WLS-TV (ABC7) Design & Animation Internship – Fall 2022

Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Immersion in department meetings and critiques for creative design projects.
• Support designers and animators working with creative briefs and requests
• Assist in asset creation and learn the ropes of creative project planning
• Participate in collaborative project discussions
• Experience the motion design process from conceptualization to completion and distribution
• Develop a thorough understanding of how design comes to life through animation and logic-based behaviors
• Create artwork for multi-platform design projects

Basic Qualifications:

• Curiosity and a desire to learn about brands and multi-platform design.
• A discerning eye for the fundamentals of design including layout, composition and typography
• Passion to explore creative techniques, graphic functionality and behaviors.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Illustrator. Exposure to other Adobe Creative Cloud apps and/or 3D platforms is helpful.
• Proficiency with MS Office products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is preferred.
• Understanding of visual communication for storytelling
• Familiarity with graphic and animation formats and file types
• Effective communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Character design and modeling is considered relevant related experience, with the understanding this role is geared to creative design for marketing and content.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Studying Graphic Design, Motion Design or Communication Design in college
• Passion and ambition to explore creative techniques with infographics, brands and storytelling
• Ambitious, motivated self-starter who can thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Technically savvy using both Mac and PC platforms

Required Education

• Currently enrolled as a Junior or Senior in an undergraduate program at a college/university taking at least one class in the semester prior to participation in the internship program, or recently graduated within 6 months at time of application.

Additional Information:

• All students must possess unrestricted work authorization
• All students must be at least 18 years old
• Must be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring) prior to participation in the internship program – OR – must have graduated from a college or university within the last six 6 months - OR - currently participating in the Disney College Program, Disney Culinary Program or Disney Professional Internship Program at the time of application.
• All candidates must be willing to work up to 18 -20 hours/week during a Monday through Sunday schedule (hours and days to be determined by your supervisor, and could include nights, weekends, and holidays)
• All candidates must provide their own housing and transportation for the duration of the internship. This internship is located in Chicago, IL.

• All candidates must be available from Aug/Sept 2022 through January 2023
• All students must provide a consistent, reliable work schedule during the session

• Résumé (outlining all your required qualifications)
• College transcripts (official or unofficial)
• A Cover Letter outlining your interest in this position, and relative experience in work, school, and extracurricular activities
• Samples of Design and/or Animation work for consideration