Visual Design Intern - Spring 2027

Golden Hippo; United States; Remote; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Charity sponsorships

Professional development opportunities

Annual company events

Job summary

Golden Hippo is seeking a Visual Design Intern to support our design team across packaging, print, and web assets. You’ll adapt templates, follow brand guidelines, and deliver production-ready files while collaborating with senior designers in a fast-paced ecommerce environment.

You should be detail-oriented, eager to learn, and capable of organizing assets and keeping Figma files tidy. A 0–2 year design background and proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite are preferred.

Qualifications

• Delivers accurate, on-brand design work by following templates, brand guidelines, and feedback.
• Basic knowledge of layout, typography, color, and hierarchy with growing confidence.
• Open to critique and direction from team members, with a positive attitude toward learning.

Responsibilities

• Execute templated design work across web, graphics, packaging, and print following brand guidelines.
• Adapt designs for multiple formats and channels (banners, device formats, updated assets).
• Create and update static ads and simple icons/graphics.
• Export production-ready files and optimized assets for web and print.
• Route updates and revisions based on feedback.
• Support image editing, mockups, and asset resizing.
• Maintain organized Figma files and naming conventions.
• Help gather visual inspiration for photoshoots in line with brand guidelines.

Skills

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Typography

Layout

Brand guidelines

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in progress

Design-related degree preferred

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

Where A-Players Thrive.

We’re an employee-owned, vertically-integrated builder of some of America’s most popular health & wellness brands. With over 1,000 team members across multiple companies, we create best-in-class products that help make the world healthier and happier. Our creative content educates the world on making smarter health choices, while the brands we own generate over $600 million of revenue annually. Learn more about our brands.

We’re Looking For A: Visual Design Intern

Location: Remote (United States)

Program Dates:

• Start Date: January 11th
• End Date: March 14th

What You’ll Be Doing: The Visual Design Intern supports the visual design team by assisting with a wide range of creative work—including packaging, print, and web design—primarily by adapting templates, following brand guidelines, and preparing production-ready files. They focus on accurate execution, organizing and exporting assets, and maintaining design consistency across multiple brands, while developing foundational skills through close collaboration and feedback. An ideal candidate is detail-oriented, responsive to direction, and comfortable working across a variety of established brand guidelines. They need to be proactive, and eager to grow, with a strong desire to learn and contribute to a collaborative, fast-paced creative team.

• Execute templated design work across web, graphics, packaging, and print, following established brand guidelines and design systems.
• Adapt designs for multiple formats and channels (e.g., resizing banners, reformatting for devices, updating copy or product images).
• Create and update static ads (e.g., Facebook) and low-effort graphic assets such as icons or simple illustrations.
• Export production-ready files and optimized assets for web and print.
• Route design updates and revisions based on feedback from visual designers and QA checks.
• Support with image editing, mockups, and asset resizing.
• Maintain organized Figma files, components, and brand guidelines, following naming conventions.
• Keep Google Drive folders structured and files properly named.
• Help gather visual inspiration for photoshoots in line with brand guidelines.

Qualifications (Note: We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick ALL of these boxes.):

• Delivers accurate, on-brand design work by following established templates, brand guidelines, and feedback.
• Demonstrates basic knowledge of layout, typography, color, and hierarchy with growing confidence in applying them to real-world projects.
• Open to critique and direction from team members, with a positive attitude toward learning and iterating.
• Works effectively within a team, communicates clearly, and supports shared goals.
• Maintains organized files and assets using consistent naming conventions, helping ensure smooth workflows.
• Eager to Learn and Grow : Takes initiative to ask questions, explore new tools, and improve design skills and efficiency.
• Manages assigned tasks on deadline, balances multiple small projects, and escalates blockers when necessary.
• Able to prep, export, and optimize assets for digital and print, ensuring deliverables meet quality standards.
• Bachelor’s Degree in progress.
• 0–2 years of design experience (internships, freelance, or academic work welcome).
• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Moderate-level photo manipulation skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in progress in Design, or a related field. (preferred)
• Visual design experience within a fast-paced ecommerce, direct-to-consumer, or branding-focused environments preferred—experience in health, wellness, or related consumer sectors is a strong plus. (preferred)

Golden Perks & Benefits:

• Through our charity sponsorships, you can make a positive impact on communities worldwide. We’ve donated over $6.1 million to date.
• Professional development opportunities with mentorship, continuous learning programs, empowering you to progress and excel in your career.
• For those coming into our Woodland Hills, CA office, you’ll find a fully stocked kitchen and a free on-site gym.
• Virtual and in-person company events , like our annual holiday party, happy hours, and virtual cooking nights, designed to cultivate connections and enhance work-life balance.

To read more about our Perks & Benefits, click here.

The base hourly range is $18 - $20.

The posted hourly range in this job posting reflects data based on California’s cost of labor analysis. This salary range is subject to change per state; please click here to find the pay differential in your state of residence if the role is remote”.

Hourly range is based on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geographical location.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

A Note to Recruiting Agencies: At Golden Hippo, we handle all hiring through our internal Talent Acquisition team. Occasionally, we might use staffing or recruiting agencies to support our internal team in finding the right candidates. Agencies are not authorized to contact our hiring teams directly to present candidates. Our internal Talent Acquisition team is responsible for all candidate presentations to our hiring managers. Golden Hippo will need written approval and a signed agreement before submitting any candidate info for a specific job opening. Without this, we won’t pay any fees for placements. Thank you for your understanding.

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