Level Design Internship

VSTEP

THIS IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO Bring your level and games design skills to a maritime simulator that real ship captains and crews train on around the world. VSTEP makes NAUTIS Home, a maritime simulator that people run on their own PC, with built-in ships, environments, and scenarios. You'll have the freedom to design entertaining and skill-building scenarios from variations of existing ones to brand-new concepts you propose yourself. Your daily activities will include: * Analyze existing vessels, environments and scenarios * Read the user forum or talk to clients to learn what the users want and need * Design scenario concepts and turn them into challenging, entertaining scenarios * Build your scenarios using our NAUTIS tools (scenario editor and logic editor) * Make scenarios ready for release (add metadata, briefing, images, and so on) * Use our version control system (Git) * Edit XML or other structured files * Share feedback with developers about the software and bugs IS THIS YOU? You are: * Currently enrolled in a relevant program like Communication & Media Design, Game Design, Interactive Media, or similar * Looking for an internship or graduation project as part of your education or studies * Willing to learn to work with our tools * Interested in maritime subjects * A storyteller, able to clearly communicate your ideas and bring them to life * Located and living in the Netherlands. Willing to commute or relocate to Rotterdam for the internship. Hybrid possible You have: * A mix of creative and technical mind * An eye for detail * Strong written and spoken English (this is the language we use internally) * Ability to visualize spatial situations, plan a scene, sketch ideas Nice to have: * Experience with a scenario editor, game engine, or level editor (Unity, Unreal, Godot, etc.) * Comfortable working in a technical environment  * Experience writing engaging text for games, scenarios, or stories THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT IN A JOB! * Your work matters: scenarios you design get released to real maritime training users around the world * Experience with a professional scenario editor and logic editor * Experience collaborating directly with software engineers and 3D artists, not just other students * Experience writing scenario briefings and narrative for an international user base * Working knowledge of maritime training scenarios, vessels, and environments * A flexible working environment based in Rotterdam * An inclusive, international, and diverse team * You can choose your own working hours between 07:00 and 19:00 * An internship lasting 3 months or longer * Start date is flexible. We work with your school's internship calendar * An internship fee of €550 net per month Sounds like you?  Apply and send us your CV, motivation letter, and examples of your work, such as: * Game projects (school or personal, finished or in progress) * Level designs * Scenario writing for games or interactive fiction * Narrative design Want to take it further? Include a short pitch in your motivation letter: a scenario you'd love to design for NAUTIS Home, in 100 to 150 words. Even a rough idea is fine, we want to see how you think!

H & M Hennes & Mauritz GBC AB

Job Description Job Description Curious about what it’s like to see the world of Print Design at H&M? Are you eager to get hands-on experience and turn your theoretical knowledge into practical skills? If you are curious how the world’s largest fashion brand operates, then this opportunity is for you. Level up your learning journey and gain essential skills that will boost and benefit your future career! As a Print Design Intern at H&M, you will spend 6 months learning about our Womenswear business while getting real-life experience working on current projects. Additionally, it’s a great networking opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the company and connect with other interns to explore the versatility of our business. This is your chance to launch a stellar career and help us transform the fashion world. Let’s shape the future together! The Internship: During the internship, you will work side‑by‑side with our in‑house design teams and senior Print Designers who will play a key role in developing your skills and offer different training opportunities. You will have a network of support from experienced colleagues to accelerate your development. You will experiment with new techniques, dive into trend research, and push boundaries in a fast‑paced environment where innovation is the norm. From repeat patterns to placement prints, you'll contribute to collections that define trends and connect with our customers. We want you to bring your ideas to the table – identifying the latest print trends and translating them into designs that resonate with our target customer. You'll be involved in the full design process, assisting in the creation of both commercially viable prints and pushing boundaries with fresh, innovative concepts. What you’ll be doing: Working alongside our Print Designers to design and develop commercial fashion collections for our global customers Designing with a variety of software including Adobe Creative Suite, 3D CLO, Shima and more. Working with materials, color libraries, trims, and prints What you’ll be learning: Learn about our design process and working methods of H&M. Learn how to translate trend vision into commercial prints, products, and collections. Collaborate with an experienced design team. Communication skills in a multicultural work environment. To be successful as a Print Design Intern, we believe that you are: Newly graduated Print Designers or Graphic Designers Have a creative and curious mindset with a passion for fashion & trends Excited to learn and self-motivated to drive design tasks in an entrepreneurial setting An inspirational team player and have a creative solution orientated approach Passion for style, creativity, and culture. Interest in commercial fashion Driven and able to take on own initiatives Fluent in English, both written and verbal and with excellent communication skills. This is a 6-month full-time internship located at our Head Office in Stockholm. The internship starts approximately 1 September – end of February. Application & Practical Information Please send your application including English CV and relevant Portfolio work (pdf max 10mb/uploading). Portfolio should include vision/mood boards, full design process and final collection/s. All documents should be in English. We would like to see work that shows your creative aspirational side and your sense for commercial fashion. The last day to apply is Juli 28. Due to GDPR we can only handle applications via our career site. We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases. Benefits At H&M Group, we are proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company. We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. Inclusion & Diversity H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process. Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here!

