Intern: Set Design (all gender)

BTF

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated full-time production intern (all gender) for our set design department starting January 2026, to support us for three months. You will gain insights into set supervision, props, construction stage, graphics/layout, and procurement drives. Candidates should have manual dexterity, an interest in design, and a Class B driver's license. Proficiency in graphic programs like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator is desirable. We offer an environment for independent work, team-oriented communication, and a focus on work-life balance.

Must Have

  • Support set supervision
  • Assist with props
  • Help with construction stage
  • Support graphics/layout tasks
  • Perform procurement drives
  • Manual dexterity and interest in design
  • Class B driver's license
  • Ability to live in Cologne

Good to Have

  • Proficiency with graphic programs like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
  • Experience in the media sector

Perks & Benefits

  • Freedom to work independently and shape your work area
  • Team structure at eye level and appreciative communication
  • Regular company events, team and industry events
  • Good compatibility of professional and private life, and potential care work
  • Activity in a company where tolerance, equality, and respectful interaction are self-evident values

Job Description

Intern: Set Design (all gender)

###### Internship/Working Student, Full-time · Cologne

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##### Your Tasks

For our set design department, we are looking for a motivated full-time production intern (all gender) starting January 2026, who would like to support us for three months.

You will gain insights into these areas, learn how we work, and support us here:

  • Set supervision
  • Props
  • Construction stage
  • Graphics/Layout
  • Procurement drives

Compensation: 556 Euro / Month

##### Your Profile

  • Manual dexterity and interest in design
  • Proficiency with graphic programs like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator desirable
  • Driver's license Class B
  • Ability to live in Cologne
  • Experience in the media sector is not necessary, but welcome

##### What we offer you

  • The freedom to work independently, shape your work area, and contribute your own ideas
  • A team structure at eye level and appreciative communication with each other
  • Regular company events, team and industry events
  • Many of our colleagues have families, so a good balance between professional and private life and potential care work is important to us.
  • An activity in a company where tolerance, equality, and respectful interaction are self-evident values. Because this is very important to us, we are committed to supporting associations and institutions. At btf, we live a diverse company culture and welcome applications from all people who share this basic attitude with us.

##### About us

Since 2012, btf (bildundtonfabrik) has been an independent production company for fiction, show, documentary, games, and advertising. From the initial idea to the script, post-production, and visual FX, we produce everything completely in-house. Award-winning shows, series, films, documentaries, video games, and advertising for an international audience are created at our location in Cologne-Ehrenfeld and the associated Studio König, and in our Games department in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

We love what we do. If you organize, coordinate, and communicate with the same passion in your field, we can't wait to meet you.

Do you have an academic degree? We think that's great for assessing professional competence. But we are equally impressed if you have acquired these professional competencies in other ways.

Do you have special requirements for your workplace due to a disability or do not meet all the described requirements? No problem, we are happy to adapt to your individual needs.

If it is easier for you to contact us by phone, you can reach us at 0221-82008710.

We look forward to hearing from you!

2 Skills Required For This Role

Game Texts Photoshop