John Ball Zoo is looking for a creative and energetic Graphic Design Intern to join the Marketing team for the Zoo season. Work on a variety of projects from largescale prints to digital promotions. Experience a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment working with other designers and multiple departments. Grow your skills in organization, balancing projects, and visual storytelling. Get a chance to explore the zoo and its inhabitants and learn how to effectively translate that knowledge into enhancing the guest experience.
This is a paid, in-person position that begins in February with part-time hours, transitions to 40 hours, 5 days per week from May 18 to August 7, and returns to part-time hours in the fall. Scheduling is flexible to accommodate school schedules. Please include a link to a portfolio or upload a sample of your work in along with your cover letter and resume.
Starting Pay: $15.25
Start Date: Mid February
End Date: No later than 10/31/26
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Reporting to the Creative Manager, the Marketing & Graphic Design Intern will have the following responsibilities:
- Create graphic design assets for internal and external zoo needs.
- Collaborate with the Events Team to create graphics for 10 – 15 special events including but not limited to wayfinding signs, guest maps, and promotional graphics.
- Participate in monthly zoo-wide sign audits.
- Concept and create paid digital ads for marketing and events.
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
- Ability to manage and organize multiple projects at a single time.
- Ability to understand, interpret, and collaborate with multiple departments.
- Understand how a marketing department operates within a non-profit.
- Ability to confidently communicate within a professional setting.
- A better understanding of the importance of brand consistency.
- A better understanding of what it means to be part of an AZA institution and the role zoos play in conservation efforts.
- Ability to design content that speaks to diverse audiences.
- Understand how to utilize a project management system for a collaborative workspace.
EDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONS
- Presentation discussing a project you worked on or led during the internship.
- Expected to participate in team member engagement offered by the zoo.
- Ability to think creatively and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to communicate your creative process clearly.
- Make and take constructive feedback.
- Ability to work and focus in an open and collaborative workspace.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be enrolled in or recently graduated from a relevant college program.
- Junior or senior college status (preferred) pursuing a degree in relevant college major (ex. Graphic Design, Marketing, etc.).
- Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to interact positively and appropriately with coworkers, supervisors, managers, and members of the public with a wide variety of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Working knowledge with graphic design software (Adobe Creative Suite - InDesign, Illustrator, & Photoshop).
- Proficiency with Apple products including a MacBook Pro.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Intern will work in various environments both inside and outside and may occasionally be exposed to inclement weather, pollen, mold, dust, dirt and other airborne contaminants.
John Ball Zoo is a drug-free workplace under federal regulations. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
