Careers in Design

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in design? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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Design deals with the art and aesthetics of making things attractive to others. Many companies employ designers in order to make their product and brand beautiful and to put their best face forward to consumers. Because of this a designer can work in almost any industry, but almost all of them specialize in a specific area. A few major areas a designer might specialize in include:

Web design, creating beautiful and functional websites for users to interact wtih
Game design, creating games of all sorts
Product design, creating new products and prototypes
Graphic design, creating graphics, logos, and layouts
Interior design, making a room or the interior of a building look aesthetically pleasing
Fashion design, creating clothing that may find its way to clothing racks

To get started in design, learn the tools of the design trade you want to work in. For graphic design, for example, learn how to use graphic design programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You also need a strong portfolio and for many positions a degree in design, art, or a related field.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Design

Lua - Lua is an NYC based company focused on “empowering mobile workforces by giving them access to the people and information they need to get the job done."

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Job Title	Location
Analyst II Data & Application Implementation	Fort Worth, TX
QE Automation Intern	United States
Web Crawling Frontend Developer Job	Princeton, NJ
Senior UI Infrastructure Developer Job	New York, NY
Skilled Software Developer C / C++ Elite Gaming Team	Kirkland, WA

See all 373 job postings

The Institute for Humane Studies - The IHS is an Arlington, VA based organization that “advances a freer society by discovering and facilitating the development of people who share an interest in liberty.”

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Job Title	Location
Part-Time Marketing Communications Assistant	Arlington, VA
Research Specialist 2	Chicago, IL
On-Campus Programs Coordinator or Assistant	Arlington, VA
Director, Laboratory Animal Sciences Program 603814 (NCI) Job	Frederick, MD
Director of Operations	Santa Clara, CA

See all 10 job postings

CompStak - CompStak is based in NYC and creating "transparency in commercial real estate by gathering information that is hard to find, difficult to compile or otherwise unavailable.”

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No current job openings.

Victorious - Victorious is a Santa Monica, CA based startup that is “motivated by the challenge of powering and uniting the world’s most creative communities.”

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Job Title	Location
Cyber Security Engineer	Minneapolis, MN
PHP/MySQL Developers: 12 REASONS why programmers love to work for us	Boston, MA
Creator Development Manager (Lifestyle)	Santa Monica, CA
Front End Web Developer	Newark, TX
Dramatic Male Voice Over for Three Trailers	United States

See all 22 job postings

Sprout Social - Sprout Social is a Chicago, IL based company that offers “a management and egnagement platform for social business.”

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Job Title	Location
eCommerce Specialist - Demonstrated Sales Success of $1M+	Sonoma, CA
Online Community Coordinator	New York, NY
Online Community Coordinator	New York, NY
Social Media Strategist	New York, NY
Conversion Optimization Specialist (Sprout Social)	Chicago, IL

See all 134 job postings

Emerge Media - Emerge Media is a Chicago, IL based company that is “taking on the essential roots of everyday tasks and breathing real life into the technology behind them.”

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Job Title	Location
Senior Digital Strategist	Santa Monica, CA
Senior Data Analyst	Dallas, TX
Web Developer - Java/Grails/Flex - Remote Work	Portland, ME
MiddView Intern	Middlebury, VT
Business Development Manager – Dermatology, Dry Eye and Women Health	San Francisco, CA

See all 174 job postings

BustedTees - BustedTees is a New York, NY based t-shirt company that was started by the same team as CollegeHumor.

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No current job openings.

Chalkfly - Chalkfly is a Detroit, MI based office supply startup that provides “the supplies you need to do your best work.”

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No current job openings.

Piece & Co. - Piece & Co. is a Chicago based social enterprise that partners with fashion/retail brands to have female artisans "create beautiful, handmade products and accessories."

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Job Title	Location
A/R Design, Build & Test Lead	Milwaukee, WI
Senior Product Manager - Dell	Tempe, AZ
Senior Product Manager	Tempe, AZ
Senior IT Analyst - SAP ABAP	Lake Forest, IL
Application Development Intern / Co-op	Detroit, MI

See all 1,034 job postings

ArtStream - ArtStream is a DC based non-profit “whose mission is to create artistic opportunities for individuals in communities traditionally under-served by the arts.”

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No current job openings.

GuideSpark - GuideSpark is a Menlo Park, CA based company that offers a “robust employee communications platform” to make HR's job easier.

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Job Title	Location
Lead Dev Ops Engineer	Menlo Park, CA
Sales Executive	Boston, MA
People & Culture / Recruiting Coordinator	Menlo Park, CA
Product Designer	Menlo Park, CA
Customer Success Managers	Menlo Park, CA

See all 26 job postings

SumAll - SumAll is a New York, NY based company that allows “you to see all your information in one place and provide you visibility into the past, present, and future.”

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Job Title	Location
Social Media Coordinator	Newark, NJ
Sales Development Representative	New York, NY
Inside Sales Associate	New York, NY
Digital Analytics & Metrics Specialist	Minneapolis, MN
Office Manager	New York, NY

See all 8 job postings

WPromote - WPromote is an El Segundo, CA based company that calls itself “the country’s leading Online Marketing firm." They help clients with SEO, PPC, and Social Media.

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Job Title	Location
Social Media Specialist	El Segundo, CA
Graphic Designer	El Segundo, CA
Email Specialist	El Segundo, CA
Student Interns	El Segundo, CA
Marketing Specialist	El Segundo, CA

See all 11 job postings

Noom - Noom is an NYC based company that makes healthy living easy by using "cutting-edge technology to accurately monitor your progress and provide expert advice and analysis."

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Job Title	Location
Graphic Designer	New York, NY
Talent Coordinator	New York, NY
Part-Time Research Assistant	New York, NY
Administrative Assistant	New York, NY
Food Database Editor - Korea	New York, NY

See all 14 job postings

eponym - eponym is a company based in Brooklyn, NY that helps "the world’s most exciting brands create and distribute their own eyewear.”

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Job Title	Location
Customer Experience Internship	Brooklyn, NY
Retail Associate at Eyewear Shop-in-Shop at Azalea	San Francisco, CA
Keyholder at Eyewear Shop-in-Shop at Azalea	San Francisco, CA
Intern at e-Commerce Startup	Brooklyn, NY

See all 4 job postings

Kitchensurfing - Kitchensurfing is an NYC based company that matches “up chefs and people who need a cook at high and low price points and for a variety of types of engagements."

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Job Title	Location
Product Manager	New York, NY
Software Engineer	New York, NY
Product Designer	New York, NY
Lead iOS Engineer	New York, NY

See all 4 job postings

Spatial - Spatial is a Broomfield, CO based company that is “the leading provider of 3D components for technical application development across a broad range of industries.”

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Job Title	Location
Engineering Manager Suspensions	Detroit, MI
Account Executive - Electric & Gas	Minneapolis, MN
Account Executive - Retail	Minneapolis, MN
Account Executive - Department of Energy	Washington, DC
Account Executive - Health and Human Services	Washington, DC

See all 2,300 job postings

Team Detroit - Team Detroit is an ad agency that in 2006 brought together parts of five legendary agencies that were under the same ownership and already working with Ford.

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Job Title	Location
Software Design Lead-Relocation to Austin, TX	United States
Senior Software Engineer PM Assistant	Auburn Hills, MI
CDL-A OTR Teams & Truck Team Driver (North)	Wyandotte, MI
Team Driving - OTR Company Truck Driver - CDL-A & Exp. Req.	Wyandotte, MI
Product Engineer - FST	Detroit, MI

See all 16,796 job postings

RelayRides - RelayRides is a San Francisco, CA based company that connects “vehicle owners whose cars would otherwise be idle with people who need a car.”

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Job Title	Location
NYC Start-up Marketing/Business Development Intern	New York, NY
Product Manager Intern	San Francisco, CA
User Experience Design Intern	San Francisco, CA
Brand Copywriter	San Francisco, CA
Community & Social Media Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 14 job postings

Optoro - Optoro is a Washington, DC based company that “unleashes hidden revenue for retailers and creates value for shoppers” by helping businesses with “reverse logistics.”

