Internship

About the Role

The role of Undergraduate Design Intern is intended to start in Summer 2027. This internship is a temporary position within 3M, typically working a full-time schedule for a 10-12 week assignment, limited to 899 hours per service credit year. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other experience to a 3M career.

About the Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG)

The Safety and Industrial Business Group (SIBG) at 3M offers a diverse range of products designed to enhance safety, productivity, and efficiency across various industries. Key product categories include personal safety, abrasives, adhesives and tapes, electrical markets, automotive aftermarket, and industrial and safety markets.

About 3M Design

Inside 3M’s Safety & Industrial Business Group, 3M Design operates as a multidisciplinary internal creative team supporting brand, product, packaging, digital experience, and design research across industrial, safety, and professional-use markets. As a 3M SIBG Design Intern, you will apply your design skills to real business challenges while collaborating with experienced designers and cross-functional partners across business, marketing, engineering, product, and technical teams. Interns gain exposure to a human-centered design process, translating customer insights and business needs into brand-aligned solutions across physical products, digital experiences, packaging, and visual systems. Project work may include brand design, visual asset development, packaging systems, design research, product design, UX/UI design, industrial design, prototyping, testing, brand audits, and system refinement.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an Undergraduate Brand Design Intern in the Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG) team, you will help create clear, compelling, and brand-aligned design solutions that support 3M’s industrial and safety products, customer experiences, and business priorities. You’ll contribute to visual design projects across marketing, product launches, packaging, digital content, sales materials, presentations, and customer-facing communications. You’ll work closely with Designers, Marketers, Product Managers, Communications partners, and other cross-functional teams to bring ideas to life through strong visual storytelling, thoughtful layouts, and consistent application of 3M brand standards. You’ll receive mentorship, structured onboarding, and hands-on opportunities to strengthen your skills in brand design, visual communication, and business-to-business design.

Key Expectations For a Brand Design Intern

Be Motivated

You’ll take ownership of your work and bring creativity, curiosity, and attention to detail to each assignment. While support and guidance are available, we’re looking for someone who is organized, reliable, and eager to contribute to meaningful design projects.

• Support the creation of visual design assets for marketing, product, packaging, digital, and sales enablement materials.
• Assist with concept development for campaigns, product launches, presentations, and brand storytelling.
• Create layouts, graphics, mockups, visual systems, and presentation materials.
• Build your skills through project work, design feedback, and mentorship from experienced designers and cross-functional partners.

Be Brand-Focused and Collaborative

You’ll help translate business goals, customer needs, and technical information into clear visual communications that align with 3M’s brand standards and customer experience expectations. Our projects rely on strong communication, teamwork, and the ability to partner across creative, technical, and business functions.

• Apply 3M brand standards and design systems to ensure consistency across customer-facing experiences.
• Collaborate with marketing, product management, communications, design, and business teams to understand project goals and audience needs.
• Help simplify complex industrial or safety-related information into clear, engaging visual communication.
• Participate in design reviews, creative discussions, and cross-functional project meetings.
• Support production-ready design deliverables while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and high-quality execution.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, or higher, from an accredited institution.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication Design, Brand Design, Industrial Design, Marketing Design, or a related field.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating visual design, branding, layout, typography, and concept development.
• Ability to follow brand guidelines while bringing creative thinking to design challenges.
• Strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills.
• Interest in B2B marketing, industrial products, safety solutions, manufacturing, or technical industries.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, incorporate feedback, and deliver high-quality work on deadlines.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and related design tools, to create high-quality brand, marketing, and visual communication assets.
• Experience supporting brand management and execution across multiple formats, including packaging, retail or in-store experiences, trade show environments, illustrations, photography, marketing materials, and design guide development.
• Ability to help establish, apply, and manage design guidelines to ensure brand consistency across physical, digital, and customer-facing touchpoints.

Work Location

• This Role has an on-site working model, with the employees working at least four (4) days a week in the office at 3M Center, located in Maplewood, MN.
• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic travel.
• 3M provides eligible interns with a housing and transportation stipend in accordance with current policy.

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).