Academic Success Initiatives Graphic Design Student Intern

Position Overview

Academic Success (Success Initiatives – Success Operations) is seeking a graphic design intern to support multiple Academic Affairs units. In holding this position on the Digital Media Team, you will receive mentorship from expert specialists, be provided with career-relevant networking opportunities, fine-tune your soft skills and get hands‑on experience within the visual side of the marketing industry. This intern must be creative and forward‑thinking, bringing new ideas to the table with the ability to collaborate and grow with their team.

The Digital Media team office, located at Strong 150, operates from 8 am‑5 pm Monday‑Friday.

• Design engaging graphic-based designs for print and digital use. This includes event/workshop marketing materials, brand guides, branded promotional items, web designs, posters, banners, flyers, TV graphics, Power Points and other marketing materials as needed.
• Enhance and maintain the Academic Success brand, informed by Towering Toward the Blue brand standards (brand.ku.edu). Design swag and promotional materials for multiple units.
• Conduct market and industry research to understand target audiences by obtaining knowledge of past, current and future trends. Focus on trend‑forecasting to create graphics that may not be shared immediately.
• Understand and implement critiques and edits as necessary.
• Work in collaboration with other Graphic Design Interns.

• Participate in weekly Marketing Team meetings and brainstorming sessions related to the development of current and future marketing and advertising campaigns.
• Work in collaboration with other members of the Digital Media Team (graphic design, photo, video, social media).
• Assist in the development of marketing campaigns to promote Academic Success initiatives, such as events and campaigns for multiple units.

• Complete assigned Professional Development courses/workshops.
• Take part in creating projects outside of ticketed projects.
• Attend networking events to expand your professional community.

• Previous experience working with Adobe Creative Cloud applications including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, as demonstrated in application materials.
• Experience with Canva, Figma, Lightroom, Premiere Pro and/or Adobe Express as demonstrated in application materials.
• Demonstrated visual design skills in brand identity as presented in application materials.
• Previous experience which required prioritizing tasks and projects independently and collaboratively to meet established deadlines as demonstrated in application materials.
• Previous work experience which required strong communication skills as demonstrated by application materials.
• Previous work experience which required focus and working on multiple projects simultaneously as demonstrated in application materials.
• Previous work experience which required flexibility in adjusting deadlines for deliverables throughout the creative process as demonstrated in application materials.
• Previous experience working both in office and remotely, and maintaining availability to work on an as needed basis.

• Experience with Microsoft Office 365.
• Creative and innovative strategic thinking with the ability to understand marketing strategies for short-term and long-term campaigns as demonstrated in application materials.
• Previous work experience demonstrating knowledge of the principles and practices of digital, in-person and print based marketing as demonstrated in application materials.
• Previous work experience demonstrating knowledge of management and planning strategies for design-focused collaborative projects as demonstrated in application materials.
• Prior experience in digital media marketing.

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre‑enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in…