Paid Design & Production Internship - Hybrid (40h)

APCO; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company laptop

Hybrid work model

Paid internship

Job summary

APCO offers a paid internship program in our New York, Washington DC, or Raleigh offices, with 40 hours/week and a hybrid schedule. Interns work with multimedia teams, supporting production, design, and presentation tasks while gaining exposure to senior staff and high-profile brand work.

The program runs from January to May 2027, with a fixed hourly rate of $18.40. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US and engage in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduate or senior in class standing.
• Portfolio demonstrating design, typography, composition, and color.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, etc.).
• Previous work in an agency or in‑house creative team preferred.
• Candidates must be team players with excellent communication and organizational skills as well as the ability to work against tight deadlines.
• Available to work 40 hours per week, with at least Tuesdays-Thursdays in office.
• Knowledge of project management software is a plus.
• Knowledge of wireframing, prototyping, HTML/CSS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist our internal teams with multimedia creative projects
• General production support, including:
• Photo sourcing and retouching
• Incorporating edits to print and digital projects (ex: one-pagers and social media graphics)
• Preparing/editing PowerPoint presentations and Word documents
• File management and archiving
• Work with creative directors, designers, producers, editors, writers and project/account staff
• Monitor issues, news events and competitor happenings
• Research topics and issues and analyze findings
• Help with social media research and creation of social media content
• Assist in the development of client proposals
• Other tasks and projects as assigned

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Recent college graduate

Tools

HTML/CSS

Wireframing

Job description

APCO offers a paid internship program in our New York, Washington DC, or Raleigh offices, with 40 hours/week and a hybrid schedule. Interns work with multimedia teams, supporting production, design, and presentation tasks while gaining exposure to senior staff and high-profile brand work.

The program runs from January to May 2027, with a fixed hourly rate of $18.40. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US and engage in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.