Houdini Generalist - Launchpad Internship 2026

Framestore's 2026 Launchpad Internship offers talented, creative individuals the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at one of Europe’s leading creative studios. Interns will learn through studio work, presentations, a personal project, and informal meetups while collaborating on real projects with experienced artists and technologists. Previous interns have contributed to shows like One Piece, Project Hail Mary & How to Train Your Dragon.

Job Responsibilities

• Developing assets using non-destructive workflows for everything from photoreal hero props to stylised background elements.
• Gaining hands-on experience in defining the final aesthetic, visual mood, and procedural shading of assets to ensure seamless integration.
• Assisting in the creation of vast, procedural landscapes and cityscapes, utilising Houdini to build and dress complex 3D environments.
• Collaborating with the 2D department to ensure CG layers are optimised for the final slap-comp in Nuke.
• Helping manage complex scenes and data sets within our Linux-based pipeline.
• Collaborating across disciplines to produce imagery ranging from photoreal live-action integration to stylised CG.

Candidate Requirements

• A solid working knowledge of Houdini is a must.
• Foundational experience in lighting, rendering, and animation.
• Familiarity with Arnold.
• Basic experience with VEX and Python is highly desirable.
• A basic understanding of the compositing process (ideally in Nuke).
• An understanding of the CG mathematics required for rendering and optimisation.

Eligibility Criteria

• You must be entering the final year of your degree or have graduated in the past 12 months.
• You must be a UK resident or have a current resident, student or graduate VISA for the duration of the internship.
• You must be available from 6th July until 29th August 2026.

Framestore is proud to employ extraordinary talent across all genders, races, nationalities, religions, ages, abilities, and sexual preferences. We aim to encourage and support all of our current and future employees to achieve their potential. No job applicant will receive less favourable treatment on any basis when applying for a career with us.

Application Deadline: We will be closing applications on the 12th April 2026.