Summer Intern - Art Director

Hi there future art director coworker. 

I’m what people in the slack hallways refer to as “fresh meat” or “Doug” , a CD/AD who’s been here about a year. A weird writer here asked me to talk about WIP and the internship opportunity and took notes.

Weird Writer: That’s true I did.

Here’s some of the highlights of that conversation.

We talked about how this is a real job but we’re calling it an internship at $50/hour, which is absurd. And you’ll be doing real work for real clients right out of the gate, so you’ll start your advertising career strong, and at the end of it - either say, “Look at all this cool stuff I made, you all want me FT here,” or knock on the door somewhere else and say, “Look at this stuff I made; I know what I’m doing. Let me make more cool stuff here.” 

He said the best part of being an intern is that you’re not, like, real yet. Then he said wait wait wait, don’t tell them I said that. And I said, promise. But he’s an art director so he probably won’t read this.

"What else?" we said as the conversation lulled a bit. And then bam, another point, it’s ego-free here. That’s a big mark in the pro column. You won’t work with assholes. And you can’t be one.  

It’s the right size where you’ll have to do the work and be responsible for stuff. You won’t be put in the corner making banners or never seeing a production and your ideas all have an equal shot of being produced as anyone else. So that’s rad. 

Role You’ll be art directing. Concepting, ideating, weighing in on design, rolling up your design sleeves up, sharpening your vision to bring it to life, more concepting and more ideating. You’ll concept campaigns, contribute to WIP’s creative signature, and take on real work for real clients that need a real creative solution. You’ll report to the Partner/CCO, and the Creative Directors. 

Clients Domino's Sling TV Boost Mobile New Business Pitches

The Details $50 an hour, 40 hours a week.  June through August.  2 days a week in person at WIP (Tu/Thur).  Real briefs. Real clients.