We are building Occibo(occibo dot com), an AI powered SaaS app that helps children’s book creators go from raw manuscript to print ready output fast. We are looking for a student intern(Unpaid mandatory Internship ) who wants hands on work in image generation, LoRA training, multimodal systems, and fast experimentation.

Location and setup

Remote, plus up to one onsite days per week in Berlin. Preference for someone in Berlin or nearby. Open for other location if you have extensive expereinc in Stable diffusion and Ai system with Image handling.

Internship type

Unpaid, study related internship. Mandatory internship as part of your degree is preferred.

Tasks

What you will work on

1. Image generation experiments for children’s book illustration workflows, style consistency, character consistency, page by page art direction
2. Dataset building and curation, reference collection, captioning, prompt sets, quality checks, bias and safety checks
3. LoRA training and evaluation, style LoRAs, character LoRAs, control of pose, composition, and repeatable outputs
4. Prompting systems and automated prompt generation, templates, constraints, negative prompts, reproducibility
5. Multimodal knowledge workflows, linking manuscript context to visual briefs, retrieval of reference guides, image and text grounding
6. Rapid testing harness, A, B comparisons, scoring rubrics, human review loops, failure analysis, iteration logs
7. LLMOps and MLOps basics, experiment tracking, model versioning, evaluation reports, cost and latency tracking
8. Building small prototypes that connect models to product flows, API wrappers, batch pipelines, internal tools for the team
9. Documentation, clear notes, reusable notebooks, repeatable scripts, simple internal guides for future interns

Requirements

1. Currently studying AI, ML, Data Science, or a related field
2. Can write Python code to test ideas quickly, iterate, and report results clearly
3. Curious, structured, and able to work independently with weekly check ins
4. Comfortable discussing tradeoffs like quality, cost, speed, and consistency

Preference if you know below

1. Any prior work with Stable Diffusion style models, LoRA, fine tuning, ControlNet, or similar
2. Text to Image - Midjourney prompt craft and systematic exploration

Benefits

1. Real product problems, not toy projects
2. Mentorship and direct collaboration with the founder and team
3. A portfolio of experiments, reports, and shipped prototypes you can reference

**How to apply
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Your CV & LinkedIn

1. A short note on your expereince with AI Image creation and handling
2. Links to any relevant work, GitHub, papers, notebooks, or experiment writeups
3. Your availability, start date, and whether you can come onsite in Berlin once a week

IndieKidz is a young Berlin based startup building meaningful learning experiences for children.
We create screen free books, magazines, and activities that blend early learning with cultural roots. Alongside this, we are building Occibo, a modern platform for authors and publishers.
Occibo uses AI assisted workflows to simplify children’s book creation. Together, we combine creativity, technology, and real publishing needs. Our goal is to make high quality children’s content easier to create and joyful to use.