Roto is looking for innovators and artist to join our 2025 Summer Intern Cohort!
Internship Description:
We’re a world-class design and fabrication firm specializing in experience design for museums, aquariums, immersive attractions, and more. Design interns split time between working with our professional studios on active Roto projects and collaborating together on their own self-determined creative assignment. Receive exceptional work experience, mentoring, portfolio-building and full-time pay starting at $18/hr.
Areas of Focus:
- Architectural and environmental design
- Graphic design and visual communication
- Interior and retail design
- Industrial and product design
Internship Requirements:
- Quality creative portfolio
- Demonstrated skills in Adobe Suite, Sketchup, Revit, or AutoCAD are a plus
- Strong communication, collaboration, research, and writing skills
- Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary "experience design"
- Diversity of backgrounds are strongly encouraged
Internship Timeline:
- Application window open from Nov 18 - Dec 20, 2024
- 12 week cohort (May 19th -Aug 8, 2025)
- In-person participation, no remote work
- Local housing assistance available through nearby Otterbein University
Ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s Degree and/or current enrollment in Design, Architecture or related discipline, from a four-year college or university. Associate’s Degree with relevant design experience may be considered.
- Creative talent, high attention to detail, imagination and eye for design. Student-level portfolio required.
- Time management skills with ability to juggle multiple tasks in order to deliver and meet goals on deadline.
- Some understanding of construction, finish carpentry, printing, and/or media graphics are a plus.
- Ability to work in team-based environment, to include, but not limited to: taking direction from peers, project leads, or management, giving honest feedback to others on their work, and accepting feedback and critiques on his/her own work.
- Commitment to helping the team achieve awesome outcomes by adding value as needed.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Disciplined work ethic, highly motivated, great attitude and energy, with aspirations for career growth.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF JOB PHISHING!
All communication about this job posting will be communicated from a roto.com address or directly through careerplug. Applications window will close Dec 20th.
Roto is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We offer equal employment opportunities to all regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
We believe that diversity fuels innovation and creativity, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where every voice is valued and respected.
Join us in shaping the future of immersive design, where passion meets purpose, and every idea has the power to ignite change.
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Roto has produced in more than 150 museums with exhibits, attractions, and architectural features throughout the world. Our team of over 85 professionals offer a broad and unique skill set, combining design and development excellence with in-house engineering and fabrication for a wide array of exhibits and attractions.
Our central idea of "Building Genuine Human Connections" stems from our reflection of what physical “experiences” mean to the users of multisensory visitor destinations like zoos, museums and attractions. Why do people buy tickets and go? Many answers emerge, including a chance to tangibly experience the world with our whole bodies, rather than just our eyeballs; the desire to do things larger than ourselves, that transport us outside our routine home and work spaces within environments we find original and immersive; and the desire to connect with friends and family in a way that is deeper and more authentic.
We make connections between people and their world, their communities and themselves, using play, discovery, nature, participation, stories, and sharing. We do this in ways that are uniquely human, using the whole power of human thinking, feeling, social and sensory ability. And our ways are real and genuine, tangible and deep, more substance, more true, less superficial, less virtual, less hype. The world needs stronger, deeper and more genuine human connections. We need more opportunities to explore with our whole physical bodies, to be transformed by unique environments, and to do meaningful and memorable things with those we love most.
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