2027 Summer Internship, Graphic Design
Newrez
About the Role
The FAST TRACK, Future Achievers Shaping Tomorrow Through Real-world Applied Career Knowledge program is a 10-week summer internship. It offers rising seniors professional development opportunities, including building relationships, gaining corporate experience, learning about the industry, and preparing for a rewarding career.
The ideal candidate will have a big-picture perspective, an entrepreneurial and process improvement mindset, and the ability to handle situations with composure and empathy. We seek assertive, well-spoken, and compassionate students who are dependable, service-minded, and results-oriented.
The Graphic Design Intern will be fully immersed in the Creative team's daily activities, assisting in creating and organizing visual communication assets, templates, and educational resources.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce and adapt creative assets for channel marketing campaigns across email, social media, web, digital advertising, presentations, and customer communications, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and brand adherence.
- Execute production design tasks, including resizing, versioning, updating, and preparing creative files for multiple channels, audiences, and business lines to support scalable marketing efforts.
- Create visual communication materials such as infographics, training resources, visual playbooks, process diagrams, job aids, and presentation graphics to educate stakeholders and simplify complex information.
- Support digital marketing execution by producing and maintaining email modules, landing page assets, website graphics, social media content, digital display advertisements, and campaign templates.
- Maintain and organize creative assets and template libraries within digital asset management systems, ensuring creative resources are easily accessible, current, and brand compliant.
- Perform quality assurance reviews on creative deliverables, ensuring visual consistency, brand compliance, proper formatting, accessibility considerations, and production readiness across all channels.
- Partner with creative, marketing, and business stakeholders to support project execution, creative updates, campaign launches, and the development of self-service resources.
- Research and propose best practices, innovative approaches, and industry peer programs.
- Perform assigned duties under direction to gain knowledge and experience.
- Perform business analyses and provide recommendations for business and process changes.
- Receive training and perform duties in several functions to become familiar with line and staff functions, management viewpoints, company policies, and best practices.
- Observe experienced team members to acquire knowledge of methods, procedures, and standards.
- Attend company-sponsored training classes, activities, and events.
- Build relationships with employees and colleagues.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
- PowerPoint
- Familiarity with Canva
- Familiarity with digital asset management best practices
- Microsoft Authenticator (for smartphone requirement)
- Excel and/or Tableau (charts, graphs, pivot tables, formulas)
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a four-year college degree with a scheduled graduation date between Fall 2027 and Spring 2028.
- Degree in Visual Communications, Graphic Design, Digital Media, Marketing, Advertising, or Communications preferred.
- Strong visual design, layout, typography, and storytelling skills.
- Understanding of digital marketing channels, including email marketing, social media, web content, landing pages, and digital advertising.
- Knowledge of branding fundamentals, design systems, and visual identity standards.
- Highly developed organizational and project/time-management skills with an ability to manage multiple priorities and meet multiple deadlines.
- Ability to excel in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Ability to clearly articulate and present ideas and findings to a varied audience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in quantitative analysis.
- Adaptability.
- Willingness to learn.
- An entrepreneurial business mindset.
- Strong business communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to multi-task and work well individually.
Note: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Newrez does not offer visa sponsorship for early career program opportunities.
Note: Employees are required to have smartphones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Microsoft Authenticator.