Visual Design Intern

StudentJob; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 7,000 - 9,000; Full time

Job summary

StudentJob is offering a hands-on graphic design internship with the Global Restoration Initiative (GRI) in The Hague. Interns will support innovative restoration programs by creating visual communications and design tools.

The role focuses on developing scalable design assets, from presentations to social media graphics, while collaborating with a dynamic team. Gain valuable experience within a mission-driven organization dedicated to environmental restoration. The internship starts on September 1, 2026, offering a monthly reimbursement of €700.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency in design software, especially Canva and Adobe Creative Suite.
• A strong portfolio showcasing design skills.
• Experience in creating digital and print materials.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine design templates for various materials.
• Produce visual assets for presentations and campaigns.

Skills

Canva proficiency

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)

Design for digital and print

Attention to detail

Proficiency in written and spoken English

Education

Currently pursuing a degree in Graphic Design or related field

Tools

Canva

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

About the Program

The Global Restoration Initiative (GRI) works with governments and international partners to inspire, enable and implement restoration on degraded landscapes, returning them to economic and environmental productivity.
Globally, WRI has identified more than two billion hectares of cleared and degraded forest and agricultural lands suitable for restoration - an area roughly twice the size of China. Using this data as a foundation, we work to promote restoration of degraded lands back into natural forests, agroforestry systems, or productive agriculture. Embracing forest and landscape restoration will allow for a world in which the amount of forest cover grows while the productivity of existing agricultural land increases.

The GRI has raised $150M for Restore Local, an initiative focused on three iconic African landscapes, which delivers capacity, capital, enabling policy and monitoring solutions to locally led restoration efforts. From community nurseries in Kenya to watershed revival in Burundi, Restore Local works at the intersection of science, storytelling and community enterprises.
You will be supporting Restore Local and other restoration initiatives.

Internship Highlight

This is a hands‑on design internship at the heart of one of the world’s most ambitious restoration programs. You will add creative capacity to support communications needs across Restore Local and other restoration initiatives while strengthening scalable design tools and improving the quality and consistency of visual communications outputs. Design is a core part of how we communicate urgency, build credibility and move people to act, and you will help shape how restoration is seen by developing the visual systems that make complex science accessible and compelling for global audiences.
You will gain hands‑on experience in branding, digital design and strategic communications; build a strong portfolio through real-world assignments; and receive mentorship in creative concepting and design within an international mission‑driven organization.
In this role, you will strengthen the visual communications toolkit for Restore Local and other restoration projects and produce high‑quality assets across live campaigns, donor materials and digital channels.
Your internship supervisor will be GRI’s Lead Designer. You will work closely with the wider communications team and with subject matter experts across teams and regions.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Design Systems & Tools (50%): develop and refine scalable design templates including presentations, reports, social media, donor materials and more; support the build‑out and ongoing improvement of Restore Local’s Canva platform, making high‑quality design accessible to the full program team; ensure visual consistency across all materials, maintaining alignment with WRI brand standards; document and organise design assets so they are easy to find, reuse and adapt.
• Creative Production (50%): produce visual assets for presentations, digital campaigns, infographics and donor‑facing materials; support live communications priorities with timely, high‑quality design output—from quick social graphics to polished publication layouts; contribute original creative thinking to briefs, bringing visual ideas that elevate the story we are telling about restoration in Africa and beyond; collaborate with communications colleagues and with subject matter experts to translate complex data and scientific findings into accessible, compelling visuals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency in Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
• A portfolio of design work: this can be university projects, personal work or freelance pieces.
• Experience designing for digital channels (social media, email, web) and/or print/publication formats.
• Attention to detail and the ability to maintain brand consistency across a range of formats and use cases.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Media Design, Communication Design or a related field.
• Interns at WRI Europe must be registered in a study programme with a Dutch college or university for the full duration of the internship.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English; additional languages are a plus but not required.

Internship Conditions

• This is a 6‑month internship with a September 1st, 2026 start date. Please indicate your availability in your application.
• Working hours: 32 hours per week (to be agreed with your supervisor).
• This internship will be based at the WRI Europe office in The Hague, with some flexibility to work from home.
• This internship offers a reimbursement of €700 per month based on full‑time working hours (32 hours per week).

WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well‑being in our mission including equal opportunities in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, caste, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or protected Veteran status.