2027 Summer Intern: Design Intern

PepsiCo • New York, NY

11h

About The Position

The Design Intern will partner on a range of design projects and help execute comprehensive brand and graphic design work across PepsiCo’s Global Food and Global Beverage portfolios. The role calls for taking design thinking from ideation through concept development, refinement, and execution; creating high-quality brand design solutions through direct work and by leveraging internal and external design resources; and sketching and articulating creative thinking. The role is based in New York, New York.

PepsiCo Design is a global strategic function that drives business value through innovation, experiences, and brand engagement. It brings together disciplines including brand design, design thinking, industrial design, design strategy, and front-end innovation to connect PepsiCo’s portfolios with consumers through relevant brand experiences across touchpoints and regions.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in design.
• Graduate with a bachelor's degree within one year of internship completion.
• Provide a strong portfolio demonstrating graphic or brand design and include a portfolio link on the resume.
• Strong understanding of graphic design and a good basic understanding of industrial design.
• Strong sketching skills and idea-development techniques to create and communicate concepts.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively in a team-based design environment.
• Technically solid, with the ability to illuminate ideas and visualize design stories across a variety of media.
• Passionate, motivated, and extremely creative.
• Must have indefinite authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Background in packaging design and brand design with 360 identities.

Responsibilities

• Partner across a variety of design projects and execute comprehensive brand and graphic design projects across Global Food and Global Beverage portfolios.
• Drive design thinking from ideation through concept development, refinement, and execution.
• Create high-quality brand design solutions through direct execution and by leveraging internal and external design resources.
• Sketch and articulate creative thinking.
• Support Innovation and Design collaboratively across the center and develop ideas in a team-based design environment.
• Create story flows, plan transitions, and map movements through storyboarding.
• Create visual assets and layouts in a wide variety of illustrative styles.
• Research complex subjects, develop treatments, and keep projects on time and within budget.
• Visualize design stories and communicate ideas across a variety of media.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for eligible full-time employees, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Disability coverage for eligible full-time employees, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts for eligible full-time employees, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for eligible full-time employees, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Accident, group legal, and life insurance for eligible full-time employees, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Defined contribution retirement plan for eligible full-time employees, subject to elections and eligibility.
• Potential conversion to a full-time opportunity.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern