Graphic Design & Marketing Intern

Chicago Sun-Times•Chicago, IL

18h•$20 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

About Chicago Public Media Chicago Public Media is one of the nation’s largest local nonprofit news organizations. Home to WBEZ 91.5FM, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Vocalo. Chicago Public Media reaches more than 3.3 million people weekly across broadcast, print, and digital platforms. As a mission-driven organization, we aspire to be the most trusted news source Chicagoans turn to for understanding the people, events, and ideas shaping our community. We believe independent journalism is essential to a healthy democracy and that access to objective, fact-based news is a right for every citizen. We serve the public interest by creating diverse content that informs and enriches our community, supported by a dedicated staff of approximately 250 professionals. For more information, please see the Chicago Public Media Annual Report . The Graphic Design & Marketing Intern will work with CPM’s Marketing team to gain experience with branding, designing creative concepts and marketing strategies for radio shows, podcasts, events and more. By the end of the internship the Graphic Design & Marketing Intern will have experience with working with the Creative Manager on branding, executing marketing campaigns and assist in the creation of creative campaigns from concept to execution including but not limited to templating, layout design, social media asset creation, print, digital, video and physical assets. The Graphic Design & Marketing Internship will be a 6 month long program at 24 hours/week. The rate of pay is $20/hour. We are located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. All interns MUST be able to work from our office and studios at Navy Pier in Chicago . Chicago Public Media interns gain hands-on experience while working alongside some of the best talent in the business. Our hope is that — after receiving a solid foundation at Chicago Public Media — our interns continue to contribute to this industry. Link to our podcasts & shows: https://www.wbez.org/shows Link to CST website: https://chicago.suntimes.com/

Requirements

Diligent, detail-oriented, and able to follow direction well
Passionate in news, public media/publishing/ journalism
Proficiency with Adobe CC applications such as PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator After Effects, and or Premiere Pro.
Figma
Creating animated gifs
Experience with Google Workspace
Canva or other design platforms such as Procreate
Creativity
Organized
A design portfolio or work samples is required
College seniors or recently graduated from graphic design, visual communications, or radio/film/television
links to a portfolio of samples; audio, video, or multimedia packages; or other completed work that may be relevant to this opening
Applications with resumes must include cover letters; use the cover letter to share any links to previous work and/or include any job-related criteria not on your resume

Nice To Haves

Experience in typography, graphic design, and layout (school work counts)
Adobe After Effects
Experience with A/B testing in design decisions
Experience with social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram
Branding experience
Managing multiple projects
Video editing
Social media

Responsibilities

Work with the Creative Manager on branding
Executing marketing campaigns
Assist in the creation of creative campaigns from concept to execution including but not limited to templating, layout design, social media asset creation, print, digital, video and physical assets