Internship

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Internship:

Kengo Kuma & Associates (Tokyo) and Kuma & Associates Europe (Paris) invite students or young architects to apply for an internship. You will be working as part of the design team on different scale levels within various projects. The position is full time within 1 month to 3 months.
It is necessary to mention your available period in the letter, as well as your age, gender, nationality / citizenship and available languages (with level) in the CV.
The recruiting systems between Tokyo office and Paris office are separated. Please contact the right office you would like to work for directly.

Requirements:

  • You should be at least BA degree holder with architectural university study (master course students, MA degree holders or applicants with professional experiences are preferred)
  • Strong design talent
  • Excellent skills in modeling, AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign
  • Fluency in written and spoken English
  • Fluency in written and spoken French (at Paris office)
  • Laptop PC, architectural software installed, Windows preferable
  • Physical strength and mental strength with high motivation

Further qualifications:

  • Knowledge of additional languages - especially Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese - are highly recommended (at Tokyo office)
  • Proactive, self-disciplined and confident in a complex environment
  • Hard worker and team player minded
  • Accurate, punctual, hands-on and clean

To Apply:

Please send your letter along with your CV and hardcopy portfolio to:

Kengo Kuma & Associates
HR Department
2-24-8 Minamiaoyama Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0062 Japan

Kuma & Associates Europe
HR Department
16 rue Martel 75010 Paris France

Or please send your letter, CV and portfolio as PDF (less than 5MB) to :
kuma@ba2.so-net.ne.jpkuma@kkaa.co.jp
The e-mail title has to be “Internship Application”
Applications without hardcopy/PDF portfolio cannot be considered. (We do not check online portfolio link, CD-R and DVD)

Note:

We prefer hardcopy portfolio than digital ones. However we would not return the application documents to the applicants.
We do not have the position for interior / product / graphic designers or students.
We are replying only who passed the documentary screening.
The contact person must be the applicant himself / herself.
Since we cannot answer your inquiries about recruitment, please do not call, mail or visit the offices directly.