GRAPHIC DESIGNER

This is an unpaid internship offering training and guidance in visual communications and graphic design within the technology services industry.

About the role

The Graphic Designer will establish the look and aesthetics for various interfaces, including websites, social media posts, and advertisements. They will collaborate with various business disciplines to create transformative, engaging, and compelling product visuals and ads using type, photography, illustration, and color to enhance the brand. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals who want to develop leadership, sales, and communication skills in a friendly, fast-paced, and highly supportive environment.

Reports to: Zahra Spencer, Operations
Location: Chicago, Illinois

About us

Our team's digital inventiveness and mobile location expertise creates brand stories that produce results. We are seasoned professionals with experience in marketing, technology, mobile, and beyond. Our skills include micro-fencing, mobile strategy, and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Establish the look and aesthetics for various interfaces, including websites, mobile devices, and apps
• Work within brand guidelines to create layouts that reinforce a brand’s style or voice through its visual touchpoints
• Design user-centered interaction models, wireframes, and/or screen mockups
• Manage and execute visual product assets
• Collaborate with various disciplines to create transformative, engaging, and compelling product visuals and ads that enhance the brand
• Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, websites, and newsletters
• Create materials that follow a specific marketing narrative
• Create and update print collateral including booklets, brochures, handouts, and sales collateral
• Assist in quality assurance and brand alignment for all marketing materials
• Work with diverse personalities across the firm in an incredibly fast-paced environment
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Portfolio or sample of completed design projects
• Degree or current/recent enrollment in Business, Marketing, Art and Design, Advertising, Communications, or a related program
• Availability of up to 4 hours per day within the 9:00 AM–5:00 PM CST time period, Monday–Friday

Skills

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or InDesign (InVision experience a plus)
• Proficiency in videography
• Strong typography skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and internet applications
• Problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
• Experience working with video and editing is a plus
• Ability to prioritize tasks and handle numerous assignments simultaneously in a high-pressure environment under strict time constraints
• Energetic self-starter with the ability to meet deadlines, collaborate with a team, and work autonomously
• Excellent attention to detail and creative eye for aesthetics in color and typography
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication
• Ability to work as a team and autonomously

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with start-ups
• Proven 6 months of work experience as a Designer, Graphic Designer, or similar role
• Related prior internship or work experience