Lighting Intern- Undergraduate

The role

You will create and improve lighting for environments, cinematics, and characters in a large-scale AAA video game production. You will work alongside experienced artists to learn professional game development techniques and workflows.

What you will do

• Prepare content and document lighting workflows to support game production.
• Create and refine lighting for environments, cinematics, and characters to meet AAA quality standards.
• Polish and optimize existing lighting to improve visual quality and performance.
• Collaborate with the lighting department to deliver polished content within established project timelines.
• Learn and apply game industry rendering techniques and workflows.
• Contribute to assigned game development projects.

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a B.F.A. in Computer Art, Illustration, Game Design, Product Design, or have six to twelve months of related experience and/or training.
• Strong foundational art skills and an understanding of lighting principles.
• Proficiency in lighting and rendering using Maya or other similar game engine packages such as Unreal.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• A self-motivated, responsible approach to learning and completing assigned projects.
• Passion for video games and art, with an interest in lighting and rendering techniques used in game development.
• Students with expected graduation between May 2026 and December 2029 from an accredited university.
• Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.
• Authorized to work for any employer in the United States and will not require work visa sponsorship from SIE now or in the future.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.
• Opportunity to earn an AAA game credit.

Before you apply

• Students must have expected graduation between May 2026 and December 2029.
• Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage.

About the company

Insomniac Games is a company with a lighting department involved in large-scale AAA video game production.