Hybrid Intern, Animation & Visual Design Fellowship – 6-12 Month Duration

at Volkswagen Group

• Job title: Intern, Animation & Visual Design Fellowship – 6-12 Month Duration
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: $35 - $42 per hour
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Belmont, United States

About the role

• Animation & Visual Design Fellowship at Volkswagen focusing on vehicle concept visuals and interactive experiences. Support user journeys and collaborate with cross-functional teams in design and animation.

Responsibilities

• Support in creating user journeys, user stories, customer use cases.
• Support the VR/MR team to enhance the visual quality and realism of the experience.
• Support presentations for internal ICC and Group Innovation stakeholders, at Group Innovation annual Future Mobility Days internal trade show, and potentially as external promotion material for communication purposes.
• Understanding and communicating with concept development and automotive design team.
• Support CAD modeling team with data prep, and model build optimized for animation.
• Create animated and visual storyboards for future concepts.
• Create environments and realistic sceneries based on needs of different mobility concepts.
• Character rigging and animation.
• Post-production of animations including graphics, sound and other visual effects.

Requirements

• Study Focus: BFA Animation & Visual effects or Entertainment design, or BSC in transportation Design.
• Rising Senior in a Bachelors or Masters program, or recent grad.
• Must be enrolled at a University/College or Graduation date must be within the last six months.
• Must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.(Transcripts required when applying)
• Inspired to visualize holistic future mobility concepts.
• Self-motivated, flexible individual with high degree of ownership and accountability for results.
• Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason, creative and strategic.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams as the technology lead for the domain.
• Understanding of the CG pipeline & workflow.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Required Software Skills 3D package (Maya, Blender, Vray); Compositing & Video editing (Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Remote work options