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

Shinola - Shinola is a Detroit, MI based company that is all about bringing back the strength of American manufacturing by producing watches, bicycles, leather, and journals.

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Job Title	Location
Internship Program at Shinola	New York, NY
Sample Sewer, Leather Goods	Detroit, MI
Business Development Manager	New York, NY
Financial Analyst	Detroit, MI
Production and Quality Supervisor	Detroit, MI

See all 20 job postings

Updater - Updater is a New York, NY based company that aims "to simplify the way we move" with regards to address changes.

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Job Title	Location
BizOps Internship	New York, NY
BizOps Internship	New York, NY
Linux Administrator / Consultant for Fortune 500	New York, NY
Director of Sales and Business Development (Remote or Office)	New York, NY
Web Designer & Developer	New York, NY

See all 23 job postings

Causes - Causes is an SF based company that wants to be the place that people go to when they want to “discover, support and organize campaigns, fundraisers, and petitions."

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Job Title	Location
Electrician (Relocate to Alaska)	Seattle, WA
Data Analyst	Philadelphia, PA
Mechanical Maintenance Technician	Memphis, TN
Sales and Marketing Professional	Mishawaka, IN
WELDING ENGINEER	Palmetto, FL

See all 10,091 job postings

Pure Branding - Pure Branding is a Northampton, MA based consultancy that “builds leading brands for values-based companies in the natural products industry.”

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Job Title	Location
Intern, Web Design	Washington, DC
5/ Social Media & Marketing Intern	Northampton, MA
4/ Market Research & Strategy Intern	Northampton, MA
Production Graphic Designer	New York, NY
Sales Director - Sponsorships, Venue Network Sales	San Francisco, CA

See all 27 job postings

Easton-Bell Sports - Easton-Bell Sports is a Van Nuys, CA based "designer, developer and marketer of sports equipment and accessories that enhance athletic performance and protection."

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Job Title	Location
Associate Product Marketing Manager - Giro Helmets	Santa Cruz, CA
Director of Marketing – Giro & Easton Cycling	Santa Cruz, CA
Web Developer	Van Nuys, CA
Digital Designer - Giro	Scotts Valley, CA
Digital Designer - Bell	Scotts Valley, CA

See all 18 job postings

Instacart - Instacart is a San Francisco, CA based startup that offers personal grocery shopping/delivery in a growing number of markets (Chicago and the Bay Area now).

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Job Title	Location
Customer Happiness Team Member	San Francisco, CA
City Launcher	United States
UI/UX & Visual Designer	San Francisco, CA
Operations Manager - Boston	Boston, MA
Customer Happiness Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 12 job postings

Oscar - Oscar is a New York, NY based startup that dubs itself “a new kind of health insurance company that is using technology to make insurance simple, intuitive, and human.”

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Job Title	Location
Sales Intern	Austin, TX
Associate Marketing Research Manager	Chicago, IL
Senior Marketing Research Manager - Blue Box	Chicago, IL
Product Development Scientist - Coffee	White Plains, NY
Lead iOS Developer - Part Time	New York, NY

See all 297 job postings

Lilly Pulitzer - Lilly Pulitzer is a King of Prussia, PA based fashion brand and retailer that is known for its over the top, colorful prints.

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Job Title	Location
Sales Associate	Sarasota, FL
Lilly Pulitzer Part-Time Specialist Belk Hanes Mall	Winston-Salem, NC
Full-Time Lilly Pulitzer Selling Specialist	Winston-Salem, NC
Associate Manager	McLean, VA
Lilly Pulitzer Part-Time Specialist Belk Hanes Mall	Winston-Salem, NC

See all 60 job postings

Kelton - Kelton is an NYC and LA based consulting firm that is “passionate about listening to your customers and translating their stories into innovative solutions.”

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Job Title	Location
Analyst, Qualitative Research - Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
Internship Program	New York, NY
VARSITY FOOTBALL HEAD COACH	Pittsburgh, PA
Analyst, Quantitative Research	New York, NY
SUBSTITUTES NEEDED	Pittsburgh, PA

See all 19 job postings

Dollar Shave Club - Dollar Shave Club is a Venice, CA "men’s lifestyle brand and e-commerce company on a mission to change the way men address their shaving and grooming needs.”

