Urban Outfitters Graphic Design Intern - Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters brand is looking for a graphic design intern to join us for the Summer. This intern would focus on supporting the design leads and art directors in creating and producing marketing material for digital and print assets.

About the Summer Internship Program:

Each summer URBN Inc. welcomes candidates from across the country to immerse themselves within various teams across our portfolio of brands and gain hands-on learning experience in the area of business which they choose to pursue. Our paid internship program also offers a summer full of intern focused events including exposure to our senior leadership across the business in small group settings, insight into company initiatives, off-site field trips & for those qualified a chance to interview for a full-time job opportunity. See for yourself what our past & present interns are up to @urbnearlycareers! 

The URBN 2025 Summer Internship Program will run from 6/2 through 8/8 at our Home Office in Philadelphia, PA.  

Summer Internship Program Application Process:

• Apply to one (1) internship posting that best suits your interest & skills.  If there is a project component in the application (see below within role qualifications), it is required that you submit this to be considered for a position.  This is due at the time of your application submission.

1. Complete Video Interview: Candidates selected will receive an email with a link to complete a video Interview. You will have 2 days to complete this portion of the application once the email is received.   

1. Interviews will be scheduled with our internal teams, continuing on a rolling basis.    

Applications will close at 5:00pm EST on November 4th 2024. 

• Work across 3 teams within the art department that cover all digital marketing, print marketing, internal presentations and production of Urban Outfitters content to understand the full scope of graphic design at Urban Outfitters
• Learn our brand guidelines and template systems as well as our project management tool, Asana
• Adapt our hybrid schedule being in the office Tuesday-Wednesdays and attend weekly meetings to cover project status updates
• Assist digital design team leads covering the following projects as needed: email marketing, paid ads, site content, campaign content, promotions, production of assets and templating.
• Assist brand design team leads covering the following projects as needed: retail signage, retail promotions, campaign + event content, product packaging, label production
• Assist internal brand projects and operations team as needed: print production and collating for store signage, internal decks, ad hoc creative

• Passionate about design, typography, art and culture
• Currently in a graphic design program
• Ability to multitask with an awareness for timing and urgency
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, collaborative, and responsive
• Ability to problem solve and follow art direction
• Working knowledge of Apple, Adobe Suite and Figma

Project Requirement: 

In addition to your application and resume, to be considered for this role you must submit a Concept Board (8.5 X 11 PDF format is preferred). This is due at the time of your application submission. Once you complete your project, please upload it to additional documents section in the application process.

• Create a marketing campaign concept board focused on Fall 2025 featuring tears of images (still life styling, editorial, artistic, branding, etc.) that you find aspirational for the brand’s creative direction and could be used as a potential collective campaign idea across email, digital and social platforms  

• You may use visuals from blogs, Instagram, magazines, etc. to show your point of view but be sure to think like a marketer when pulling your aspirational tears and compiling the concept board.  

• Be sure to include 2-3 influencers you could see as partners with this Fall 2025 campaign and why you think they would be great fits with our brand. 

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.