2027 Intern — Visual Designer

IBM; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Leadership exposure

Job summary

IBM invites driven students to join our Performance Marketing internship in New York City for Summer 2027. The role focuses on turning IBM content into an easily understandable system, with mentorship and leadership exposure throughout the program.

The visual designer will contribute to brand evolution across many outputs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver compelling messaging and design across media. Hybrid work with in-office days is expected.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited University.
• Available for an internship in Summer 2026.
• Rising senior for the 2026-2027 school year.
• Basic design experience across media.
• Portfolio of work demonstrating success in primary responsibilities for the role.
• Passionate about problem solving and idea generation.
• Actively seek feedback and review of work.
• Being passionate, confident, empathetic, positive and approachable.
• Attention-to-detail, strong organizational skills, and strong time management.
• Collaboration with others–stakeholders, technical teams, partners and other designers.
• Basic experience with Figma.

Responsibilities

• Producing deliverables from print to online and multimedia.
• Bringing abstract concepts to life through typography, illustration, iconography and photography.
• Contributing to style guides, UI toolkits, and other design documents, as needed.
• Effectively communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale verbally and visually.
• Collaborating with the team to support development of integrated brand-to-demand messaging and content plans.
• Preparing, recommending, and testing solutions to engage IBM audiences through specific messaging and content strategy deliverables.
• Applying deep curiosity to build understanding of the market, target audiences and IBM’s offerings.

Skills

Basic design

Figma

Portfolio

Typography

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Figma

Job description

Introduction

This role is for an internship in Summer 2027. The Internship is expected to start on Monday, May 24th with an end date of Friday, August 13th. Candidates must be available to start and end on these days.

At IBM, we believe technology shapes the world, and we are a catalyst for innovation and creativity. We are at the forefront of groundbreaking change – improving businesses, society, and the human condition. As a leader in Hybrid Cloud and AI, we are leading the charge in a worldwide digital transformation.

Our Performance Marketing team drives scalable and predictable revenue growth. We exist to generate demand for IBM’s products and offerings — and to convert that demand into measurable pipeline and business impact. As part of our team, you'll be surrounded by bright minds and keen collaborators — always willing to help and be helped — as you apply passion to work that will compel our audience to choose IBM's products and services.

When you join IBM, you join a culture of openness, collaboration, and trust. You join a team of IBMers who are helping technology support a positive global transformation. So join us and experience a place where you can co-create your learning and opportunities. A place where teamwork and unique ideas are treasured. A place where you can bring innovation to life.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As an IBM Intern, you’ll work collaboratively, driving work that addresses a strategic business challenge facing our team: helping to turn our vast collection of content into an easily understandable system that supports our visitors’ key needs. In addition to your daily work, the internship includes educational, networking, and social activities. This is a highly visible intern program with leadership exposure and mentorship throughout the summer.

The visual designer role supports our internal creative team, which is responsible for the strategic evolution and expression of the IBM brand across every experience and encounter, internally and externally. Our work crosses nearly every category of output: research and strategy, communications and content development, symbology and systems, digital and physical experiences, and tools and training. Our goal is to maintain modernity, sophistication, and tangibility, and to promote understanding of the IBM brand in the world.

Responsibilities

• Producing deliverables from print to online and multimedia
• Bringing abstract concepts to life though typography, illustration,iconographyand photography
• Contributing to style guides, UI toolkits, and other design documents, as needed
• Effectively communicating conceptual ideas and detailed design rationale both verbally and visually
• Collaborating with the team to support development of integrated brand-to-demand messaging and content plans that deliver the right content, at the right time, to the right audiences and drive the right outcomes
• Preparing, recommending, and testing solutions to help engage IBM audiences through specific messaging, brand & content strategy deliverables
• Applying deep curiosity to build an understanding of the market, targetaudiencesand IBM’s offerings to help create the most compelling messaging and content.

Location & Schedule

This role is based in New York City. We work in a hybrid environment. This position will be required to come into the office at least three days per week.

Closing Date

This role will be posted until September 25. We will review all applications.

Visa Sponsorship

IBM will not be providing Visa sponsorship for these positions now or in the future. Therefore, to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future Visa sponsorship. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 (including those with OPT or CPT), H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Currently enrolled in an accredited University
• Available for an internship in Summer 2026
• Rising senior for the 2026-2027school year
• Basic design experience across media
• Portfolio of work demonstrating success in primary responsibilities for the role
• Passionate about problem solving and idea generation
• Actively seek feedback and review of work
• Being passionate, confident, empathetic,positiveand approachable
• Attention-to-detail, strong organizational skills, and strong time management
• Collaboration with others–stakeholders, technical teams,partnersand other designers
• Basic experience with Figma

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Able to distinguishgood designfrom bad, careless from well-conceived and crafted
• Able to take direction well and be nimble to extend designs across platforms
• Investigating, innovating, and developing trends in creative with an emphasis on brand experience and design
• Able to visualize and turn concepts into end products
• Able to turn feedback into iteration: accept and act upon creative/technical direction