Graphic Design Internship - for school credit only (SF)

Venables Bell and Partners is an independent full-service advertising agency located in San Francisco. Some of our clients include Audi of America, Intel Corporation, Barclays Global Investors, Coca-Cola, ConAgra Foods, HBO, Pacific Gas & Electric and others. For more information visit our web site: www.venablesbell.com

QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be enrolled in college---our internships are for SCHOOL CREDIT ONLY
- Available to work a 20-25 hours per week within standard business hours
- A working understanding of layout, type and color.
- Extensive experience with Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign on Macintosh OSX.
- Experience in Flash or GoLive helpful, but not required.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Must be comfortable working independently and collaboratively.
- Adaptability to new directions/tasks: self-reliance.
- Nice.

DURATION
Internships are offered during the summer and on a semester basis. We are flexible with student schedules and can customize a schedule that works best on a case-by-case basis.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design projects (advertising, collateral, environmental, interactive, identity) based on direction 
provided by the design director, designers or creative director, as well as contributing to or 
leading the direction of a project.
- Assist designers in developing layouts, illustrations, or visual elements.
- Help build design library to use for reference resource for new projects.
- Assist designers on agency identity and in-house design projects.
- Source new materials and design resources for upcoming projects.
- Provide help preparing materials and/or mounting boards for creative pitches or presentations.
- Regularly record times and expenses for each client and job.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Based on original concept, flush out additional elements within scope of project.
- Taking projects from layout to completion: designing, creating art (Photoshop or Illustrator) preparing files for electronic output (or for use in multimedia/web),
- Revise original designs with client or internal changes while maintaining design integrity.
- Image searching based on concept or art/design direction.

REPORTS DIRECTLY TO
Blake Bäkken, Design Director, on a day-to-day basis.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU
- Experience working in one of the hottest/coolest ad agencies serving major global clients.
- Full hands-on work. (No, you will not be the office assistant: people here make their own coffee.)
- Build great references and connections. (And work with other nice people.)

Posted by Sarah Haroon on April 8, 2009