Intern, Creative Design

Job Description

SUMMARY: 

The Creative Design Intern is responsible for helping create innovative and engaging animation and graphic design content, mainly for K-12 learners. They will be assisting and learning to create animations and/or produce motion graphics in support of video and interactive web component production to facilitate student learning in an online environment. In this role, the Creative Design Intern will communicate and collaborate with the broader Visual Design, Instructional Design, UX and Curriculum Development teams on digital content production for instructional pieces and other digital efforts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform their essential duties.

• Creates and prepares animated content and materials as needed for curriculum development and visual design
• Work with Creative Design, Curriculum Development and Product Innovation leads to deliver various graphic design and/or animated assets for K-12 learning materials
• Demonstrates an understanding of the business, needs and business goals
• Executes tasks by utilizing various technologies and platforms specific to the business in addition to creative and design programs
• Provides additional support to the Creative Design and Curriculum Development teams as needed

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Current or rising college student pursuing a BS/BA or MS/MA degree in Graphic Design/Media, Animation, Product Design, UX Design, or a related field

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent design sense, particularly in areas of animation, character rigging and motion graphics
• Extensive experience with the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, particularly Illustrator, Animate and Character Animate, Photoshop, After Effects and/or Premiere
• Extensive experience with Blender, Maya and/or equivalent animation software
• Ability to execute creative ideas into practical solutions
• Observational and listening skills
• Self-motivation and excellent problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented and organizational skills
• Passionate about creating well-designed products for education
• Ability to listen effectively, respect others’ perspectives and contributions, and offer and accept constructive feedback
• Online design portfolio
• Illustration skills a plus
• Experience with UX design a plus
• Ability to work remotely with a good internet connection
• Ability to clear required background check

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home-based position.

• Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and …