Graphic Design Intern | Winter 2026

This internship is scheduled to begin in early January 2027 and continue through May 2027, with the potential to extend into a full-time summer internship.

Applicants must upload a portfolio of graphic design work to their application or include a link to their graphic design work on their resume.

The Graphic Design Intern will support the Lodging Marketing team, contributing to a variety of creative and marketing initiatives across CSM. This role will support initiatives focused on enhancing operational delivery, maximizing profitability, and providing exceptional service through effective visual communication and creative execution.

The intern will have the opportunity to make a direct impact by developing creative assets, supporting marketing campaigns, and creating deliverables that serve multiple brands and business needs. Through hands-on experience, mentorship from the Graphic Design Specialist, and practical assignments, the intern will gain an understanding of the creative development process, brand management, and the role of design in supporting broader marketing and business objectives.

By the end of the internship, the intern will have developed practical graphic design experience, strengthened their creative and technical skills, and gained a broad understanding of how a multi-brand marketing team operates.

Internship Responsibilities

• Create and modify creative assets for marketing campaigns across social media, websites, digital advertising, and external communications while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to established brand standards.
• Maintain and organize creative assets and template libraries within digital asset management systems, ensuring resources are accessible, current, and brand compliant.
• Partner with creative, marketing, and business stakeholders to support project execution, creative updates, and campaign launches.
• Assist in developing self-service creative resources and templates that improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability across the organization.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Technical Skills

• Figma: Familiarity with collaborative design and prototyping tools.
• Adobe InDesign: Understanding of multi-page layouts, character and paragraph styles, and editorial design.
• Adobe Illustrator: Ability to create, edit, and manipulate vector illustrations and artwork, including logos, icons, patterns, maps, and custom visual elements.
• Adobe Photoshop: Understanding of photo manipulation, retouching, and preparing imagery for digital and print use.
• Canva: Basic working knowledge.
• Microsoft Office 365: Proficient in PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
• Experience creating or maintaining templates and design systems.
• Basic understanding of video editing capabilities.

Creative & Professional Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A portfolio demonstrating design thinking, creative problem-solving, and consideration of the user journey.
• Ability to think conceptually and develop effective marketing materials for multiple brands with varying needs while maintaining each brand's individuality and established standards.
• Ability to look beyond aesthetics and consider the intended audience, messaging, objectives, and desired outcomes when developing creative materials.
• Creative versatility and adaptability, with the ability to transition between a variety of projects, such as editing menus, developing promotional materials for on-site events, and creating motion graphics for short-form video.
• Comfortable capturing and editing short-form video and photography.
• Basic understanding of social media platforms and their creative capabilities.
• Education & Experience: Must have completed at least three years of college coursework, preferably pursuing a degree in Visual Communications, Graphic Design or Digital Media.
• Availability: 20+ hours per week onsite in downtown Minneapolis, with flexibility to accommodate the school schedule.
• Rate: $25.00 USD per hour