Internship | Web Designer

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

Our company is devoted to providing the best possible work to our clients and maintaining a fun, thriving environment for our team. You will work side by side with top talent to improve your skills and learn how we can advance the company as a whole. Team members enjoy regular Friday lunches, free gym membership, and special company events, like BBQs, paintballing, and Laker games.

School credit is available if allowed by the university of the applicant. The unpaid internship is designed around teaching you the fundamentals of online marketing and web design. The position offers an excellent opportunity to work on substantive projects and could result in an excellent industry-leader reference.

WE PREFER YOU HAVE:

  • An awesome portfolio!
  • A modern design aesthetic that is current with creative trends
  • Ability to perform well under pressure and under short deadlines
  • An interest in learning how to use typography and grids
  • Passion about design in general with a great understanding of color palettes, gradients, and flat
  • An interest in learning to use Photoshop and Illustrator (experience preferred)
  • An interest in learning how to present material (experience preferred)
  • An interest in learning about online tools such as basecamp, quickbooks, and google docs (experience preferred)
  • An interest in designing for the web, specifically e-commerce websites (experience preferred)
  • An interest in learning HTML and CSS (experience preferred)
  • The motivation to work as a team player but also independently on projects with minimal supervision
  • Qualities such as dependability, reliability, initiative, a positive attitude toward the job
  • Excellent written english
  • The ability to stay highly organized with great attention to detail and be deadline oriented
  • The ability to maintain strict confidentiality and discretion
  • Reliable transportation
  • Been accepted into an accredited college or university and currently be receiving credit
  • Availability to work a minimum of 16 hours per week onsite

YOUR DUTIES AND TASKS:

  • Assisting in the creation of wireframes and website mockups based on creative briefs and other materials
  • Attending client meetings and working with our Account Managers to translate visions into reality.
  • Creating images optimized for the web using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks
  • Incorporating custom fonts on the web utilizing tools like typekit, sift, cufon, etc…
  • Assisting in project completion according to schedule
  • Effectively applying our methodology and following project standards
  • Collaborating with the SEO team, developers, and other stakeholders to establish the vision of the project and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs
  • Assisting in conceptualizing and designing internal marketing materials (for print and the company website)
  • Searching daily to expand your knowledge and resources and sharing that with the team
  • Presenting organized files such as Photoshop layered/folder files

How to Apply:

To apply, please click here: Web Designer Internship

Please note that you will not be considered for this position if you do not follow the instructions when applying (you must go through the application process)

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