Graphic Design Intern

Ready to join the future of design and learn agency style design 101? If you have a natural eye for design and fluency in design software we’d love to show you the ropes. You’ll get to work directly with our management and design teams to help with real-world client deliverables, file prep, resizing, cropping and design adaptations across multiple design disciplines.

The ideal candidate will possess skills and knowledge of graphic design (for print and digital), the Adobe Creative Suite, and social media. Candidates must be a student of Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or other related disciplines, and provide a design portfolio or website.

• Learn about our homegrown advanced project management tool (The Hub)
• Work alongside the design team and assist them with client communication and final design delivery
• Refer to design briefs to interpret customer requests and create tangible products
• Conceptualize visuals based on requirements
• Engage in team collaboration and presentation of ideas
• Test graphics across various media
• Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and follow customer brand guidelines
• Draft mock-ups of design materials for the company portfolio
• Work on multiple projects at once, and be able to consistently meet deadlines
• Remain up to date on changing trends in the graphic design industry
• Assist the team with coordinating social media efforts to strengthen brand recognition

• Be an active student or recent graduate
• Ability to communicate ideas visually, orally, and in writing
• A natural eye for a well-crafted design
• Passion for all things design related
• Basic skills, principles, and general knowledge of graphic design overall
• Adobe Creative Suite experience required (1 year preferred)
• Experience with Sketch and/or Figma is a plus
• Excellent time management
• Creativity and problem-solving skills
• Sharp attention to detail
• Able to accurately articulate design theory
• Self-disciplined
• A strong team-work spirit
• Hand drawing and sketching ability are a plus

This is an unpaid internship, however, we also work with educational institutions to provide school credit and reporting. There are also opportunities for intern-to-hire roles within the organization.

What you can expect from us:

• Opportunities to grow and learn additional skills in the design industry
• Training and feedback from a supportive and knowledgeable team
• A gratifying work environment you can be proud of

• Have an ownership-like mentality, take pride in your work
• Be dependable, deadline-driven, execute to plan, on-time, every time
• Clearly communicate with the team & clients, honestly & effectively
• Be highly organized, time-efficient & able to prioritize/multitask
• Overachieve, go above & beyond to deliver value above what is expected or required
• Speak your mind, present new ideas, defend your turf
• Think outside of the box, bring solutions, not problems
• Be passionate about design & have a positive outlook
• Translate our clients vision into successfully executed designs
• Know 3D, UX, Video or have a unique skill? Tell us about it

We believed that there was a better way to achieve quality design without the expense or the complication of traditional design agencies, so we built it. A tech-enabled, graphic design subscription that solves big challenges, streamlines processes, drives efficiencies and bridges the gap between talented designers and brands of the future. That mission and our relentless quest to balance happiness between career, client, and company has attracted a talented design-ops team which we now call the Designed.co family.