Design Intern, Experiences

Hyperquake, LLC•Cincinnati, OH

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a full-time hybrid role for a Fall Intern at Hyperquake, located in Cincinnati, OH with some work-from-home flexibility. The Design Intern, on the Experience team is learning how to use design and content to fuel compelling brand experiences in physical spaces. This intern level role provides support to the Creative Director and other members of the creative and project teams while helping to creatively provide solutions to meet our clients’ needs. The Design intern will provide support in achieving creative solutions while meeting project scope, developing concept treatments, and working with production to bring those elements to life (on time and on budget) in physical space. As a creative producer in the work, you will help support Hyperquake’s output with experience related to many facets of design: graphic, digital/interactive, motion graphics, immersive installations, videos/storytelling and conceptual design thinking – ensuring all creative work meets and/or exceeds both agency and client expectations. This role is responsible for producing actionable design solutions in a collaborative environment. The right candidate will be comfortable working across multiple clients, project types, and industries and agile enough to move back and forth, as needed. Key responsibilities include designing presentations and supporting materials, brainstorming and visualizing physical environments and creating collateral that supports the compelling stories we build for our clients. This role covers all aspects of the visual arts and requires competency across the full range of graphic design software. Hyperquake looks for students with great portfolios, excellent communication skills, and a strong desire to learn as much as they can about design and related industries. Successful candidates will be knowledgeable and passionate about what Hyperquake does, aware of new trends and techniques, and jump into our work culture with a great attitude and lots of flexibility.

Requirements

Strong portfolio required
Passion and exposure for developing creative solutions for experiential design solutions
Understands best practices of experiential/spatial design
Be an active participant in creative ideation and collaborative design critique
Ability to present work and communicate practical rationale to internal team
Works daily with the design team to ensure all deliverables meet and/or exceed expectations.
Delivers creative excellence within project parameters: client goals and requirements, internal goals, technical constraints as well as budget and schedule.
Understands the brand’s meaning to users at every touchpoint and creates design solutions that support the brand’s strategies – and challenges the expected.
Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients
Collaborates with internal and external partners; communicates issues, opportunities, and insights to various departments as necessary to ensure design integrity is being upheld.
Competency across the full range of graphic design software.

Nice To Haves

Prior internship experience or similar experience preferred
Knowledgeable and passionate about what Hyperquake does
Aware of new trends and techniques
Great attitude and lots of flexibility

Responsibilities

Support the Creative Director and other members of the creative and project teams.
Provide support in achieving creative solutions while meeting project scope.
Develop concept treatments.
Work with production to bring elements to life (on time and on budget) in physical space.
Support Hyperquake’s output with experience related to many facets of design: graphic, digital/interactive, motion graphics, immersive installations, videos/storytelling and conceptual design thinking.
Ensure all creative work meets and/or exceeds both agency and client expectations.
Produce actionable design solutions in a collaborative environment.
Design presentations and supporting materials.
Brainstorm and visualize physical environments.
Create collateral that supports the compelling stories built for clients.
Manage and maintain an organized server environment for client/brand assets.
Manage best practices in design (clean files, proofing, color limitations, printing limitations) with design team members.