Story Intern - Summer 2025

Qualifications:

• You are interested in a career as a Storyboard Artist at an animation studio
• You have an online portfolio of your storyboards, thumbnails, comic strips and narrative illustrations demonstrating your understanding of storyboard fundamentals including:
  • Character Design
  • Staging and Layout
  • Draftsmanship
  • Rough Drawings
  • Storytelling sensibilities in your action, dramatic and/or comedic boarded samples (we suggest these be in the ~30-50 boards range)

Note: Please no scripts, treatments, outlines or other work not demonstrating a foundation in drawing.

• You are someone with the required working knowledge of Photoshop
• You are someone who loves organization, is detail oriented and enjoys the challenge of working quickly and collaboratively
• You have a positive "can do" attitude and a strong work ethic
• You are available to work full-time Mon - Fri from 6.2.25 - 8.22.25
• You already possess the legal right to work in the United States

Eligibility:

Traditional Academic Paths:

• You are minimally a junior working towards a degree or certificate in art, illustration, animation, film, or 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 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.