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Job Title	Location
Client Partnerships Internship	New York, NY
Account Executive	Santa Monica, CA
Associate Designer	Santa Monica, CA
Member Services Associate	Santa Monica, CA
Director of Design	Santa Monica, CA

See all 5 job postings

Minted - Minted is a San Francisco, CA based company that aims “to find exceptional artists and designers all over the world and bring their work to consumers."

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Job Title	Location
Production Associate	San Francisco, CA
Account Executive	Chicago, IL
Business Analyst	San Francisco, CA
Head of Retention Marketing - San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Analyst \| San Francisco	San Francisco, CA

See all 66 job postings

Landor - Landor is a global agency that helps "the world’s best brands stand up, stand out, and stand for something.”

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Job Title	Location
Client Services Intern - SF	San Francisco, CA
Freelance Creative	Cincinnati, OH
Designer (graphic designer)	San Francisco, CA
Human Resource Coordinator	New York, NY
Design Co-op	Chicago, IL

See all 15 job postings

Tinypass - Tinypass is an NYC based company that believes "that bloggers, magazines, newspapers, and all creators shouldn’t have so much trouble making money online.”

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Job Title	Location
Business Development Associate (Technology)	New York, NY
Marketing Intern & Startup Apprentice	New York, NY
Client Services Specialist	New York, NY
Account Executive - SaaS Sales	New York, NY
Frontend Web & UI Developer	New York, NY

See all 11 job postings

Pocket Gems - Pocket Gems is a San Francisco, CA based company that “develops free-to-play mobile games that are ridiculously fun.”

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Job Title	Location
Product Manager: New Games	Redwood City, CA
Product Manager: Monetization	Redwood City, CA
Software Engineer, Intern	San Francisco, CA
UI Artist	San Francisco, CA
3D Artist	San Francisco, CA

See all 27 job postings

ArtSkills - ArtSkills is an Easton, PA based company “with a commitment to bringing quality and innovative poster making and art materials to customers.”

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Job Title	Location
Junior Design Internship	Easton, PA
Graphic Packaging Designer	Easton, PA
Senior Level Graphic Designer	Easton, PA
Associate Team Member- Sales and Marketing	Easton, PA
Sr Character Artist	Los Angeles, CA

See all 4 job postings

Rand McNally - Rand McNally is a Skokie, IL based company that was founded in 1856. Since then they’ve been specializing “in maps, navigation, road travel, and trip planning.”

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Job Title	Location
Lease Purchase Truck Driver	Idaho Falls, ID
OTR Owner/Operator Truck Driver	Idaho Falls, ID
Office Manager	New York, NY
ER January contract available for Delray Night shift	Florida
Transportation Specialist	High Point, NC

See all 245 job postings

Salon Success Strategies - Salon Success Strategies is a Roseville, CA based “full service marketing agency specializing in salons, day spas, and medical spas.”

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Job Title	Location
Lead IT Recruiter (full cycle)	Northbrook, IL
Contract Employee/Device and Dermaceuticals Sales	Phoenix, AZ
Sales/CBD - Salon Field Education Trainer	Orlando, FL
Freelance MBA Market Researcher	Philadelphia, PA
Investments Risk Group Intern	Northbrook, IL

See all 88 job postings

Nest - Nest is a Palo Alto, CA based company that “takes the unloved products in your home and makes simple, beautiful, thoughtful things.”

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Job Title	Location
Customer Aquisition Specialist	New York, NY
Solutions Architect	Somerville, MA
Summer Camp NURSES WANTED - Needed for summer of 2014	Minocqua, WI
Early Childhood Positions	Plymouth, MN
Customer Solutions Engineer	San Francisco, CA

See all 673 job postings

Tecture - Tecture is a Chicago, IL based firm that "designs and builds custom web and mobile applications, ecommerce websites, and custom content-managed websites”

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Job Title	Location
Web Designer and Front-End Developer Intern	Chicago, IL
Computer Science Web Developer Intern	Chicago, IL
Entry-level Web Designer and Front-end Developer	Chicago, IL
ASP.NET MVC Developer	Chicago, IL
Web Designer and Front-End Developer	Chicago, IL

See all 5 job postings

F# - F# is a New York, NY based company that "connects brands to consumers through the power of music in purposeful ads.”

