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Storyboard Artist Intern - Summer 2025

California, United States (Hybrid)

Storyboard Artist Intern - Summer 2025

2 Days ago • Upto 1 Years • Game Story Writing/Narrative Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Illumination seeks a Storyboard Artist Intern for Summer 2025. This portfolio-building internship offers mentorship opportunities, cross-company learning, and collaboration with experienced artists. Responsibilities include working on a portfolio project from concept to completion, ensuring storyboards align with creative vision, participating in brainstorming sessions, preparing rough drafts and thumbnails, incorporating feedback, gathering reference material, and collaborating with peers and mentors. Ideal candidates are creative, possess strong drawing skills, comedic sensibilities, storytelling abilities, and a collaborative spirit. The internship provides valuable experience in the animation industry.

Must have:

Dynamic drawings
Strong comedic sensibilities
Versatility in style
Amazing storytelling
Collaboration skills

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Job Details

Join the company behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets, and Sing. As an intern at Illumination, you will take part in cross company learning, partner with innovative leaders and teams, and have a seat at the table in our latest endeavors.

Illumination is seeking a Storyboard Artist Intern for Summer 2025 to participate in a portfolio building mentorship opportunity. If you are somebody that is creative, never stops doodling, and likes to make people laugh then this is the internship for you!

Responsibilities & Learning:

Work closely with mentors to deliver a portfolio project from concept to finish
Ensure that storyboards align with creative ambitions, vision, and style
Participate in brainstorming sessions with storyboard artists
Prepare rough drafts/thumbnails
Take creative direction and incorporate feedback into revised work
Gather reference material for projects

Craft:

Dynamic drawings
Biting comedic sensibilities
Versatility
Amazing storytelling abilities
Comfort in creative collaboration with peers and mentors

The salary for this position is $18.00/hour

About Illumination

Illumination, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of event-animated films, including Despicable Me—the most successful animated franchise in cinematic history—as well as Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and The Secret Life of Pets and Sing films. The 2023 release of Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie has joined the studio library, now comprising three of the top 10 animated films of all time. Illumination’s iconic, beloved franchises—infused with memorable and distinct characters, global appeal and cultural relevance—have grossed more than $9 billion worldwide. Illumination has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures.

Illumination is based in Santa Monica, CA and its studio, Illumination Studios Paris, is located in the center of Paris, France.

Illumination's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Illumination will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

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About Illumination

Illumination, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of event-animated films, including Despicable Me—the most successful animated franchise in cinematic history—as well as Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and The Secret Life of Pets and Sing films. Illumination’s soon-to-be released The Super Mario Bros. Movie will join a studio library that includes two of the top 10 animated films of all time. Illumination’s iconic, beloved franchises—infused with memorable and distinct characters, global appeal and cultural relevance—have grossed more than $8 billion worldwide. Illumination has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures. Illumination’s upcoming films in 2023 include The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Migration.

Illumination is based in Santa Monica, CA and its studio, Illumination Studios Paris, is located in the center of Paris.

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Storyboard Artist Intern - Summer 2025

Job Summary

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Responsibilities & Learning:

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