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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Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Design

HBO - Right now there are 44 job openings at HBO in New York City, and a few of them look well suited to new and recent grads.

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Job Title	Location
Sales Executive	New York, NY
Manager of Budget & Analysis	St. Louis, MO
Software Sales Representative	New York, NY
HBO Account Director - Comcast Account	New York, NY
FINANCIAL ANALYST II	Rancho Cordova, CA

See all 401 job postings

Know Your Meme - In addition to the advertising angle, they are also selling meme merchandise. It must be working, because Know Your Meme is hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Social Media Intern	New York, NY
Social Media Intern	New York, NY
Product Marketing Assistant	Hollywood, CA
Social Media Intern Job	Irvine, CA
Social Media Intern Job	Irvine, CA

See all 18 job postings

RKS - I’m not sure what it takes to get an entry level job at RKS, but you can be sure that you have to be very good at what you do.

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Job Title	Location
Business Analyst	Boston, MA
Business Data Analyst	Boston, MA
Unifi Programmer/Analyst III	Pensacola, FL
Telecomm 1 Technician	Birmingham, AL
Q&A Associate	Denver, CO

See all 20 job postings

Zinch - Zinch is growing and hiring. If you check out their Jobs page, you’ll see they're looking for people in a number of positions to work in their San Fran office.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Analyst Marketing Services	Santa Clara, CA
Senior Software Engineer in Test	Santa Clara, CA
Lead PHP Developer	San Francisco, CA

See all 2 job postings

Rosetta - Rosetta seems to put a strong emphasis on campus recruiting, which means that they have all kinds of entry level jobs available.

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Job Title	Location
Copywriter	San Francisco, CA
Copywriter	Arlington, VA
Italian Tutor/Teacher	Austin, TX
Director, Product	San Francisco, CA
Consulting Director	New York, NY

See all 293 job postings

Organic - The interesting thing about Organic is that most of their 40 job openings are at pretty Senior levels. Their only real entry level job is Interactive Strategist

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Job Title	Location
SEO Specialist	Irvine, CA
Energy Business Development Manager	Omaha, NE
Search Engine Marketing Specialist	Bethel, CT
Marketing Associate	New York, NY
Vice President, Data Sciences & Analytics	Mountain View, CA

See all 6,674 job postings

Dealer.com - The thing that really stands out about Dealer.com is their culture. They’re aiming to be the “most sought after automotive web solutions provider in the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Intern - Vehicle Data and Image	Burlington, VT
Project Manager	Burlington, VT
Business Intelligence Developer	Burlington, VT
Digital Marketing Specialist	Phoenix, AZ
Designer - Marketing	Burlington, VT

See all 81 job postings

Riot Games - With all of the recent investment, Riot Games is growing its headcount rapidly. Their Jobs page will show you that they have nearly two dozen full-time openings

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Job Title	Location
Project Manager	Santa Monica, CA
Senior Technical Artist	Santa Monica, CA
Technical Animator	Santa Monica, CA
Animator	Santa Monica, CA
Event Coordinator	Santa Monica, CA

See all 235 job postings

The Economist - The Economist has job offerings all across the world, but we’re going to focus on their US based opportunities, which are mostly located in New York City.

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Job Title	Location
Indeed Economist	Austin, TX
Senior Economist	Reston, VA
Domestic L48 Unconventional Exploration Geoscientist	Houston, TX
International Unconventional Exploration Geologist/Geophysicist	Houston, TX
Senior Consultant - Disputes and Investigations	Washington, DC

See all 805 job postings

Appalachian Mountain Club - The scope of their work is really impressive, and if you want to be a part of it, you should check out the AMC’s Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Summer Caretaker (unpaid)	United States
research efforts	United States
Research	United States
Education	United States
AMC Boston Visitor Center Volunteers, Boston, MA	Boston, MA

See all 76 job postings

Acquia - Acquia has been growing rapidly, and if their Jobs page is any indication, this trend hasn’t stopped. They have a number of entry level positions available.

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Job Title	Location
PHP & DRUPAL Web Developer	Salem, MA
Financial Analyst - Cloud Computing	Burlington, MA
User Experience Researcher	Burlington, MA
Technical Consultants	Portland, OR
Senior Technical Consultant	Washington, DC

See all 71 job postings

Joby - Joby is still a relatively small company, but they’re expanding their products lines by filling new niches with the same idea and technology. And they're hiring

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Job Title	Location
Sr. Product Manager	Charlotte, NC
Manufacturing Manager	Shelbyville, KY

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Tough Mudder - Tough Mudder isn’t quite ready to commit to making full-time hires, but they have some intern-to-hire opportunities that seem like great options for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Tough Mudder IL Event Staff	Seneca, IL
Tough Mudder NH	Gilford, NH
F and B Special Events Staff - Summer Temporary - Northstar California (31672)	Northstar, CA
F&B Special Events Staff - Summer Temporary - Northstar California	Northstar, CA
Summer Intern - Workforce Team	Brooklyn, NY

See all 39 job postings

Demand Media - Think that making money from web content is near impossible? There's a dirty little secret: it's not. Demand Media knows how to, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Director, Marketing	Hollywood, CA
Senior Director Analytics	Irving, TX
Product Marketing Manager	Alexandria, VA
Online Marketing Specialist	Westlake Village, CA
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Enrollment	Indianapolis, IN

See all 8,464 job postings

Knewton - The test prep market is huge, and Knewton is primed to take a big bite out of it. They're a growing company, and they're hiring to keep the growth going.

