This week's spotlight includes: Workiva, Kohl’s, Steelcase, and Roblox…
Job Title: Spring & Summer 2027 Intern - Brand Design
Organization Name: Workiva
Wage/Salary: $22/hr
Opportunity Summary: The Intern - Brand Design 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. Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world.
Minimum Qualifications:
Currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program, preferably in Graphic Design, Marketing, or a related program
Portfolio website or PDF samples of your work
Design proficiency in Figma
Preferred Qualifications:
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Self-motivated with strong propensity for action, results, and continuous improvement
The ability to work successfully in a high-energy, fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple processes, programs, and procedures simultaneously while working independently and managing your own time to meet deadlines
Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, and Keynote
This position is REMOTE
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
Job Title: Summer 2027 Home Product Design Intern
Organization Name: Kohl’s
Wage/Salary: Paid
Opportunity Summary: As a Design Intern (Home), you will support all aspects of product creation for Kohl’s private and exclusive label brands. You will gain a strong understanding of each brand’s aesthetic and customer while developing the foundational design skills necessary in the textile and hard home industries. You will be placed within a specific category or brand but have the opportunity to gain exposure to multiple areas.
What You’ll Do:
Assist in research and trends specific to category and brand
Assist in PLM tasks, including vendor communication, submitting comments and style uploads
Create presentations using Miro to articulate design concepts
Present research and designs through color, mood boards, collages, and Adobe Illustrator sketches or Photoshop CADs
Conduct quality and color reviews for product samples and communicate feedback or approvals to vendor partners
Collaborate with Merchant, Production, Art and Trend teams to brainstorm and execute styles aligning with brand vision and strategy
Additional tasks may be assigned
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
Job Title: 2027 Spring Industrial Design Co-op
Organization Name: Steelcase
Wage/Salary: Paid
Opportunity Summary: Are you a curious designer who enjoys transforming research and insights into thoughtful, innovative product concepts? Do you enjoy exploring ideas through sketching, prototyping, and hands-on making while bringing creative solutions to life? Are you excited to collaborate with engineers, marketers, and fellow designers to shape products that will have a real impact in the marketplace?
We are hiring an Industrial Design Spring Co-op to join our Global Design team from January - April 2027 (possibility for extension, subject to change). In this role, you'll gain hands-on experience contributing to real-world projects throughout the product development process, from research and concept exploration to prototyping and refinement.
Minimum Qualifications:
Reliable onsite vehicle transportation required
Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Furniture Design, or a related field.
Actively enrolled in a degree-seeking program throughout the duration of the internship.
Demonstrating experience with concept development, ideation, and form exploration.
Demonstrating proficiency in 3D modeling software and Adobe Creative Suite or similar tools.
Providing a portfolio showcasing design process and project work.
Desired Skills and Experience:
Strong presentation, communication, and visual storytelling skills.
Experience conducting research and translating insights into compelling design solutions.
Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and prototyping capabilities.
Experience collaborating within multidisciplinary teams and incorporating feedback effectively.
Familiarity with SketchUp, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, Rhino, or similar modeling software, along with a willingness to learn new tools.
Interest in leveraging AI-powered visualization and creative tools to explore concepts, communicate ideas, and support the design process.
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
Job Title: (#8143984) [Summer 2027] Product Design Intern
Organization Name: Roblox
Wage/Salary: $58/hr
Opportunity Summary: During your 12-weeks at Roblox as a Product Design Intern, you’ll be at the center of our focus on relentless innovation to empower our global community of players and creatives. We'll support you as you tackle complex design challenges in collaboration with experienced designers, engineers, and product managers. With a global platform with millions of daily users, this is an opportunity to launch your career building a world-class portfolio.
Applications for this position will close on Friday, October 30th at 5 PM PST.
You Will:
Solve complex workflows using emerging technologies and creative tools to build user-friendly, accessible experiences for our global community.
Deeply understand our business and user ecosystem to deliver thoughtful, data-supported solutions.
Drive improvements within our established frameworks, while seeking opportunities to boldly push design boundaries and storytelling.
Harness storytelling to convey design concepts and actively leverage feedback from senior designers to refine your craft
You Are:
Pursuing an undergraduate/graduate degree in Design (i.e., UX/UI, Interaction, Motion, Graphics, Typography, Web, or Product) or a related field.
Passionate about designing features, creating prototypes, conducting competitive analysis, user research, and solving business problems through design.
Curious about people's behaviors, needs, and motivations, recognizing this as essential to the design process.
Aesthetically inclined,valuing the design of everything around you, from software and hardware to architecture and art.
Eager to learn, you see every project as an opportunity to grow your skills and perspective.
For a full description of this opportunity and/or to apply, go to the job posting.
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