2027 Summer Intern: Design Intern

PepsiCo • New York, NY

10h

About The Position

The Design Intern will partner across multiple design projects and execute comprehensive brand design and graphic design work for PepsiCo’s Global Food and Global Beverage portfolios. The role calls for driving design thinking from ideation through concept development, refinement, and execution, creating high-quality brand design solutions directly and by leveraging internal and external design resources. The intern should be able to sketch and articulate creative thinking.

PepsiCo Design integrates disciplines including brand design, design thinking, industrial design, design strategy, and front-end innovation. The function works to connect PepsiCo’s food and beverage portfolios with consumers through meaningful, authentic, and relevant brand experiences across touchpoints and regions. This internship is based in New York, New York.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in design.
• Provide a strong portfolio demonstrating graphic or brand design, including a portfolio link on the resume.
• Graduate with a bachelor's degree within one year of internship completion.
• Have strong graphic design understanding and a basic understanding of industrial design.
• Demonstrate strong sketching skills and idea-development techniques to create and communicate concepts.
• Be able to work cross-functionally and collaboratively in a team-based design environment.
• Be technically capable of illuminating ideas and visualizing design stories across a variety of media.
• Have the indefinite right to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Background in packaging design and brand design with 360 identities.
• Passionate, motivated, and extremely creative.

Responsibilities

• Partner across several types of design projects.
• Execute comprehensive brand design 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 directly and by leveraging internal and external design resources.
• Sketch and articulate creative thinking.
• Support Innovation and Design through cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop storyboards, including story flows, transitions, and movement mapping.
• Create visual assets and layouts in a variety of illustrative styles.
• Research complex subjects, develop treatments, and keep projects on time and within budget.

Benefits

• The posting lists a comprehensive benefits package for full-time positions, subject to elections and eligibility: medical, dental, vision, disability, health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, Employee Assistance Program, accident insurance, group legal insurance, life insurance, and a defined contribution retirement plan.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern