Student Internship - Digital Experience Design - Summer 2026 - Los Angeles

Gensler's Digital Experience Design studio is a collaborative team of designers, strategists, technologists and storytellers that engage with a wide variety of clients on projects of all sizes. Our work spans experience touchpoints from content driven architectural media displays, interactive spatial activations to digital products, environmental graphic design (EGD), signage + wayfinding, print collateral, and identity. As Gensler designers, we help our clients tell their unique stories effectively via every channel available in today's diverse digital landscape. Our approach combines design and spatial expertise with thought leadership in current trends and insights. We believe that this approach results in meaningful experiences with exponential impact.

To learn more about our internship programs, please visit gensler.com/internships.

Your Role

As a Summer DXD intern in Gensler's Los Angeles office, you will join a creative studio environment for a full-time, paid internship opportunity.

This is a full-time program running from June 2 through August 7, 2026. You must be available for the entire duration of the program. This is not a remote position.

Your job is to leverage your expertise with a portfolio of digital technologies to support the design objectives of a wide variety of project types, including environmental visuals and content, interactive spatial experiences and digital-physical hybrid prototypes. You will be working directly with lead designers and gain tremendous experience and insight on project processes.

What You Will Do During This Internship

• Participate in the conceptualization and visioning of projects defining their strategic goals and experience design direction

• Work closely with architects, interior designers, brand designers and other technologists to design and realize projects that seamlessly blend physical environments with branded experience and expression

• Gain knowledge of the spatial design process, including designing in large scale and understanding technical implications

• Work closely with the Creative Experiential Director and the DXD team to explore, prototype and develop digital artifacts that demonstrate new ways technology can enhance physical spaces including access to our maker space

• Develop concept art to communicate ideas to clients- from style frames, to motion graphics and presentation layout design

• Collaborate with your fellow interns on a student-led project to help improve a local community in need through the power of design

Your Qualifications

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, User Experience or another relevant program.

• You have completed your third year of an undergraduate program or first year of a graduate program and are returning to your program post-internship. This internship is not for recent graduates.

• Experience with the fundamentals of physical computing and/or game engines to utilize code to create generative and interactive experiences, animation, and imagery, using some of the following programs is appreciated but not required: Unity, Touch Designer, Processing/ Arduino, VVVV, jQuery UI, JavaScript frameworks such as Three.js, d3, p5js

• Knowledge of production and post production basics in motion graphics and film editing software: After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Premier

• Experience with 2D concept artwork: storyboards/ sketches, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

• Experience with 3D software such as Rhino and/or C4D is appreciated but not required

• A demonstrably strong grasp of the fundamentals of graphic design - including color theory, typography, composition, and scale

• Experience with CAD Tools and designing in architectural scale is a plus

• Willingness to take direction and the desire to learn from design professionals from a variety of disciplines

• Proven ability to take a project from concept to completion

• Curiosity and enthusiasm to learn the elements of holistic spatial experience design

• Experience using AI Image and Video Generation tools

How to Apply

Submit an online application including a resume and portfolio in PDF form. If you choose to submit a link to an online portfolio, you must make sure it is not password protected and that it contains a resume, cover letter, and work samples. Submissions made in Microsoft Word and/or without work samples will not be considered.

This posting will remain open until late March 20256

This is a paid internship at the rate of either $26.00- $28.50 per hour based upon location and year completed in your educational program.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and available positions may be filled before the posting closes.