Art Direction Diversity Internship: September - December 2023

Taylor is looking for an enthusiastic and resourceful Art Direction Intern to gain hands-on experience while providing invaluable assistance to our creative team.

You are an agile thinker and doer who brings unconventional thinking and innovation to your work. In this dynamic role, you'll have the opportunity to use your evolving craft to create contemporary, polished creative work that helps to drive earned conversations for our clients.

You are open minded, ready to learn, and motivated to start your career in the PR, social, and digital marketing industry. For you, “diversity” isn’t just a buzzword or challenge, but rather an opportunity and school of thought you use to embrace creativity and collaboration in all that you do.

Details:

• Full-time (40hrs/week)
• Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
• Internship begins September 11, 2023 and will go through December 21, 2023
• Open to remote candidates
• Paid Internship: $22.50/hr, $25.00/hr for those who have earned a bachelor's or master's degree
• Open to recent college graduates and graduate school students

Day-to-day responsibilities and learning opportunities will include:

Shape

• Remains current on marketing, design, technology, user experience, and cultural trends, and infuses this knowledge into all design work
• Uses strong understanding of evolving design/copywriting principles and a client’s business, brand, and industry, to offer and develop contemporary ideas that meet client business needs
• Effectively refines ideas into integrated visual systems that deliver against defined objectives
• Collaborates effectively with Strategy, Account, and Creative teams to provide ongoing counsel to mid-level clients, and to bring ideas to life through unconventional thinking and design innovation
• Actively participates in creative ideation and planning for digital & social content, motion graphics, event activations, brand identity systems, print materials, and other campaign elements

Make

• Executes thoughtful, polished designs across various mediums including digital/social content, motion graphics, print, photography, brand identity systems, presentations, infographics, etc.
• Demonstrates accountability and ownership for all design work on assigned projects, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams of account/PR, strategy, and production to execute that drives business impact
• Works on multiple workstreams/assignments simultaneously, ensuring that all work fits together as part of the broader strategy and/or brand identity system
• Self-edits design work in progress, incorporating feedback and direction from senior team members, and collaborating with them to evolve and elevate your work

Communication and Storytelling

• Pitches creative ideas
• Writes, presents, and communicates in a polished, articulate, and persuasive manner across all mediums, internally and externally
• Communicates well with internal colleagues to explain creative ideas and respond to questions or concerns
• Designs logos and sketch out ideas or layouts
• Partners with copywriting to design and create concepted ideas
• Produces mood boards, mockups, and engaging, innovative and effective design solutions

Concepting

• Ensures that ideas/concepts fit together as part of the broader strategy and brand identity
• Actively participates in creative ideation for digital & social content, event activations, brand identity systems, print materials, and other campaign elements
• Assists in quick-turn ideas that tap into a culture or a specific moment in time

Minimum qualifications and requirements:

• Recent graduate, a portfolio student, or a senior/master's student who can accommodate a full-time schedule (40hrs a week)
• Experience working across a wide range of media including digital/social, print, event/experiential, brand identity systems, etc.
• A good problem solver who seeks to make improvements and learns from mistakes
• Strong attention to detail, organization, multitasking, and time-management
• Experience in UX design and/or front-end development is a plus
• Basic skills/knowledge of key principles of typography and fonts
• Strong skills in Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator, PowerPoint and Keynote
• A team player who enjoys working with and helping others in a collaborative environment
• Curious and open to others' ideas and viewpoints with a willingness to learn and take constructive feedback
• A conceptual visual thinker with a portfolio of work that is contemporary, on trend, and reflects a wide range of design influence
• Prior experience/internships at PR, Advertising, Digital/Social Marketing, Creative agencies or relevant coursework
• Basic understanding of advertising and marketing principles

About Taylor

We are a purpose-led marketing communications agency that has shaped possibilities for the world's leading brands for four decades. Our heritage in public relations and deep sports & entertainment expertise fuels breakthrough creativity across the entire media ecosystem.