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Job Title	Location
Software Engineer with (Distributed \|\| SOA \|\| NoSQL) Experience	Reston, VA
C# ASP.NET Developer	United States
User Experience Design Internship	New York, NY
SAAS C# Java programmer	Carrollton, TX
Clinical Research Financial Analyst	Brookline, MA

See all 82 job postings

Column Five - Column Five is a Newport Beach, CA based infographic design, social PR, and content strategy agency that landed at #291 on the Inc. 5000

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Job Title	Location
CONCRETE FOREMAN	Florida
Assistant Editor, Guardian Sustainable Business	New York, NY
Associate Editor	Atlanta, GA
Executive Editor, AMERICAN HUNTER magazine	Fairfax, VA
Communications Specialist	Cincinnati, OH

See all 136 job postings

iFixit - iFixit is a San Luis Obispo, CA based company that wants “to show the world how to fix every thing.”

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No current job openings.

Livestream - Livestream is an NYC based company that offers “event owners a complete set of hardware and software tools to share their events with a growing community online.”

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Job Title	Location
Collegiate Esports Program Developer Intern	Irvine, CA
Sales Agent Representative Manager Training Program	Broomfield, CO
Multimedia Editor, MSNBC	New York, NY
Olympic Skating Web Producer	Stamford, CT
Internship	Manchester, NH

See all 18 job postings

Restoration Hardware - Restoration Hardware is a Corte Madera, CA based retailer that considers itself a “curator of the finest historical design the world has to offer."

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Job Title	Location
Senior Infrastructure Architect	Washington, DC
PC Support Specialist	Alvarado, TX
Computer System Analyst II	Arlington, VA
Systems Engineer	Miami, FL
Disaster Recovery System Engineer	Fayetteville, NC

See all 883 job postings

Patient Conversation Media - Patient Conversation Media is an Austin, TX based company that publishes “doctor-reviewed health-related content online for consumers.”

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Job Title	Location
PHP Developer	Austin, TX
Marketing and Business Development	Hillsborough, NJ
Manager, Internal Communications	Walnut Creek, CA
CRM Administrator / Sales Support Analyst	Austin, TX
QA Automation Software Engineer	Austin, TX

See all 140 job postings

Lovely - Lovely is a San Francisco, CA based startup that is knows “how painful it can be to rent an apartment and thinks it should be faster, easier, and more transparent.”

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Job Title	Location
Massage Therapist	Calistoga, CA
Physical Therapist Outpatient Sports Medicine in Warm, Sunny Florida!	Spring Hill, FL
Family Practice Physician - Permanent: FAMILY PRACTICE WITHOUT OB FOR BEAUTIFUL OR LOCATION!	Oregon
Pediatrics Physician - Permanent: No C&D, No weekends for Pediatrician near Sacramento CA	California
Pulmonology Physician - Permanent: Pulmonary-Critical Care position with benefits in West Virginia	West Virginia

See all 1,173 job postings

Crunchyroll - Crunchyroll is a San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan based company that offers “the leading global video service for Japanese Anime and Asian media.”

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	San Francisco, CA
Full-Stack Web Developer	San Francisco, CA
Subtitle Script Editor (Korean)	Remote, OR
Subtitle Script Editor (Japanese)	Remote, OR
Technical Product Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 24 job postings

Maker’s Row - Maker's Row is a New York, NY based startup that wants “to make the manufacturing process simple to understand and easy to access.”

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Job Title	Location
Research Intern	Brooklyn, NY
UI/UX DESIGNER	Brooklyn, NY
ACCOUNT & RESEARCH MANAGER	Brooklyn, NY
RESEARCH MANAGER	Brooklyn, NY
Web Design Internship	Brooklyn, NY

See all 5 job postings

Volcom - Volcom is a San Clemente, CA based “designer, marketer and distributor of premium quality young men’s and young women’s clothing, accessories and related products.”

