Graphic Artist Intern

4imprint, Inc. • Oshkosh, WI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We work with businesses and organizations of all kinds to provide them with personalized promotional products. A small part of their job is the biggest part of ours – that’s why one of our core values is to provide remarkable service. When you work here, you’ll be treated with the same level of respect and positive attitude.

As a graphic artist intern, you’ll be assisting the art department with creating and evaluating vector art for imprinting onto a variety of promotional items based on vendor and department specifications.

This internship is reviewed on a semester-by-semester basis to determine if 4imprint has the workload to continue the internship through the following semester.

Requirements

• A self-starter who takes initiative to solve problems and follow up.
• Friendly, tactful and professional in your communications on the phone, in person and in e-mail.
• A multi-tasker who is ready to act in any situation.
• Organized and focused on the details that matter.
• Someone with demonstrated computer-generated, production art skills/experience.
• Actively pursuing a two-year or four-year degree in Graphic Arts.
• Demonstrates knowledge of CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Basic working knowledge of all production art related skills and terminology.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others (verbally and in writing).
• Ability to enter data.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of imprinting methods and experience in the promotional products industry a plus.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the eight core principles that guide every 4imprint teammate on a daily basis: Honesty, Curiosity, Collaboration, Flexibility, Accountability, Empathy, Positive Attitude, Humility.
• Create electronic images suitable for the imprinting of promotional items, as per instructions provided by our customer service department.
• Create artwork and assist with a variety of projects as needed for other departments.
• Create clean vector images from faxes, bitmapped images provided to us by the customer in a number of different electronic files.
• Typesetting and providing proofs for customers’ orders.
• Create various line illustrations from photos & items.
• Convert various file types into images usable in the creation of vector-based art.
• Alter existing images/layouts so they are able to be imprinted on a variety of other items.
• Assist in photography studio, as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees