Visual Design Internship (Fall 2023)
What to Expect
Disclaimer: This position is expected to start around August or September 2023 and continue through the entire Fall term (i.e. through December) or into Winter/Spring 2024 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time, in-person. Please consider before submitting an application.
Internship Program at Tesla
The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows the intern to experience life at Tesla by including them in projects that are critical to their team’s success.
Location
- Tesla Design Studio – Hawthorne, CA
About the team
As a member of the Visual Designer team, you will be responsible for the design development of all visual brand communications. Your team creates and executes world-class graphic design, branding, and more.
Using your considerable design experience and innovative thinking, you will be tasked with creating designs for visual brand communications, but you may also be called upon for other design tasks (photography, illustration, etc.) based on your skillset. Our design team prides itself on being multitalented and flexible, and we look for the same in our potential candidates.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and design assets for events, communications, web, marketing, sales, products, and anything else that needs graphic design work to communicate Tesla’s visual style in a creative way. This can be anything from full-on campaigns from start-to-finish or unique one-off properties.
- Some projecs will require you to work with engineers, digital modelers, architects, and other professionals within the company.
- Participate in cross-functional strategy, timing, and process discussion as it pertains to the brand and our visual design principles.
- Work cross-functionally with designers of other disciplines.
- Work with suppliers to achieve our design goals on any physical assets.
- Collaborate with the fabrication team to complete prototypes when necessary.
- Occasionally participate in design efforts outside of your area of expertise as necessity and as your own skillset dictates.
What You’ll Bring
- Pursing an Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic Design (or similar)
- Prior work experience in visual design or a related field
- Must be able to show a portfolio of work that reflects creative thinking, broad range, and modern, minimalist taste.
- Beneficial to have technical knowledge of product development as it relates to graphic design (such as printing, web and mobile app development, etc)
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud Programs (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, etc), and either Sketch or Figma.
- Ideal candidate will have added experience in some combination of the following: Photography and retouching, 3D modeling and visualization, animation, illustration, SketchUp.
- Excellent at creating and maintaining cross-functional working relationships.
- Exceptional visual and oral communication skills.
- Must be self-motivated and able to manage multiple parallel-path projects.
- Demonstrated an ability to deliver successful designs under tight timing constraints and provide examples of such scenarios throughout career.
Apply at:
https://www.tesla.com/careers/search/job/visual-design-internship-fall-2023-171895