Paid Immersive Environments Studio Internship

Jobless; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 27,552,000 - 34,440,000; Part time

Job summary

EPACENTER in East Palo Alto invites applicants for an Immersive Environments Design Studio Internship. Working with the Director of Visual Arts and a lead artist, you will conceptualize and build immersive environments, with potential projects for local institutions and public programs.

This paid internship emphasizes hands-on fabrication, site installation, and community-centered storytelling, offering exposure to design-build workflows, client meetings, and portfolio-ready outcomes.

Qualifications

• Desire to learn through doing, with a growth mindset.
• Interest in community-centric design or immersive exhibition design.
• Comfort working collaboratively and adapting to real-world constraints.
• Ability to represent the organization professionally in front of clients.
• Willingness to engage in hands-on fabrication and site installation work.
• Openness to giving and receiving feedback.
• Experience working with children and adults in an arts environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Designer: develops the spatial/visual concept from client brief and site visit through schematic design.
• Client Liaison / Project Manager: runs intake meetings, manages timeline and budget, is the studio's point of contact with the institution.
• Materials Researcher: sources materials and fabrication methods appropriate to each site's constraints (durability, safety, budget).
• Fabrication: builds installation components in-studio.
• Installation Technician: leads on-site install, site prep, and safe handling in occupied public spaces.
• Documentation & Assessment: photographs and documents the process and finished work, runs the post-installation user-response tool, and compiles the case study.
• Community Engagement: gathers stakeholder and community input during conception, and coordinates any public-facing reveal or walkthrough.
• Classroom Assistant: Assistant classroom arts teachers across a variety of media including digital art, photography, sculpture, and filmmaking.

Skills

Growth mindset

Community design

Collaborative work

Fabrication experience

Communication

Job description

EPACENTER in East Palo Alto invites applicants for an Immersive Environments Design Studio Internship. Working with the Director of Visual Arts and a lead artist, you will conceptualize and build immersive environments, with potential projects for local institutions and public programs.

This paid internship emphasizes hands-on fabrication, site installation, and community-centered storytelling, offering exposure to design-build workflows, client meetings, and portfolio-ready outcomes.