This week's spotlight includes: Wizards of the Coast, JT Mega Food Advertising, Workiva, and South Washington County Telecommunications Commission (SWCTC)…
Job Title: 3D Digital Product Design Intern
Organization Name: Wizards of the Coast
Wage/Salary: $26–32/hr
Opportunity Summary: Hasbro is seeking an energetic, innovative, and creative candidate for its 3D Sculpting Team. The candidate must have a minimum of 1-2 years of experience in Sculpting, 3D Modeling, Art or Product Development. The candidate must possess strong project management skills, be able to work in a team environment and have good communication skills with the ability to execute multiple projects with time sensitive schedules and shifting priorities. This person must be able to work in a team structure and possess strong communication skills, both written and oral. The candidate must be able to show the ability to work under tight deadlines and must be proficient in problem solving and learning software.
As a 3D Digital Product Design Intern, you’ll join Hasbro’s innovative 3D Product Design team, collaborating with talented digital artists and designers to bring characters, creatures, and products to life. You’ll work in a fast‑paced, highly creative environment where you’ll contribute to real product development, learn industry‑standard tools, and gain hands‑on experience transforming concepts into production‑ready digital assets. You’ll partner closely with cross‑functional teams, rapid prototyping labs, and model shops, seeing firsthand how ideas evolve from sketch to physical product.
What You'll Bring:
- 1–2 years of experience in sculpting, 3D modeling, art, animation, or product development.
- Strong understanding of anatomy, form, proportion, and overall design sensibilities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects with time‑sensitive deadlines and shifting priorities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable working in a collaborative team environment.
- Ability to learn new software quickly, troubleshoot creatively, and solve design challenges.
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
Job Title: Copywriter Intern
Organization Name: JT Mega Food Advertising
Wage/Salary: $20/hr
Opportunity Summary: In this role, you’ll use your creativity, ideas and words for writing social posts, digital ads, brand campaigns, sales materials and blog content. Grammatical excellence is non-negotiable, but Oxford commas are up for debate. You and your fellow interns will collaborate on a special branding campaign assignment. From initial creative concepts to presenting your work to JTM employees and clients, this is your opportunity to put your internship learnings into practice, show off your creative chops and work together as a team. JT Mega is located in Minneapolis, MN. We have a hybrid work model and all full-time employees are required to work at the agency on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The internship program will follow the same model. You may come into the office as often as you like as the agency is open 5 days per week.
Day-to-Day Client Work
- Attend team meetings to kick off creative assignments
- Share your ideas, concepts and final work with creative directors
- Present your creative work to internal teams and clients
- Learn how to give, receive and translate creative feedback
- Continue to hone your writing and big idea skills, again and again
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
Job Title: Summer 2026 Intern - Creative Production
Organization Name: Workiva
Wage/Salary: Paid
Opportunity Summary: The Intern - Creative Marketing contributes to a variety of creative and multimedia projects and initiatives. Depending on the team you support, you may work on creative production, graphic design, or a combination of both, providing quick and reliable support for a wide range of design and production needs.
What You'll Do:
- Complete recurring, lower-complexity design tasks (e.g., production work, formatting, asset resizing, and templated design quick turns)
- Prepare visual assets for internal/external presentations and maintain the design library
- Work with stakeholders to determine project needs and specifications
- Use a variety of videography, photography, and production software, equipment, and techniques to produce high-quality content
- Provide the setup, recording, and editing of audio communications to ensure professional quality
- Edit segments of motion video production footage, special effects, sound recordings, and color for post-production
- Assist with the production of live events such as podcasts, webinars, and all-company meetings
- Help with maintaining and monitoring equipment and systems utilized for presentations and conferencing
- Design and develop various forms of media for use in print or digital format
- 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: Internship: TrueLens Community Media
Organization Name: South Washington County Telecommunications Commission (SWCTC)
Wage/Salary: $15–20/hr
Opportunity Summary: TrueLens Community Media in Woodbury Minnesota is looking for a Summer Intern. TrueLens Community Media operates a group of local cable channels for the cities of Woodbury, Cottage Grove, St. Paul Park, Newport, and Grey Cloud Island. All these cities are suburbs of St. Paul. We produce award winning, hyper local, video content and other productions for our member cites.
As an intern you will assist fellow producers with filming and editing of stories. You will receive hands on experience operating cameras and other equipment in the field, non-liner editing and other post-production tools. You will be an active collaborative member of the TrueLens staff and will be encouraged to produce your own video content. Staff will review your work and provide tips and positive feedback. The goal of this internship is for you to learn and to create dynamic video content that you can use to promote yourself after graduation.
Applicant must be willing to learn and have a working knowledge of cameras and non-liner editing. Be self-motivated, reliable, and creative.
Please NOTE: This is for students who live within the Twin Cities Area and its surrounding suburbs. TrueLens will not relocate anyone for this internship.
Application Requirements:
- Must be finishing their sophomore or Junior year of college.
- Must be available for 20 hours a week, may include evenings or weekends.
- Must be able to complete tasks and make deadlines.
- Be proficient on Mac computers.
- Proficient in non-liner editing: Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve
- Basic knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
- Basic knowledge of audio production
- Basic knowledge of camera operations
- SWCTC uses primarily Sony cameras
- We will train anybody on how to properly use them.
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
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