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Job Title	Location
Fit Technician / Patternmaker	Costa Mesa, CA
Intern	Costa Mesa, CA
Database Coordinator for PTTOW!	Culver City, CA
Sales Associate	Seattle, WA
Retail Clerk	Orlando, FL

See all 47 job postings

BLITZ Agency - BLITZ is a Santa Monica, CA based agency that makes “brands Favorites by building digital ecosystems that result in durable connections between brands and consumers.”

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Job Title	Location
Entry Level Marketing & CSR Guru In Training	Renton, WA
Customer Service - Full Training - Full Time	Bellevue, WA
Senior Digital Planner / Buyer	Waltham, MA
Community Outreach Coordinator	Atlantic City, NJ
Cross Property Marketing Coordinator	Las Vegas, NV

See all 20 job postings

BoomTown - BoomTown offers is a Charleston, SC based software company that “has generated millions of leads for real estate teams.” 4,329,036 leads to be exact.

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Job Title	Location
Design Intern - 20 hours per week	Charleston, SC
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant SNF	Butte, MT
Account Executive	Naples, FL
Hospitalist	North Dakota
Emergency Medicine	North Dakota

See all 79 job postings

Bedrocket Media Ventures - Bedrocket Media Ventures is a New York, NY based company "leading a revolution in creating networks and programming that people love, delivered through the cloud.”

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Job Title	Location
Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator - Media, Sports & Entertainment	New York, NY
Marketing Intern	New York, NY
Administrative Assistant	Santa Monica, CA
Digital Media Planner/Buyer	New York, NY
VP, Digital Distribution	New York, NY

See all 19 job postings

Bark & Co. - Bark & Co. is a New York, NY based company “dedicated to building products that foster the health and happiness of dogs everywhere.”

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Job Title	Location
Customer Love Representative	New York, NY
Crafty + DIY Freelance BarkPost Blogger	New York, NY
OSB Process Engineer	Laurens, SC
Mobile Developer	New York, NY
Veterinary Research Programs & Projects Manager	Portland, OR

See all 4 job postings

Trulia - Trulia is a San Francisco, Denver, and NYC based company that “displays more than 4.5 million real estate and rental listings" online.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Product Marketing Manager	San Francisco, CA
Product Marketing Manager (Call Center & Solutions)	San Francisco, CA
Channel Marketing Programs Manager	San Francisco, CA
Partner Account Manager	San Francisco, CA
Technical Account Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 106 job postings

Issuu - Issuu is a Palo Alto, CA and Copenhagen, Denmark based company that has built “the world’s fastest growing digital publishing platform."

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Job Title	Location
Graphic Design + Digital Marketing Internship	New York, NY
Business Analyst	Palo Alto, CA
Social Media Intern	Palo Alto, CA
Marketing Systems Coordinator	Worcester, MA
Sales & Marketing Web Designer	Palo Alto, CA

See all 10 job postings

Riskive - Riskive is a Baltimore, MD based company that provides " technology dedicated to identifying, monitoring and preventing risk across the socially connected enterprise.”

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No current job openings.

Brit + Co. - Brit + Co. is a San Francisco, CA based “online platform and e-commerce company that inspires and enables the digital generation to make.”

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Job Title	Location
SEO Analyst/Strategist	Cincinnati, OH
Aero Thermal Engineer	Cincinnati, OH

See all 1 job postings

MOpro - MOpro is a Los Angeles, CA based company that expands “the digital possibilities for small businesses" through video, social media, web design, and more.

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Job Title	Location
Internships	Los Angeles, CA
Quality Assurance Tester - Automated	Los Angeles, CA
Digital Artist	Los Angeles, CA
Video Editor	Costa Mesa, CA
Sales Associate	Brentwood, CA

See all 35 job postings

Kevia - Kevia is a Portland, OR based company that offers “handcrafted sustainable jewelry” that is inspired by the natural world.

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No current job openings.

Base CRM - Base CRM offers is a Chicago, IL based company that “is paving the way by building the next generation of CRM software.”

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Job Title	Location
Account Executive	New York, NY
Sales Executive - IT Managed Services	Philadelphia, PA
Marketing/CRM Mgmt/Social Media Manager	Sausalito, CA
Client Development Consultant-San Francisco / San Mateo, CA	San Francisco, CA
FindLaw Client Development Consultant-Middlesex, S. Somerset and S. Hunterdon, NJ	Red Bank, NJ

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