional Academic Paths:

Minimally a junior in college working towards a degree or certificate in animation, illustration, film or a related field
Recent grads who are within the first year after graduation are eligible to apply

Less Traditional Professional Paths:

Career Transition: Those with a minimum of 5 years post-college graduation and whose professional experiences in a work/academic environment differ vastly from animation, VFX, gaming, and other computer graphics-focused industries
Armed Forces: Those who have served in the armed forces and are in a retraining program
Home Schooled: Those who are self-taught via an alternative educational path

Visa Sponsorship:

Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor student/intern visas at this time

Submission Process and Application Materials (Please Read Carefully):

Attach a single PDF file containing your cover letter and resume
Provide a link to your online demo reel or portfolio in the "Demo Reel” section of the application; without this, you are not eligible for the internship. If it has a password, please be sure to include an accurate password. Please note: social media pages are not an acceptable format for a demo reel or portfolio
In submitting your application, you are agreeing to the terms of our Submission Release Form. Without this, we are unable to consider your application

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 2, 2025

The pay rate for this internship in Emeryville is $22.00 per hour.

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