Art Direction Intern (summer)

We are excited to have an Art Direction Intern join our team for 10 weeks this summer (June 3rd to August 8th)! This role will work alongside the Giant Spoon creative team and partner with a copywriter intern to bring stories to life for our clients’ brands. The ideal candidate understands the fundamentals of design and strives to make beautifully original things. We are looking for a creative mind with a passion for conceptual thinking and integrated campaign work, who is eager to collaborate with other like-minded people to create brand-defining platforms that work across digital and traditional mediums, in addition to experiential, social, and long-form film. Equal parts strategy and craft, you will be able to create visually compelling content with laser sharp insights into the brand.

As a Giant Spoon intern, you will be welcome to join any town halls, weekly updates, lunches and happy hours during the summer. As part of the program, we will also be offering a series of workshops and Q&As with craft leads to gain insights into the day to day of neighboring departments.

This team is based in the Los Angeles office and works in a hybrid fashion with in-office work on Tuesdays. We are looking for candidates who can join us in LA in person!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with your writing partner to help produce concepts for campaigns and tactics across every conceivable and inconceivable medium 
• Contribute to the creation of beautifully designed content from briefs, insights, or strategy.
• Learn how to champion a client’s brand with consistency across visual design assets and help develop a unified design brand language, as needed, including storyboards, mood boards, mocks or comps, brand/campaign logos, graphics for events (signage, swag, collateral), social assets, digital assets, etc. 
• Source premium imagery and designs mockups and executions using creative tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and In-Design  
• Effectively communicates ideas and presents work to the creative team
• Create a Spoonshot project (a mini-presentation on a relevant topic) in collaboration with other interns that will be presented internally at Giant Spoon

Requirements

• Pursuing a career in advertising, design and marketing, with a focus on conceptual creative work
• Foundational understanding of graphic design, photography, illustration, and typography
• Strong motivation to learn about “big idea” generation, conceptual thinking (brainstorming, campaign development), and cross-channel creative execution  
• Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite applications
• Quick learner with the ability to pick up new software
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong teamwork and communication skills 
• Digitally connected, passionate about technology and innovation with an insatiable curiosity for how it applies to our industry
• Experience working with Google Suite (Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets) a plus

The anticipated hourly rate for this position is $18.00-20.00. The rate is determined based on a wide range of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, job duties, and geographic location.