Summer Intern: Design Intern

Position: 2026 Summer Intern: Design Intern
Overview

Job Title:

2026 Summer Intern:
Brand Design Pepsi Co is a playground for curious people. We invite thinkers, doers, and changemakers to champion innovation, take calculated risks, and challenge the status quo. From executives to leaders on the frontline, we're excited about the future. We take chances. Together, we dare to make the world a better place. Our associates are the magic ingredient. Each of them plays an integral role in helping create deep connections between people and our products.

Think about your last group celebration:
Chances are, one of our iconic brands was by your side. At Pepsi Co, you're invited to be a part of a global team of innovators who make, move, and sell these products-which are enjoyed by more than 1 billion people a day. A career at Pepsi Co means working in a culture where everyone's invited. Here, you can dare to be yourself.

No matter who you are or where you're from, you can influence the people around you and the world  showing up, you'll have the opportunity to learn, develop, and grow our unique skill sets  supportive teams can fuel your professional goals to make a global impact. Join us. Dare for Better. Responsibilities Functional

Description:

At Pepsi Co Design, we have a saying: "We're crazy enough to think we can inspire the future." This is what drives us, in everything we imagine, develop, and execute. Design is a strategic global function for Pepsi Co that drives business value by leading innovation, creating experiences and brand engagements. We are one of the first major food & beverage companies to integrate multiple design disciplines-brand design, design thinking, industrial design, design strategy, front-end innovation-into a particular group.

Our goal is clear: to connect Pepsi Co's food & beverage portfolios with today's hyper-connected, networked users and consumers hungry for meaningful, authentic, and relevant brand experiences across multiple touchpoints and regions of the world. What you can expect:
The Brand Design Intern is responsible for partnering across several types of design projects and execution of comprehensive brand design and graphic design projects across our Global Food and Global Beverage portfolios. Successful candidates will demonstrate superior ability to drive design thinking from ideation through concept development, refinement, and execution. Create high quality brand design solutions by directly executing design and leveraging internal/external design resources.

The Designer must be able to sketch and articulate his/her creative thinking. Roles available in the following locations:
New York, NY, Plano TX, Chicago, IL Qualifications

What we're looking for:

Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in design with strong portfolio demonstrating graphic/brand design Ideally, he/she has a background in packaging design and brand design with 360 identities. Will have a strong understanding of graphic design as well as a good basic understanding of industrial design Great sketching skills and idea development techniques to create and communicate concepts Ability to work cross-functionally throughout the center to support Innovation and Design Collaborative, able to ideate and construct ideas within a team-based design environment Technically solid, able to illuminate ideas and visualize design stories across a variety of media Storyboarding - Creating story flows, planning transitions, mapping out movements Design / Illustration - Creating all kinds of visual assets and layouts in a wide variety of illustrative styles.

Direction - Researching complex subjects, developing treatments, keeping each project on time and within budget. Passionate, motivated and extremely creative

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduate with bachelor's degree within one (1) year of internship completion. This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. Please list the following on your resume:
Link to your portfolio The expected compensation hourly pay ranges for hires into our 2026 campus intern openings is $21.60 - $33.20 hourly Role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are part of the process…