The Creative Lab Five

This year, Google Creative Lab is inviting exceptional creatives to apply for a one year paid gig and collaboration.

As a Fiver, you'll work on projects big, small, and first of their kind within Google. You'll be paired with a mentor and work closely with other creatives.

Fivers are an essential part of the Creative Lab. It's how a lot of our current leaders started.

But what is Google Creative Lab?

A team of designers, writers, programmers, filmmakers, producers and business thinkers that spend 99.9% of our time making. We are a small team that pushes for an impact that outweighs our footprint. Our job is to help invent Google’s future and communicate Google’s innovations in ways that make them useful to more people.

Just a few Fiver projects:

• Gemini
  A class of Fivers built this demo.
• GenType
  A Fiver concepts the idea and wrote all of the code.
• Visual Artists x Imagen | Google Lab Sessions
  A fiver shot b-role and artist sessions.
• Teacher x LLMs
  Fivers helped with prompt engineering + social strategy.
• Best Phones Forever
  Fivers brought these characters to life.
• Hacking Google
  Fivers co-created a docu series.
• Margaret by Moonlight
  Fivers made a portrait bigger than Central Park.
• Project Guideline
  A Fiver helped develop this ML technology.
• Body Movement Language
  A Fiver developed this experience.
• Trillions of Questions,
  No Easy Answers
  Fivers helped edit this film.
• Teachable Machine
  Fivers helped design and code this AI experiment.
• Semi Conductor
  A Fiver developed this experiment.
• Parisian Love
  Fivers came up with this Super Bowl ad.
• Shared Piano
  Fivers built a shared music experience.
• Look To Speak
  A Fiver helped with this story.

Still have questions?

What kind of work will I be doing?

Depends on the day. You’ll be deeply immersed in the Creative Lab and you’ll have the chance to work on things that matter, big and small. Initiative always counts. If you have a great idea, it will be heard.

What are the creative disciplines of a Fiver?

We’re looking for writers, visual and motion designers, creative technologists, filmmakers, creators, prompt engineers and tinkerers. We love when you leverage new technologies including AI and create new superpowers to make things that matter.

Is this an internship?

No. This is a paid gig and a chance to do real work on projects that impact Google and the world.

Where is it?

This year we will host Fivers in our New York and London offices.

When is it?

Our 16th class of Fivers will start July 14, 2025 through July 10, 2026.

Do I get paid?

Yes, via our staffing partner. You are paid hourly & eligible for overtime.

When are applications due?

We will be accepting applications and reviewing portfolios through May 9, 2025.

What are the requirements?

You must legally be able to work in the US or UK.

You need an online portfolio. Some thoughts:

- Ideas come first, but craft and presentation matters.

- Demonstrate that you can go from the conception of an idea to a final manifestation.

- Show that you understand the unique capabilities of your primary work medium (code, written word, design, film, etc.).

- Be original.