Creative Intern (Art Direction & Web Design)

If you love words and ideas and aren’t afraid to harness your writing powers to solve real-world business problems, we want to hear from you. You must be creative and able to write well, but this definitely isn’t creative writing. You’ll hone a wide range of skills – not only writing, but thinking visually, speaking persuasively, and schmoozing, as well as gain an understanding of general business and marketing principles. By the end of your internship, you’ll have finished work for your portfolio. You’ll also work in a truly diverse environment where everyone gets along, work often feels like play, and there are perks like free food and parties – all in one of the most interesting neighborhoods in DTLA.

Benefits:

• Engage in learning objectives focused in advertising/marketing/content projects that sharpen your skills
• Become comfortable working in a professional business environment and on a team
• Gain industry business knowledge while providing a valuable learning experience
• Letter of recommendation and Certificate of Completion upon satisfactory completion of the internship
• Networking opportunities with business professionals in dozens of different industries
• Intern will receive academic credit for this position

The Creative Intern’s primary duties include but are not limited to:

Writing short-form and long-form copy for a variety of different clients and media – that includes social media, web copy, taglines, paid search ads, billboards

Researching clients and industries to write knowledgeably and persuasively

Collaborating with many different types of people, from creative to C-suite people in suits

Conceptualizing and brainstorm ideas alongside the creative team

Copyediting/proofreading work

Job Requirements:

MUST LOVE WORDS, GRAMMAR, AND LANGUAGE. You have strong opinions about the Oxford comma, you don’t need Spellcheck to find your errors (but you use it anyway), and make deliberate choices about why you do, or don’t, use specific words.

Current portfolio/clippings that demonstrate your abilities.

Academic background in English, Communications, Journalism, Film, or Literature

Excellent computer knowledge in MAC environment.

Skilled at Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

Great communication skills (written and verbal).

Ability to work independently. 

Able to take direction and criticism – advertising is an iterative process, no matter how great your first draft is, you should be open to reworking with feedback from others.

Team player.

High sense of urgency.

Photoshop a plus. 

Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a huge plus.