Brand Design Intern — Visual & UI Concepts

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

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.