Graphic Design Intern

James & James is hiring a Graphic Design Intern to support its marketing team across its consumer and trade brands. The intern will design email campaigns and ad assets, retouch product photography, and prepare and organize creative assets for marketing channels.

What you'll do:

• Image generation through AI tools like Presti and Higgs field
• Design promotional emails and ads for James & James and Ralph Speer, working from a creative brief and existing brand guidelines
• Learn email design best practices from the team — layout hierarchy, image-to-text balance, dark-mode behavior, file weight, and accessibility
• Contribute ideas to campaign concepts and seasonal creativity
• Retouch product photography from our in-house photo booth: cleanup, dust and blemish removal, color and white-balance correction, and shadow work
• Cut out and mask products for silhouetted images and lifestyle compositing
• Ensure wood grain, stain color, and finish are represented accurately and consistently across the catalog
• Export and organize assets to spec for the website, email, paid ads, and social media
• Maintain naming conventions and folder structure in our shared asset library
• Support the team with occasional design needs: social graphics, simple illustrations or icons, print collateral, and event materials
• Participate in creative reviews and weekly marketing team meetings

What they're looking for:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed degree or certificate in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Digital Media, or related field
• Working proficiency in Adobe Photoshop — comfortable with layers, masks, adjustment layers, healing and clone tools, and non-destructive editing
• A portfolio (school, freelance, or personal work) that shows a good eye for typography, layout, and color
• Attention to detail and the patience to do careful, repeatable work at volume
• Reliable, organized, and able to manage your time across several small projects
• Open to feedback and eager to learn
• Adobe Illustrator — vector graphics, icons, and simple illustrations
• Canva — building and adapting templates for quick-turn social and internal needs
• Any exposure to email marketing platforms (Klaviyo, HubSpot, Mailchimp, or similar)
• Interest in furniture, interiors, woodworking, or craft

Benefits:

• Hands-on training in creating AI creative tools, CGI tools, ad asset creation and email design from a team that sends to a large, engaged DTC audience.
• A body of published, real-world portfolio work across email, product photography, and brand design.
• Direct mentorship from our senior graphic designer.
• Exposure how a DTC furniture brand runs marketing end to end — paid media, lifecycle, SEO, content, and trade.
• A letter of recommendation and potential consideration for future contract or full-time roles.