Interactive Design Internship
About The Position
A paid summer internship for a new graduate with a natural eye for design, original portfolio work, and an interest in creating believable interactive screen interfaces for film and TV. This is a paid summer new grad internship focused on interactive and moving UI design mockups for phones, tablets, and computers. We are looking for strong visual taste, original design work, coachability, and a natural instinct for believable screen interfaces. Scarab Digital builds story-driven on-screen graphics for film and television: phones, text conversations, social interfaces, laptop screens, websites, search results, dashboards, surveillance visuals, broadcast graphics, medical screens, radar systems, and speculative UI/FUI. These graphics are not decorative. They need to read instantly on screen, feel native to the world of the story, and help move the narrative forward. We are looking for someone with a natural eye for design who we can mentor to create interactive and moving UI design mockups for phones, tablets and computers inside the worlds of film and tv productions in Vancouver. While a natural gift in creating believable user interfaces is a must, we’re willing to train the right candidate on motion (After Effects) and interaction design (Protopie). Any existing experience with those things is a massive plus. This internship is built for a new graduate who wants to learn how strong visual design translates into production-ready screen graphics. You do not need to arrive knowing every tool perfectly, but you do need to show strong taste, originality, curiosity, and the ability to improve quickly through feedback.
Requirements
- Strong visual taste
- Original design work
- Coachability
- Natural instinct for believable screen interfaces
- Portfolio designs created entirely by you, without the aid of templates or AI
- Phone app mockup (ie. messages, social media, dating, etc.)
- Website mockup (ie. news article, forum, online store, etc.)
- Strong natural eye for believable interface design.
- Curious, coachable, and serious about getting better fast.
- Care about stunning visuals, typography, hierarchy, composition, and screen readability.
- Can hear feedback, apply it quickly, and stay open while the work improves.
- Excited by film and television, and by the idea of designing screens that live inside a story world.
- Take ownership of your portfolio, your learning, and the quality of what you submit.
- Portfolio must be submitted with the application.
- Originality, visual judgment, strong UI instincts, and whether the candidate understands the type of work this internship supports.
Nice To Haves
- Desktop app mockup (ie. point of sale system, mapping, cctv viewer, etc.)
- Medical device interfaces (ie. vitals, ultrasound, mri, x-ray, etc.)
- FUI / “Fantasy User Interfaces”, (ie. a spaceship controls, mapping, comms, etc.)
- Gaming interfaces (ie. pause screen, in-game overlay, etc.)
- ProtoPie experience or curiosity.
Responsibilities
- Create UI design mockups for phones, tablets, computers, websites, apps, and story-specific screen moments.
- Support the design of screen graphics that feel believable inside film and television worlds.
- Learn how to think about readability, visual hierarchy, typography, timing, and production context.
- Work from references, notes, and creative direction while developing your own design judgment.
- Receive mentorship on motion in After Effects and interaction design in ProtoPie, depending on project needs and your current skill level.
- Practice preparing files clearly so work can be reviewed, revised, animated, or handed off cleanly.
Benefits
- Paid internship
- Possible contract position afterwards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
