Creative Intern (Design)

The Mix • London, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At The Mix Global we’re on a mission to make insights famous for the world’s leading brands—not famous in an ego-driven way, but famous in the sense that the most effective marketing outputs are rooted in human, cultural and behavioral insights. We want to ensure the most pivotal understandings are properly socialized inside companies and across partners. Since 2012, The Mix has been combining the best of qualitative research, strategy, and creativity to inform human and cultural understanding, brand positioning, marketing campaigns, product innovation; the list goes on. Based in London and New York City, but operating globally, we work with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Diageo, Nike, LEGO, New Balance, PepsiCo and Foot Locker. This position is based in our London, UK office, for an initial 8 weeks. Although some in-office attendance is expected every week or fortnight, we're fully flexible as to where you work from and when you attend the office.

At The Mix, our design team plays a pivotal role in turning strategy and research into memorable visual stories. Whether through branding, presentations, events, or video content, your work ensures that complex insights become clear and compelling client-facing deliverables.

Requirements

• Visual Design Excellence: A good understanding of layout, typography, color theory, hierarchy—demonstrated across branding, presentations, and multimedia channels.
• Strategic Design Thinking: The ability to turn research insights into design strategies that simplify complex ideas.
• Portfolio with Variety: Work spanning brand identity, printed or digital presentations, event graphics, and/or video-led content.
• Tool Proficiency: Solid Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Figma/Figjam, PowerPoint/Keynote, and familiarity with motion / video as well creative Ai tools (Firefly/Midjourney/Runway etc) is a plus.
• Detail-Oriented: You spot inconsistencies others don’t and deliver pixelperfect assets every time.
• Insightful Communicator: Can explain your design logic, listen to feedback, and align with stakeholders effortlessly.
• Proactive & Flexible: Thrives amid changing project scopes and contributes positively to a supportive, fast-paced team.

Responsibilities

• Visual Storytelling Across Projects: Create cohesive design assets—from deck layouts and infographics to motion graphics and environmental signage—that support multiple formats and channels.
• Strategy Partnership: Work closely with strategy and research teams to unpack findings and craft visual narratives that educate and engage client audiences.
• Standards & Execution: Maintain consistency and polish across every asset through strong attention to detail and ownership of versioning, templates, and brand alignment.
• Collaborative Attitude: Work within fast-moving, cross-functional teams with flexibility and a “can-do” spirit—comfortable iterating on feedback and embracing changing priorities.

Benefits

• We have been working a 4-day week since 2017 — that is right, we don’t work Fridays !
• We offer 25 days of annual vacation plus public holidays.
• Unlimited access to coaching sessions through More Happi.
• We offer an international sabbatical for those with us for 3 years (3 weeks working in another country / 2 weeks additional annual leave).
• We are a lovely bunch! A really sociable team that enjoys team lunches, monthly drinks, and quarterly team activities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed