Brand Design Intern: Create, Shape Brand Identities

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Jones is seeking a Brand Design Intern to join our Marketing team for a hands-on summer role in New York. You will help create brand identities and support cohesive design across digital, print, and spatial touchpoints for brands including The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Barron’s.

You will work with senior designers on visual concepts, typography, assets, and brand guides while learning in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with mentorship and professional development

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of digital design principles and fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Figma (or similar tools such as Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite).
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce polished, professional work.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with shifting priorities.
• Resourceful, self-driven, and proactive—able to ask the right questions and seek solutions independently.
• Open to feedback and eager to learn.
• Some knowledge of UI/UX, animation, or print is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating new brand identities from the ground up (logos, color palettes, typography, art direction) and brand guides, moodboards, and toolkits to communicate with stakeholders, partners, and brand ambassadors.
• Support senior designers on projects that deliver full brand experiences, including: Visual concepts and mockups; Digital and media assets (emails, ads, landing pages, digital signage, social graphics campaign collateral, podcast art); Print and spatial applications (event materials, invitations, onsite design recommendations).
• Help build and maintain design systems (typography, composition, hierarchy, color theory, etc.) in Figma, including templates, guidelines, and scalable components.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure design consistency across multiple channels and formats.
• Conduct competitive research to spot trends, best practices, and opportunities for brand differentiation.
• Translate research findings into clear insights that guide creative strategy.

Skills

Graphic Design

Figma

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Proactive learning

UI/UX basics

Education

Graphic Design degree

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Dow Jones is seeking a Brand Design Intern to join our Marketing team for a hands-on summer role in New York. You will help create brand identities and support cohesive design across digital, print, and spatial touchpoints for brands including The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Barron’s.

You will work with senior designers on visual concepts, typography, assets, and brand guides while learning in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with mentorship and professional development