Art Intern - Summer 2025

Magnopus is a content-focused technology company founded by a diverse team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences across the physical and digital worlds in ways people haven’t seen yet.Because we’re building the future, we endeavor to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together.  We invest in our employee's progression with mentorship opportunities through their discipline. We try to foster an environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favor teamwork. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around.  We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.    Magnopus Internship Info

Magnopus’ Summer Internship Program is a part-time paid experience that is designed to give students the opportunity to work on cutting-edge experiences.  In this program, you will be given the chance to work alongside some of the most ambitious and diverse groups of individuals you will ever meet.  

Some highlights from last year’s internship program include:

Mentorship by industry veterans through working on cutting-edge projects in association with some of the biggest companies in the world.

Participation in our Intern Speaker Series where senior staff members discussed their career paths and held a Q&A session.

A resume and professional networking workshop hosted by Magnopus' Recruiting Team.

Several bonding activities including lunches, trivia, and more!

As an Art intern, you may work in the following roles: 3D Artist (Environment Artist), Concept Artist (Characters, Environment)

Must Haves

Currently enrolled in a BA or MA program majoring in Fine Arts, Game Art, Visual Art, or Studio Arts

Experience with Maya (preferred), Blender, or MaxExperience working with Unreal Engine 5  (or Unity )

Experience with Photoshop

A passion for tackling new challenges

A broad base of artistic and technical knowledge

Solid communication skills

Interest in working with artists with different backgrounds and specialties

Portfolio that demonstrates a keen eye for artistic and technical direction

Eligibility

Currently enrolled Undergraduate and Graduate students

Recent graduates within one year of graduation

Able to work in LA and be able to secure housing accommodations (Magnopus is not offering relocation assistance at this time)

Available for approximately 10 weeks from June through August

Authorized to work in the US

Passion for VR, AR, Media and Entertainment

Targeted Majors: Game Art, Computer Animation, Entertainment Design, Virtual Reality Development, 3D Art

Prior AR/VR or Entertainment internship or experience a plus.

It is required that you submit a portfolio/presentation of your work with your application. You may do so by providing a link to an online presentation, or attaching documents to your resume. All presentations must contain a detailed breakdown of the work. It must be very clear what you, the applicant, manage.

Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds.

Because we’re building the future, we endeavor to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities through their guilds, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits. 

We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favor collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.

Though we’ve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home:

Mission: ISS

Disney Pixar Coco VR

Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab

The Lion King - Virtual Production

Elixir