Global Marketing Design Internship
Our interns will experience on-the-job training in client services, global marketing, or new business development, are embedded with one or more of our five North American office teams, and are involved in a wide variety of daily client account activities. Interns are treated as professional staff, participate in team meetings, and actively contribute ideas, and support the overall management and growth of client work and the firm.
APCO’s clients include local, national, and global organizations in the technology, trade, food and beverage, and healthcare sectors.
APCO Marketing Design is a creative team, comprised of designers, animators, creative directions, marketing, and communications.
Responsibilities
- Assisting the Marketing Design team with multiple creative projects
- General support, including:
- Photo sourcing and retouching
- Incorporating edits to print and digital projects
- Preparing/editing PowerPoint presentations and Word documents
- Designing logos and brand identities
- File management and archiving
- Developing social media graphics
- Research and analysis on non-design projects
- Work with brand designer, brand creative director, and with APCO employees
- Other tasks and projects as assigned
The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, creative, comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and attentive to detail. Applicants are expected to have excellent written and oral communication skills, strong design ability, and experience successfully balancing multiple tasks
You’ll also have an opportunity to be part of daily meetings with the creative team, work with art directors and senior designers, develop skills, and work on high-profile brands—all of which will make for excellent contributions to your portfolio/resume at the end of your time here.
Qualifications
- Portfolio that demonstrates expertise in design, typography, composition, and color
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, etc.)
- Previous work in an agency or in-house creative team preferred
- Candidates must be team players with excellent communication and organizational skills as well as the ability to work against tight deadlines
- Available to work 20-40 hours per week
- Knowledge of video, animation, and web design is a plus
- Knowledge of wireframing, prototyping, HTML/CSS is a plus.
*In order to build connection with colleagues, and encourage collaboration, it is expected that interns will adhere to a hybrid working model. This model entails going into office depending on team needs/expectations as needed throughout the duration of the internship*
Application Materials
To apply, please submit a resume and portfolio.
Compensation
This is a paid internship opportunity of $16.10/hour.
About APCO
Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication and business strategy firm with offices in major cities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. APCO combines a global perspective with local expertise to help clients around the world manage challenges, opportunities, perceptions and reputations. APCO clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and nonprofit organizations; and many top Fortune 500 companies. The firm is a majority women-owned business.
APCO Worldwide, named one of the Best Agencies to Work For in North America by PRovoke Media for four consecutive years and a 2020 Top Places to Work in PR by PRNews, offers a collegial work environment, countless training and development opportunities, and a competitive compensation and benefits package.