Animator/Illustrator, Thrive Intern

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we’ve got more left to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo is the most popular language-learning application in the world, with over 500 million users and over half a billion exercises completed daily. Beyond our core learning product, we have also entered into literacy with Duolingo ABC and English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test.

We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!

The Duolingo Thrive Program is an immersive 10-week summer training program that provides second-year students from underrepresented communities the opportunity to develop their art skills and experience what it’s like to work at Duolingo.

As part of the Thrive Program, you’ll spend the summer learning the fundamentals of Art at Duolingo. You’ll work with our Studio Artists and other trainees to complete a project that will sharpen your art and problem solving skills while receiving hands-on technical training, mentorship, and professional development. We’ll provide you with support and guidance to advance your skillset as you make a real impact on one of the Duolingo products.

More information on our University Programs can be found at university.duolingo.com

What you’ll do...

• Work with a small group to complete a challenging, real-world project.
• Develop your technical skills through hands-on training, workshops, and guest lectures.
• Receive coaching and mentorship from a Duolingo Studio Artist.
• Build lasting relationships with others who share a passion for making the best education universally available.

What we’re looking for…

• Second-year undergraduate student currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration, Animation, or a related technical field.
• Completion of at least two college-level design courses (please upload your official or unofficial transcript).
• Experience illustrating in Figma, and/or animating in one or more the following software: AE, Adobe Animate, Photoshop
• Available for a full-time 10-week internship.

Why you’ll love working here…

• Language learning opportunities
• Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options
• Company-wide Hackathon
• PTO and company holidays
• Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

We aim to return to office, and as such are requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and have received any booster doses as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

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