Brand Design Intern: Craft Visual Systems & Storytelling

Figma; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Figma is seeking a Brand Design Intern for our San Francisco hub to contribute real work in brand campaigns, launches, and storytelling moments. You will collaborate with the Brand Studio, learn from senior designers, and build foundational skills in a professional creative environment.

This internship offers hands-on experience, exposure to cross-functional partners, and a path to grow your portfolio and design instincts within a global design platform.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing visual curiosity and 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 development

Figma proficiency

Visual communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Job description

Figma is seeking a Brand Design Intern for our San Francisco hub to contribute real work in brand campaigns, launches, and storytelling moments. You will collaborate with the Brand Studio, learn from senior designers, and build foundational skills in a professional creative environment.

This internship offers hands-on experience, exposure to cross-functional partners, and a path to grow your portfolio and design instincts within a global design platform.