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Includes: MillerKnoll, Starlight, Workiva, and Dow Jones & Co. …

Job Title: Graphic Design Intern

Organization Name: MillerKnoll
Wage/Salary: $21–23/hr
Opportunity Summary: Full-time internship from May 2026 to August 2026… based in Stamford, Connecticut.

MillerKnoll’s Summer Internship Program is a paid, 12-week opportunity that provides a 100% real-world experience for students early in their careers. Throughout the summer, you will apply academic learning to real-world situations and cultivate leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills. 

Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Graphic Design Intern to join our Brand Creative team. You will work closely with the internal design team, merchandising, and marketing teams to bring campaign concepts to life. This role will proactively contribute to creative thinking for project needs.

For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.


Job Title: Multimedia Intern

Organization Name: Starlight
Wage/Salary: $15/hr 
Opportunity Summary: Full-time internship from May 19, 2026, to August 7, 2026… based in Kansas City, Missouri. 

This internship will take place entirely in person at the Starlight Theatre campus. The Multimedia Intern will have the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with Starlight’s Marketing and Production Departments during the Broadway and Concert seasons. The Multimedia Intern will assist in a variety of video and production efforts for Starlight’s Broadway and Concert series. The intern will work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating on a broad base of projects.

Duties will include, but are not limited to, video production in-studio and live-event scenarios, setup and teardown of video production sets, editing short- and long-form videos for multiple delivery mediums, ingesting/cataloging footage/photos, localizing marketing video content and creating pre-show loop assets for in-venue signage. The Multimedia Intern also will assist with multiple duties in advance of and on Broadway and Concert show nights. These include collecting video b-roll, operating robocams, scheduling and maintaining LED screen content, and other duties as assigned.

For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.


Job Title: Spring & Summer 2026 Intern - Brand Design 

Organization Name: Workiva
Wage/Salary: $22/hr
Spring 2026 Internships: Monday, January 5, 2026 (part-time, 20/hours per week)

Summer 2026  Internships: Monday, May 18, 2026 (40/hours per week max)

The Brand Design Intern contributes to a variety of creative projects and initiatives, which can be both digital and print. You will work on graphic designs, providing quick and reliable support for a wide range of design needs.

What You'll Do:
  • Design and develop various forms of media for use in print or digital format (ie: web design, promotional social ads, marketing banners, event booths, eBooks, white papers, event collateral)
  • Execute projects for both online and print products that reflect Workiva brands and its creative components
  • Collaborate with other members of the Corporate Marketing team and provide creative input on projects
  • Maintain a library of approved iconography and refine media products and presentations to provide a uniform identity for all materials

For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.


Job Title: Summer 2026 Bartley Fellowship - Arts in Review Intern

Organization Name: Dow Jones & Co.
Wage/Salary: $25/hr
Opportunity Summary: The Wall Street Journal's Arts in Review section is seeking aspiring journalists—juniors, seniors or recent graduates (within one year of graduation) with a strong editing background at their school newspapers or elsewhere—for a 10-week paid summer internship. The in-person internship is an opportunity to get hands-on experience working alongside some of the best opinion writers and editors in the world. The internship—formally the Bartley Fellowship—honors the Journal’s former Opinion editor, Robert L. Bartley. Opportunities will be awarded to individuals interested in the arts who intend to pursue a career in journalism or cultural criticism. The Arts intern is one of several fellows selected each year through an application process that is overseen by senior editors. Bartley Fellows are assigned to a department within the Opinion section—Arts in Review; Books; or Features (Op-Eds and Columns). The fellow will assist in producing Arts in Review’s content for the print and digital editions of the Journal—editing, fact-checking, liaising with writers, writing display copy, proofing, contributing to social media and digital production. Though this is not a writing fellowship, the Bartley fellow will be encouraged to produce a Masterpiece column, of which more below. They may also pitch articles or projects to editors elsewhere in the Opinion section. Internships are paid, and generally take place during June, July and August, though start dates can be flexible.

All materials must be received by Nov. 30, 2025.

For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.


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Posted: 
Monday, October 6