This Internship honours Julie Baines (1993-2020), an animator at Wētā FX. We hope the Wētā FX Animation Internship will inspire other young New Zealand women to live their dreams and pursue digital animation as a career path. Applications for 2024/25 summer break are now closed.
Please keep an eye out here for future updates for the 2025/26 summer break.
Wētā FX are offering one full-tuition scholarship for the Master of Design Technology programme. The programme enables students to take part in real-world projects, learning skills like compositing, 3D animation, lighting and FX simulation.
The Rookies is an International Awards for young designers, creators, innovators, and artists. Wētā FX is a sponsor for The Rookies and provides internships to the Oceania based winners of the VFX/Animation category.
Wētā FX annually offers up to four summer Internship opportunities for New Zealand undergraduate students across various artist departments. We are taking a break for 2024/25, but please keep an eye on our careers site in 2025 for details on any 2025/26 summer Internships.