Role Summary:

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.

  

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.   

  

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

  

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

Role Responsibilities:

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

Role Qualifications:

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 please submit a Design Project (8.5 X 11 PDF format is preferred). Once you complete your project, please upload it to the additional documents section in the application process. 

Create a design (site layout, store signage, set of posters, animated webpage, suite of branding or marketing materials, etc.) that demonstrates your creativity and understanding of the brand culture, voice & aesthetic.

Explain how/why this idea fits in with our brand, and how it would function. How would you help us create a stronger visual and conceptual relationship between all the different channels of our brand?  

This is the creative part of the application so have fun with it! 

*Please create 1 PDF that contains the two pieces of your application (resume and Graphic Design project) and upload it to the Resume section of your online application. 

If you have a portfolio, please be sure to include links for us to check it out!*

The Perks:

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

EEO Statement:

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.