Architectural Lighting Design Internship

About Us: Oculus Light Studio is an award-winning lighting design studio based in the Culver City area of Los Angeles, CA, with a satellite studio in Seattle, WA. We are passionate about great lighting design and how it can enhance the visual environment. We believe in collaborative design and enjoy working on a variety of project types. Oculus offers an engaging, informal, and inclusive work environment, a 9-80 schedule with alternate Fridays off and work-life integration. Other perks include frequent catered lunches and a part-time office dog. Look us up on the web, Instagram, and Linkedin!  

The Position: Oculus is offering a paid hybrid (in-person and remote) full-time summer internship open to any student of lighting design, architecture and allied studies (engineering, building science) in our Culver City office. During the course of the internship, the intern will have the opportunity to work directly with professional lighting designers on current lighting design projects and be introduced to a wide variety of lighting design activities, including design, calculations, documentation, client presentations, site visits and coordination, and marketing. Many students who have successfully completed their internship have secured a full-time position at Oculus upon graduation. 

Qualifications: We are seeking a motivated student entering their final year of undergraduate or graduate study in lighting design, architecture, or architectural engineering/building science, with knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign in a Windows environment. Desirable skills include proficiency in performing lighting calculations and lighting design coursework or experience. If you are a foreign student, you must have the necessary permissions to work.  

We look forward to hearing from you! Email a cover letter, resume, a writing sample and portfolio as a pdf attachment (not more than 7MB) to jobs+intern2026@oculuslightstudio.com. 

Check out some experiences from past summer interns here.