Hangar 13

JOB TITLE PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL ANIMATOR (GAMEPLAY) Department Technical Art Location(s)  Brighton, Prague, Brno Reports To  Associate Director Technical Animation Job Type (Permanent, fixed term, internship)  Permanent   Job Summary  The Principal Technical Animator (Gameplay) will help define the technical vision, architectural framework, and long-term strategy for character animation integration across the studio. In this highly influential role, you will champion innovation, driving the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to ensure our games achieve world-class animation quality and responsiveness. You will serve as a technical authority on gameplay animation, solving the studio’s complex R&D challenges while collaborating with design, animation and engineering to establish future-proof pipelines. While not a people manager, you will inspire, mentor, and elevate the technical capabilities of the entire animation department.  Duties and Responsibilities   * Architect and oversee the high-level design of gameplay animation systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and seamless integration across complex real-time systems. * Drive R&D initiatives to evaluate and implement cutting-edge animation technologies (e.g., advanced Motion Matching, machine learning/AI animation, next-gen physics). * Partner with Engineering and Tech Animation leadership to implement project-wide animation roadmaps and toolsets.  * Solve deep, complex runtime bugs and drive animation optimisation efforts to meet strict performance and memory budgets. * Define and document technical standards, best practices, and pipeline workflows for the wider technical animation team. * Collaborate closely with Design and Animation leads to heavily iterate on and perfect 3C mechanics (character, camera, controls), maximizing game feel. * Actively mentor and upskill senior and mid-level technical animators through code/blueprint reviews and hands-on guidance. Essential Skills, Attributes and Experience * Extensive proven experience architecting and integrating gameplay animation systems for AAA titles using Unreal Engine. * Master-level expertise in Unreal Engine’s animation suite (Anim Blueprints, Motion Matching, Control Rig, State Machines,  and Sequencer). * Deep technical understanding of low-level animation concepts, including runtime optimisation, memory management, and threading for animation. * Exceptional cross-discipline communication skills, with a proven track record of aligning Art, Design, and Engineering directors on complex technical visions. * Expertise in feature breakdown and scoping, with the ability to translate abstract creative pillars into robust, production-ready plans.. * A profound understanding of gameplay mechanics, game feel, and the mathematical principles behind smooth character movement and physics. * A portfolio or reel demonstrating a history of solving highly complex, innovative technical animation challenges in shipped titles. Highly Desirable  * Strong proficiency in C++ for extending Unreal Engine’s animation system, alongside Python for pipeline tool automation. * Experience contributing to proprietary engine tools or custom modifications to Unreal's core animation code. * Production experience with advanced DCC tools, including Maya API, MotionBuilder, or Houdini for runtime or pipeline integration. * Background in traditional animation or motion capture data manipulation to better bridge the gap between art and code.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hangar 13  prides itself on the diversity of its team members, partners, and communities.  For this reason, we remain committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring through compensation, benefits, discipline and termination.   As an equal opportunity employer, we are also committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us if you need to request reasonable accommodation. SECURITY NOTICE -  We have recently been made aware of increasing occurrences of bad actors posing as company HR personnel to gain information from "potential candidates", in the form of job interviews and offers. These scams can be quite sophisticated and appear legitimate. Please know that Hangar 13 and 2K never use instant messaging apps to contact prospective employees or to conduct interviews. If you believe you have been a victim of such a scam, you may fill out a complaint form at https://complaint.ic3.gov/ and https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ detailing as much as possible. We are taking these matters very seriously and apologize for any inconvenience. #LI-Hybrid #LI-JF1