Brand Design Intern: Build Visual Systems & Storytelling

Empleora; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Figma is seeking a Brand Design Intern to join our Brand Studio in San Francisco, with a start date in June 2027. You’ll contribute to real brand moments, learn how craft and storytelling come together at scale, and grow your portfolio through hands-on work alongside senior designers.

You’ll support campaigns, explore visual directions, and help build scalable visual systems while collaborating with cross-functional partners and receiving mentorship on your work.

Qualifications

• A portfolio (school projects, personal work, or previous internships) that shows visual curiosity and a developing sense of craft across image-making, composition, typography, and color.
• Working proficiency in Figma.
• Strong visual communication skills and comfort sharing early, unpolished work for feedback.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and asking questions to gain context.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation of visually engaging brand work across campaigns, launches, and storytelling moments
• Assist in exploring visual directions for the Figma brand through image-making, typography, and composition, with guidance from senior designers
• Contribute concepts and drafts that are refined through feedback and mentorship from the team
• Help execute scalable visual systems and toolkits under the direction of the team
• Collaborate with Brand Studio partners and gain exposure to cross-functional partners
• Research and share new creative references, tools, and techniques, including AI-powered workflows
• Practice bringing craft and intentionality to work, from early explorations through to final files
• Present work-in-progress and finished work to the team, and incorporate feedback into revisions

Skills

Portfolio

Figma proficiency

Visual communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Job description

Figma is seeking a Brand Design Intern to join our Brand Studio in San Francisco, with a start date in June 2027. You’ll contribute to real brand moments, learn how craft and storytelling come together at scale, and grow your portfolio through hands-on work alongside senior designers.

You’ll support campaigns, explore visual directions, and help build scalable visual systems while collaborating with cross-functional partners and receiving mentorship on your work.