Marketing Design Intern

JOB DESCRIPTION
Pixelberry Studios is a top mobile games developer, creating fun and engaging games with heart for over nine years. We’re a division of Nexon, one of the Top 10 largest gaming companies in the world. Our studio is 3-for-3 launching games into the App Store's Top 25 Grossing chart. Our market-leading, award-winning mobile game, Choices: Stories You Play,  broke into the Top 5 in the App Store. Our vision for success is based around innovative game design, diversity, and putting our players first!

We've seen firsthand the positive impact that games can make. Because of that, we leverage our commercial success to make a real difference: we have partnered with numerous non-profits, saved actual lives with our games, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities. Players love our games’ focus on racial, gender, sexual, and identity diversity while holding us accountable when they expect more. 

Some of us at Pixelberry have worked together for over 10 years through multiple companies. As a result, we strive to create long-term relationships that help sustain our success. We continue to add new individuals who aren’t just searching for another stepping stone but a place to put down roots and actively make a difference. We love what we do and are looking for passionate, like-minded people who want to grow, learn, and make a difference together.
SUMMARY OF POSITION 
Are you a passionate, aspiring visual designer looking to meaningfully contribute to projects? Join Pixelberry Studios Marketing Team! We're looking for a skilled Marketing Design Intern to support Pixelberry's brand through a measured approach that has a direct impact on our business. During the early stages of the StoryLoom app launch, you will learn about and work on creative materials that each serve a different function to further aid the progress of the business, including on platform visuals, promotional material for app stores, social media as well as paid ad campaigns. 
Our ideal candidate will approach marketing design with a creative eye and has an interest in measuring the quality of their work through data. This internship position involves design work that will touch on the app stores, our live StoryLoom platform, as well as paid marketing campaigns. In addition, candidates should be able to readily receive feedback and perform competitive research.
This is a full time internship position and will support our Marketing Design Lead.
The duration of this internship will be 12 weeks.
Our headquarters are in Los Altos, CA but we can accommodate a remote work environment for a candidate from the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.
Currently, all Pixelberry staff work remotely with the option to work in-office, if desired.
By the end of this program, you will leave with a marketing design portfolio that will demonstrate your hard work, lessons, and learnings throughout the span of your internship at Pixelberry.
RESPONSIBILITIES
You will be working with our Marketing Design Team Lead and team to develop highly engaging visual content to support StoryLoom. You will learn practical design skills that will go beyond just the visual, looking at how we measure creative work and use that to guide design. We're looking for a team player who is also confident in balancing their independent tasks. Some of your responsibilities will include:

 
Executing visual designs that will be used in live marketing campaigns, as well as creative analysis of resulting campaign tests
 
Create designs for use on the StoryLoom Platform, blog imagery, discovery page content, and more!
 
Supporting community team with social media creative asset needs
 
App store design support and competitor research, develop screenshots and put together app icon designs for testing
 
Working with a fun and awesome creative team, making neat internet things!

REQUIREMENTS

 
Relevant visual design related major
 
Must be an incoming junior in college or graduating senior
 
Proficient in Adobe suite tools, particularly Photoshop
 
Strong visual design skills
 
Strong communication skills
 
Attention to detail

POSITIVES

 
Takes initiative with individual assignments and works well with small and large teams
 
Passionate about games
 
Love telling stories through visual mediums
 
Passionate about pop-culture, tv, movies, books and/or games. (We are all fans of something in our hearts!)
 
Digital painting and illustration ability
 
Knowledge of or interest in learning Figma
 
Interest/Experience with motion graphics or After Effects

MATERIALS REQUESTED

 
 A design portfolio
 
 A cover letter indicating why you're interested in the position
 
 A current resume highlighting educational background and relevant work experience

OPTIONAL MATERIALS

 
Not required, but if available, we'd love to see your work! Send us a link to your social media portfolio, including professional accounts and individual content samples demonstrating your social media and community management skills. Go ahead and brag!

Candidates without the above materials will not be considered.
We encourage you to download and play Choices: Stories You Play (available on iOS and Android) and to check out StoryLoom.com to get a feel for the type of work our studio does.
BENEFITS & PERKS

 
Competitive salary
 
High level of autonomy and freedom
 
For local employees that elect to work in-studio, a relaxed office environment with free food and snacks
 
Virtual escape rooms, video game nights, trivia parties, and other team-building activities throughout the year!

HOW THIS JOB IS DIFFERENT

 
Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is very good at what we do.
 
Good work/life balance. We are family-friendly and look at things in the long term.
 
That warm fuzzy feeling that you’re not just making a difference at a company, but in the lives of people all over the world.

Pixelberry Studios values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black/BIPOC, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. Pixelberry is also an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.
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