ABOUT BERLINROSEN

BerlinRosen is a leading national public relations and strategic communications firm delivering high impact media, digital and creative strategies to top organizations, companies, and candidates across the United States. Named one of America's best PR agencies by Forbes, BerlinRosen was founded in 2005 by Valerie Berlin and Jonathan Rosen and has grown to a staff of more than 200 with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.

People of color, people with disabilities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. BerlinRosen is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff, and recognizes that its continued success depends on hiring and retaining high-quality creative professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Opportunities for advancement exist, and we are committed to helping all staff develop and grow.

ABOUT THE GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERNSHIP

We're proud to offer an internship program that offers the skills and experiences that often lead to full-time roles at BerlinRosen. In 2021 so far, 73% of our new Account Coordinators were BR interns!

BerlinRosen is seeking a highly motivated individual interested in strengthening their visual presentation and graphic design skills for a fast-paced and growing organization. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative designer interested in supporting multiple projects to produce and edit clean, eye-catching, and exceptional designs for a diverse range of prospective clients.

The intern will be integrated into the Growth Team, a dynamic business development and marketing team that drives projects across the full firm, from progressive advocacy campaigns to real estate development to tech to hospitality and more. The team is responsible for supporting firm-wide business strategy, producing internal research and external products like proposals, pitch decks, and visually guiding its marketing and social media efforts.

Our Spring 2022 Internship Program runs from January 3, 2022 to early May, 2022. It is fully remote within the U.S.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

As an intern, you will:

• Layout, edit and clean up proposals and presentations while adhering to brand guidelines.
• Create graphics for client-facing proposals, pitches, and marketing efforts.
• Work across multiple design softwares such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects
• Knowledge of Google Slides for laying out presentations and proposals (including mocking up social media graphics and creating design templates.
• Conduct photo research and editing
• Collaborate with the Art Director and Designer to develop creative design concepts

Essential skills:

• An eye for design: you love to interpret complex ideas visually through color, photography, and typography
• Detail-oriented: you dot every 'i', change every inch mark on a smart quote, and double-check design content end-to-end from a footmark to an apostrophe
• Adaptable and flexible: you're comfortable asking questions to understand concepts and interpret directions visually; you think of critiques as learning opportunities and negative feedback as an exciting problem-solving challenge
• Ready for fast-pace: you can stay calm under pressure or when you need to change priorities to meet a last-minute deadline quickly
• Expert multitasker: you show up ready to support multiple projects at once and with a strong self-organization system that keeps you on top of all deadlines
• Knowledge of the tools needed to execute: you're skilled at Adobe Creative Suite from Photoshop, Illustrator to After Effects, Google docs, and Google Slides to bring you or the team's vision to life. You know how to create and work with templates that are simple, beautiful, and easy to use
• A strong collaborator: you're comfortable communicating with team members to understand their directions and interpret them visually; you think of critiques as learning opportunities and negative feedback as an exciting problem-solving challenge

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• This internship is remote
• Interns must be able to work 40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, on a roughly 9-to-5 Eastern Time schedule. Please do not apply if you cannot meet this requirement.
• Compensation: $17 / hour
• Perks:
• $200 stipend to be used to support your work-from-home setup (plus company-provided laptop)
• 3 days of PTO for the duration of the internship
• Access to professional development programs geared specifically toward interns and individuals just beginning their careers

While we accept applications on a rolling basis, priority will be given to candidates who apply by November 12, 2021.

• Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we cannot reply to all submissions. We will contact applicants directly with requests for interviews. Please do not call to check on the status of your application.