
Designer Intern
ITA Group, Inc.
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Location Type: Office
Location: West Des Moines • Iowa • United States
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About the role
- This internship will work 32 hours per week, beginning in early June and run 8 weeks through early August.
- The Intern will work onsite at our corporate headquarters in West Des Moines, IA.
- You’ll learn how to adapt design styles across diverse brands, audiences, and client objectives—while maintaining consistency across a full program campaign.
- Working alongside a multidisciplinary creative team, you’ll strengthen your skills in layout, typography, composition, and asset development.
- You’ll also gain exposure to brand development, creative critiques, and emerging AI-assisted workflows that support ideation and iteration.
- Support real projects by designing digital graphics, event assets, email communications, and print materials aligned to program strategy and brand guidelines.
- Translate creative direction across multiple touchpoints, learning how to adjust style for different audiences while keeping a cohesive visual system.
- Assist with early-phase logo explorations and brand style development exercises, supporting internal concepts and event communication foundations.
- Help with resizing, formatting, proofing, and prepping files for delivery, building speed and accuracy with practical Adobe tool workflows.
- Participate in pin-ups, critiques, and feedback sessions, presenting work with rationale—and explore how AI tools can support concepting and visual exploration (plus optional exposure to motion graphics/video editing/digital design, depending on your interests).
Requirements
- Entering senior year or recently graduated, majoring in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Digital Media, or a related field.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating design fundamentals, conceptual thinking and variety including print, digital and/or motion work—variety is a plus, not a requirement.
- Comfortable working within brand guidelines but also exploring new ideas when appropriate.
- Basic proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Required: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
- Interest in brand development and logo creation.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
layouttypographycompositionasset developmentdigital graphics designevent asset designemail communication designprint material designlogo creationconceptual thinking
Soft Skills
adaptabilitycreativitycollaborationpresentation skillsfeedback receptionattention to detailproblem-solving