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Job Title	Location
Data Scientist at Knewton, New York, NY	New York, NY
Senior Manager Communications and Media Relations	New York, NY
Business and Market Analyst	New York, NY
Adaptive Instruction Analyst Sciences	New York
Data Scientist	New York, NY

See all 13 job postings

ING Direct - ING Direct has a handle on where banking is headed, so they should be the place to be if you want to work in “retail” banking.

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Job Title	Location
Sales Executive	New York, NY
Part Time Health/Nutrition/Fitness Coaching	Redondo Beach, CA
Business Processing Consulting Intern	Alamo, CA
Quant UX Researcher	San Francisco, CA
Market Director of Digital Retail Innovation	Boston, MA

See all 338 job postings

AD:60 - AD:60 is a Brooklyn, NY based interactive agency that spends a lot of time working on their own projects. They're hiring Designers and Software Engineers.

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No current job openings.

Grafik - Grafik gets it. They’re an Alexandria, VA based integrated marketing agency that appears to put a heavy focus on visual design, and they're hiring.

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No current job openings.

Elie Tahari - To get a feel for what the line is all about, you should head over to ElieTahari.com. Getting the scoop on their jobs won’t be so simple.

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Job Title	Location
Retail Fashion Buyer	New York, NY
SEM Paid Search Marketing Manager	Cincinnati, OH
eCommerce Site Manager	Cincinnati, OH
IT Network Administrator	New York, NY
Sales Supervisor	Livermore, CA

See all 6 job postings

Wizards of the Coast - Wizards of the Coast has an insanely loyal following, which is why the competition for jobs at Wizards of the Coast can be extremely fierce.

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Job Title	Location
Sr. Software Developer - Database	Renton, WA
Associate Brand Manager, Magic	Renton, WA
Facilities Assistant--TEMPORARY Job	Renton, WA
HR Assistant - TEMPORARY Job	Renton, WA
HR Data Assistant - TEMPORARY	Renton, WA

See all 60 job postings

Cobalt - Cobalt is an automotive marketing company used by more than two thirds of auto manufacturers and one half of dealers in the US, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Product Marketing Manager – Digital Advertising Job	Seattle, WA
Development Manager Job	Seattle, WA
Mortgage Processor	Boise, ID
Senior Mortgage Loan Processor	Gilbert, AZ
Data Scientist Job	Cambridge, MA

See all 312 job postings

Lunchbox - My take on interactive agencies like Lunchbox is that the best way to judge whether you want to work for them is to look at their portfolio.

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Job Title	Location
Copywriter	Los Angeles, CA
Art Director	Los Angeles, CA
Director \| Social Media	Los Angeles, CA
Marketing Coordinator	Los Angeles, CA
Web Developer	Los Angeles, CA

See all 22 job postings

Undertone Networks - Undertone Networks is an Inc. 5000 company and one of Crain’s Best Places to Work in NYC, so you know they’re the kind of place that you want to work.

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Job Title	Location
Account Executive (New York)	New York, NY
Account Executive (Boston)	New York, NY
JavaScript/HTML5 Developer	New York, NY
QA Engineer	San Francisco, CA
Data Scientist	New York, NY

See all 2 job postings

VEE Corporation - VEE Corporation is a completely different kind of marketing company, which means that their job offerings are especially unique.

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Job Title	Location
Staff Metrologist / Calibrations Laboratory / NY or VA	Owego, NY
Registered Dietitian - Full Time	Marshalltown, IA
Machinist A	Monroe, NC
Test Engineering	Nashua, NH
Senior Operational Technician - Special Instrumentation - (10733)	West Milton, NY

See all 6 job postings

Kate Spade - Entry level positions at Kate Spade in New York City include E-commerce Coordinator, Assistant Buyer, and International Marketing Assistant.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	San Francisco, CA
- ecommerce associate	New York, NY
kate spade new york #3044 - part time support associate - new store madison avenue - nyc	New York, NY
Senior Product Development Engineer - The Adelington Design Group	New York, NY
kate spade new york - director of wholesale planning	New York, NY

See all 200 job postings

‘peeps creative - Right now 'peeps creative is looking for an Interactive Designer/Developer and a User Interface Designer/Developer, and they're also open to cold calls.

