Position: Studio Internship

Company: Onassis ONX 

Type: Internship from January 2, 2025 to July 31, 2026 (possibility to extend)

Location: 390 Broadway, New York, NY (Applicant must be based in NYC area)

Due Date: Applications must be received by December 10, 2025

About Us:

Onassis ONX is the Onassis Foundation’s global platform dedicated to elevating innovative creators in the development, presentation, and distribution of new media artworks and immersive experiences. It provides artists and teams with capacity-building programs, incubation and applied research initiatives, acceleration services, seed funding, exhibition opportunities, fellowships, and partnership-driven collaborations through its hubs in Athens and New York City. This holistic engagement throughout the creative process enables artists to build worlds at the frontiers of AI, immersive, spatial computing, gaming, and other emergent time-based media. Onassis ONX provides a stage for creatives to imagine new futures by questioning the systems through which culture is produced, circulated, and remembered, actively fostering new forms of creative expression to meaningfully engage with audiences around the world. 

About the Role:

Onassis ONX is seeking a Studio Intern to shadow and support the Studio Manager and Producer. Intern duties will focus on supporting member artists and fellows who use studio equipment for production, as well as supporting planning, installation, and maintenance of exhibitions and public programs like talks, screenings, and other events. More details on the types of public programs you will be working on can be found here. This role requires a passion for immersive media, large-scale installations, new media art, and interactive storytelling. 

This is a paid internship, with school credit available as well. 

• Priority will be given to applicants who have production and set experience, such as working with DMX lighting, multi-channel audio, and projection mapping, or working as a studio assistant elsewhere.  
• Experience with various software for Touchdesigner, Motion Capture (Motive), Unreal/Unity, and running VR installations are a bonus! 
• We will provide training on how to utilize equipment like our motion capture system and building our LED wall, as well as how to utilize equipment like cameras, VR headsets, and software in the studio. 

You will gain access to our network of events and opportunities, along with our production resources, which are usually reserved for Onassis ONX Members and Fellows. We hope that you will acquire practical skills for working with artists, curators, and exhibition design teams over the course of your internship, as well as develop your own practice in new media art. 

Key Responsibilities:

1. Program Production
   1. Work with Onassis ONX team during programming which may include both front-of-house and back-of-house duties.
   2. There will be an exhibition program from January 7-18 in New York, and another off-site exhibition in June, serving as a cumulative project over the course of the internship.
2. Studio Pipeline
   1. Work and be present within Onassis ONX’s studio to help build community, interacting and supporting the ONX Community of Members and Fellows, including partner institutions using the space from NEW INC XR Track, the Lincoln Center Collider Fellowship, Onassis AiR, and MIT OpenDoc Lab.
   2. Support artists for studio operation requests, from basic A/V to potentially assisting on projects directly. 
   3. Help support, develop, and exhibit projects co-produced by Onassis ONX, sometimes off-site at partner institutions.
   4. There will be the opportunity to work on long-term projects to improve the new studio opening in January, with space for input and proposals.  
3. Administrative Duties
   1. Support in archiving and updating a database of studio equipment and resources for public use, as well as making sure things are labelled correctly both digitally and physically.
   2. Shadow the Studio Manager as well as other Onassis ONX employees and learn more about day to day operations as well as long term planning at an art institution and exhibition space. 

Qualifications:

1. Must be a student enrolled in a four year institution or graduate program. We prefer students with an expected graduation date of 2027 or later. 
2. Passion for working with interactive media and experiential storytelling. 
3. 1+ years of experience with lighting, sound, or projection is preferred.
4. Experience with Motion Capture & Unreal or Unity is a bonus! 
5. Ability to work in fast-paced environments and adapt to evolving project needs. 

Stipend & Application:

This is an internship running from January 2, 2025 to July 31, 2026, a stipend of $1240 a month is provided and paid bi-weekly. School credit is also available for interested students. The internship commitment is roughly 18 hours a week, with more engagement during exhibitions and other programming, such as an exhibition program from January 7-18 in New York, and another off-site exhibition in June. Schedules are flexible and can be moved around according to class schedules.

Please submit your resume, a cover letter expressing your interest in this position, and confirmation of availability using this Google Form by December 12, 2025. Applicants must be based in the NYC area and be able to regularly work in the studio at 390 Broadway, New York, NY 10013. The Onassis Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply who meet the qualifications of the job description.