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Job Title	Location
Process Improvement Intern	United States
General Summer Internship Opening	Washington, DC
Talent and HR Intern	Washington, DC
Executive Assistant	Washington, DC
Director, Site Experience	Washington, DC

See all 13 job postings

Northstar Travel Media - Northstar Travel Media is a Secaucus, NJ based “business information and marketing solutions provider to the $300 billion U.S. travel, tourism and meetings industries.”

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Job Title	Location
Digital Media Assistant, Part Time	Secaucus, NJ
Editorial Freelancers	Home Based
Help Desk Technician I	Omaha, NE
Managing Editor	Manhattan, NY
Editor, MeetingNews	New York, NY

See all 15 job postings

Advanced Telemetry Systems - Advanced Telemetry Systems is an Isanti, MN based company that provides "researchers and managers in ecology and biology with animal tracking and monitoring products."

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Job Title	Location
QUALITY ANALYST RN - CHEST PAIN COORDINATOR - FT - EXEMPT - DAYS	Dallas, TX
RN II Seasonal (Position is in Yuma, AZ)	United States
Telemetry Technician	Kennewick, WA
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Cardiovascular	Atlanta, GA
Senior Telecom Installer	Cheyenne, WY

See all 662 job postings

Fever - Fever is a New York, NY and Madrid, Spain based startup social network that is “changing the way people make plans.”

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Job Title	Location
Graphic Design Intern Wanted	New York, NY
Urgent Care Physician - (Urgent Care) Locum Tenens	Houston, TX
Pacific Partnership 2015	Millwood, VA
Research Associate I	Cambridge, MA
Assistant Teacher - Doylestown	Doylestown, PA

See all 613 job postings

StyleCaster Media Group - StyleCaster Media Group is based in NYC and aims “to bring style to the people, empowering millions of readers to discover and share their style.”

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Job Title	Location
Systems Administrator	New York, NY
Social Media Manager, StyleCaster	New York, NY
Systems Admin	New York, NY
Ad Ops Campaign Manager	Scottsdale, AZ

See all 4 job postings

AlphaSights - AlphaSights is a New York, NY based company that provides “today’s investors, deal-makers and corporate strategists with access to the knowledge they need to succeed.”

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Job Title	Location
MBA Intern, Strategy (Summer 2015)	New York, NY
Ember Javascript Engineer	New York, NY
Front End Developer	New York, NY
Analyst	New York, NY
Client Relationship & New Business Development Manager	New York, NY

See all 13 job postings

Mason Zimbler - Mason Zimbler is an Austin, TX based “integrated agency rooted in the digital space” that combines “a love of creative” with a “desire for results.”

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No current job openings.

Blinds.com - Blinds.com is a Houston, TX based company that is “the world’s largest online window covering store.”

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Job Title	Location
Inside Sales Consultant (Design Consultant)	Houston, TX
Accounts Payable Accountant	Houston, TX
Director of Operational Analytics & Strategy	Houston, TX
Director of Marketing Analytics and Strategy	Houston, TX
Accounts Payable Manager	Houston, TX

See all 7 job postings

WONGDOODY - WONGDOODY is based in Seattle, WA and “is the most awarded independent advertising agency on the West Coast.”

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No current job openings.

Xamarin - Xamarin is a San Francisco, CA based company allows developers to write “apps entirely in C#, sharing the same code on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac.”

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Job Title	Location
Senior UX Designer	New Jersey
Mobile Application & Powerbuilder Developer	Pearland, TX
Software Engineer	Valley View, OH
Xamarin / .NET Developer (Mid-Senior)	Atlanta, GA
Mobile Engineer	Washington, DC

See all 384 job postings

Lands’ End - Lands' End is a Dodgeville, WI based "international apparel brand synonymous with timeless American style.”

