Full Time Paid Intern - YA Weekly Design (Church Magazines)

Do you enjoy designing content that inspires, delights, and teaches? Do you want a chance to use your professional skills to create content that points people towards Christ? The Church magazines offer paid design internships three times a year. We are currently hiring for positions during January–April (Winter). The internship is 40 hours a week for the 4-month period. Medical benefits are offered. This position is located at the Church Office Building but may be able to work from home for some of the week, depending on arrangements made with hiring staff.

The YA Weekly design intern participates in the ideation, design and production of multiple articles for Church print and digital magazines and social media posts for a young adult audience (18-35). The intern is mentored in all aspects of design, including observation, collaboration, visualization, conceptualization, art direction, and implementation.

Candidates should exhibit a love for clean, impactful design. You need to show excellence in editorial design, visual communication, and production for print and be proficient in the use of InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Applicants for this internship must be working toward a degree in graphic design, advertising, or have taken classes in graphic design and be currently enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited college or university, or they must have recently finished a degree from an accredited college or university (within one year of beginning their internship).

Applicants must be available for video conference interviews.

Other qualifications include the following:

•    A love for all aspects of design
•    At least one year of college-level graphic design experience
•    Willingness to listen to and learn from your peers
•    Experience in editorial design and production
•    Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
•    Basic understanding of Church doctrine, history, organization, and policy
•    The ability to manage many projects simultaneously
•    The ability to give careful attention to detail and sustain concentration for long periods of time
•    Experience creating engaging social media content, including graphics and short-form video editing for Instagram and other platforms, with a strong understanding of audience behavior and attention-grabbing design.

To apply, please submit:
1.    A brief (one pages or less) cover letter
2.    A one-page resume that includes a link to your digital portfolio

Digital portfolios should:

• feature samples that exhibit excellence in editorial design and communication
• clearly demonstrate your role in page layout, graphic design, illustration and photo selection, and implementation of communication philosophy