Graphic Design & Marketing Intern – Summer 2026

Paper Tacos; Salinas (CA); Hybrid; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Portfolio-ready projects

Recommendation letter

Job summary

Paper Tacos in Salinas, CA is seeking a Graphic Design & Marketing Intern for Summer 2026 to support email campaigns and brand visuals. This hybrid, part-time internship offers hands-on experience designing content, building automated flows, and growing our multicultural greeting card brand online.

You’ll work on weekly emails, graphic assets, and templates to showcase our cards and culture across platforms, with a flexible schedule and a chance to earn a glowing recommendation.

Qualifications

• College student studying design, marketing, or a creative field.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign.
• Access to Adobe Creative Cloud through school is a plus.
• Access to a laptop for remote days is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Email marketing and automated flows design and implementation.
• Weekly email production from layout to CTAs.
• Marketing design of graphics, posts, and templates across platforms.

Skills

Adobe CC

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Email marketing

Branding

Time management

Education

College student – design/marketing

Tools

Mailchimp

Google Drive

Google Workspace

Job description

Graphic Design & Marketing Intern – Summer 2026

Location: Hybrid — 1 day/week in Salinas, CA, rest remote

Type: Summer Internship / Part-Time

Pay: $18/hour

Dates: June 8 – August 7, 2026

Hours: Approximately 6–8 hours per week

About Us

Paper Tacos® is a fast-growing greeting card brand making cards con sabor — bold, bilingual, and full of cultura. You might’ve seen us on Shark Tank. Our cards bring humor, heart, and cultural connection to customers through greeting cards, gifts, email marketing, and social content.

This summer, we’re looking for a creative marketing and design intern to help us grow our email marketing, design content, and keep the Paper Tacos® brand looking fresh, fun, and ready for more customers.

Internship Summary

This is a flexible summer internship for someone interested in graphic design, marketing, email campaigns, and creative brand building. You’ll support weekly email production, automated email flows, marketing graphics, and promotional content for Paper Tacos®.

Perfect for someone who loves clean design, clever copy, color palettes, and wants real-world experience inside a small creative business making big moves.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Email Marketing + Automated Flows
  Help build and design automated email flows, including welcome emails, abandoned cart emails, customer follow-ups, and other campaigns that keep Paper Tacos® connected with customers.
• Weekly Email Production
  Assist with creating our weekly marketing emails, from layout and graphics to product features, headlines, and calls-to-action that feel on-brand and make people want to click.
• Marketing Design
  Design email graphics, social posts, promotional assets, and templates that help us show off our cards, our cultura, and our personality across different platforms.

You Might Be a Good Fit If

• You’re a college student studying design, marketing, or something creative.
• You have experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign.
• Access to Adobe Creative Cloud through school is a plus.
• Access to a laptop for remote work is helpful.
• You love clean design, clever copy, and color palettes.
• You’re organized, chill, and excited to work with a small brand making big moves.
• You can come into our Salinas office once a week for a few hours.

Tools We Use

• Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
• Google Drive / Google Business Suite
• Mailchimp
• Your personal laptop for remote days
• External monitor and workspace provided for in-office days
• A big whiteboard covered in half-baked ideas and post-its
• Paper Tacos® will provide access to brand assets, templates, platforms, and required work accounts. In-office workspace and monitor provided.

What You’ll Get

• $18/hour
• Real-world experience and portfolio-ready projects
• A front-row seat to how a creative brand runs things
• A glowing letter of recommendation if you do your thing