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Job Title	Location
IT FI/CO Business Analyst - Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA
Office 365/ SharePoint Administrator	Minneapolis, MN
Manager of Inventory Control & Reverse Logistics	Cleveland, OH
Noble Foundation/SW Ag Center Safety Intern	Oklahoma
Software Tester – Mid-Level	Houston, TX

See all 1,702 job postings

Luminate - A lot of companies have put ads alongside images, but Luminate is a Mountain View, CA based company that is putting them in the actual images.

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Job Title	Location
Online Giving & Special Events Internship (Unpaid)	Watertown, MA
Director-Interactive Web Marketing-Fundraising	Port Washington, NY
Web Development Intern - Spring 2015	Centennial, CO
Database and Development Operations Associate--Development	Washington, DC
Chief Program Officer	Washington, DC

See all 75 job postings

Square Root - Square Root is an Austin, TX based company that has developed “a single platform to improve operations and performance throughout franchise networks.”

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Job Title	Location
QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER - (JOB IN HOUSTON)	Houston, TX
Product Manager / Motor Control Specialist / Inside Sales	Burbank, CA
Manufacturing Engineers	Paso Robles, CA
Production Supervisor	Indianapolis, IN
Business Development Manager, Engineering Services	Bohemia, NY

See all 223 job postings

Trefis - Trefis is a Boston, MA based company that has developed a set of tools that “helps you understand how a company’s products impact its stock price.”

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Job Title	Location
Web Startup Marketing Intern	Boston, MA
User Experience Designer / Product Lead	Boston, MA
Lead Product Manager	Boston, MA
Java engineer	Boston, MA
Front end developer/designer	Boston, MA

See all 8 job postings

Betaworks - Betaworks is an NYC company that works "to create beneficial and transformative products for the socially connected world.”

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Job Title	Location
Betaworks - QA Internship	New York, NY
Account Executive	New York, NY
Director of Engineering - Python, AWS, MySQL	New York, NY
iOS Engineer	United States
Full-Stack Engineer	United States

See all 28 job postings

Sojern - Sojern is based in San Francisco and has developed a travel-focused “robust audience engagement platform [that] is powered by machine-learning technology."

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Job Title	Location
Visual Design Intern	San Francisco, CA
Lead Campaign Coordinator	Omaha, NE
Account Executive, Airline Vertical	New York, NY
Business Development Analyst	San Francisco, CA
Technical Account Manager - New York	New York, NY

See all 10 job postings

Tradesy - Tradesy is a Santa Monica, CA based marketplace for new and gently used fashion that can “turn your closet into cash.”

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Job Title	Location
Website	California
Transactional website	California

See all 2 job postings

Gameloft - Gameloft is a New York, NY based company that allows its “fans to play games anywhere, anytime, and on any digital platform.”

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Job Title	Location
Production Intern	New York, NY
Animator	New Orleans, LA
3D Artists	New Orleans, LA
Concept Artist (Environment)	New Orleans, LA
UI Designer	Seattle, WA

See all 46 job postings

Ahalogy - Ahalogy is a Cincinnati, OH based company that is “pioneering the science of discovery on Pinterest.”

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Job Title	Location
Sales Director	Dallas, TX
Inside Sales Representative	Cincinnati, OH
Sales Director	San Francisco, CA
Sales Director	New York, NY
Sales Director	Cincinnati, OH

See all 8 job postings

Liferay - Liferay is a Diamond Bar, CA based company that helps clients “build modern websites and portals to engage customers, partners, and employees.”

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Job Title	Location
Java / Open Source Developers	Minnetonka, MN
LifeRay Java Developer	Washington, DC
Business Analyst	Radnor, PA
Java/Portal Architect	Livonia, MI
Software Engineer	Los Angeles, CA

See all 365 job postings

Wanderful Media - Wanderful Media, based in Los Gatos, CA, is aiming “to transform the $4 billion business of traditional advertising circulars through digital innovation."

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Job Title	Location
Development Intern	Chico, CA
Customer Acquisition Ad Specialist	Los Gatos, CA
HR Generalist	Chico, CA
Product Manager, Mobile and Tablet	Los Gatos, CA
Backend and Search Software Engineer	Los Gatos, CA

See all 7 job postings

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