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Job Title	Location
Sr. Economist - Houston, Texas	Houston, TX
Staff Economist	Pittsburgh, PA
Reservoir Technologist	Oklahoma City, OK
Part-Time Retail Key Holder Position – Bloomington, MN – Mall of America	Bloomington, MN
Engineer Sr Reservoir	Bakersfield, CA

See all 13 job postings

Bonobos - Bonobos seems to be on a hot streak right now, and they’re intent on keeping it going, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to see that they're hiring aggressively.

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Job Title	Location
Planning Intern	New York, NY
Senior Associate Merchandise Planner	New York, NY
Design Assistant	New York, NY
Design Associate	New York, NY
Technical writer with Maya, photoshop	Kirkland, WA

See all 45 job postings

Swivel - I still love the idea of Swivel, but I think they have some serious challenges ahead of them. Hopefully they can overcome them with your help.

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Job Title	Location
PHP/JavaScript Developer, Custom Software Company	Tempe, AZ
Mechanical Design Engineer - Flowline/ Valve	Houston, TX
Mechanical Engineering Manager	Jackson, MI
Wireline Field Engineer I-Casper	Casper, WY
Data Specialist	Cincinnati, OH

See all 100 job postings

Bozell - It seems that Bozell is open to accepting unsolicited résumés, as they post the e-mail address for their Managing Principal on their Careers page.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Public Relations Specialist	Omaha, NE
Business and Engagement Developer	Omaha, NE

See all 0 job postings

Telltale Games - While they do have some non-technical positions shown on their Staff page, Telltale’s job openings include Build Engineer, Cinematic Artist, and Tester.

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Job Title	Location
Cinematic Internships!	San Rafael, CA
Concept Artist	San Rafael, CA
Technical Artist	San Rafael, CA
Animator	San Rafael, CA
Environment Artist- Maya	San Rafael, CA

See all 33 job postings

BillShrink - If BillShrink sounds like something that you’d like to be a part of, you should check out their Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Product Manager	Redwood City, CA
Software Implementation Engineer	Redwood City, CA
Senior Software Engineer	Redwood City, CA
Product Manager	Redwood City, CA
Front-End Engineer	Redwood City, CA

See all 4 job postings

SeatGeek - Want to get in early? Check out jobs at SeatGeek. Current postings include Lead Web Developer, Frontend Web Developer, Director of Statistics, and more.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern	New York, NY
Marketing Analyst	New York, NY
Sports Analyst Intern	New York, NY
Web Engineer	New York, NY
Frontend Developer	New York, NY

See all 14 job postings

Information is Beautiful - David is looking for an Intern / Junior Research to join a small creative team to help him with new book, print, and web projects.

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Job Title	Location
Subrogation Assistant II	Los Angeles, CA
JavaScript Developer	Kirkland, WA
Catalog Information Assistant	Boston, MA
Sales Lead Generation Specialist	Austin, TX
Software Engineer in Test	Kirkland, WA

See all 10,317 job postings

Berry Plastics - Berry Plastics is the company behind bomb proof wallpaper, and they have plenty of job opportunities for interested college grads.

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Foreman - (1st, 3rd, & Wknd Shifts)	Baltimore, MD
Laboratory Technician	Pewaukee, WI
Automation Technician	Chicago, IL
Injection Molding Process Technician - 2nd, 3rd, and Weekend Shift	Baltimore, MD
Quality Technician	Baltimore, MD

See all 45 job postings

Seed Media Group - Seed Media Group is a growing company in a dying industry, which makes them an exciting place to work for science loving grads.

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Job Title	Location
Market Strategist (4LTR Press)	Boston, MA
Marketing Internship	Austin, TX
Market Strategist 4LTR	Belmont, CA
Research Associate	Hermiston, OR
Sr. Acquiring Sponsoring Editor, Calculus	Boston, MA

See all 60 job postings

Minnesota Children’s Museum - But what about intellectually stimulating jobs for you? The Minnesota Children’s Museum Jobs page has those for you.

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Job Title	Location
Sales Rep Gift Industry	Minneapolis, MN
Urologist Job	La Crosse, WI
Geriatrician Job	La Crosse, WI
Medical Director - Pain Management at University of Minnesota Medical Cente	Minneapolis, MN
Gastroenterologist Job	La Crosse, WI

See all 17 job postings

Slide - Slide is very clearly growing, and as I mentioned in the opening of this post, they’re hiring a lot of new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Data Strategist and Account Lead	San Mateo, CA
Scientific Editor	Stamford, CT
Technical Proposal/Grant Writer	Falls Church, VA
Graphic Design Internship	Ferndale, NY
Senior Director	Cambridge, MA

See all 4,760 job postings

SurveyMonkey - If you've always wanted to work at a web startup, but were wary of the "scene," then SurveyMonkey might be the right place for you.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Software Engineer - Web	San Francisco, CA
User Experience Strategist	Cleveland, OH
Customer Research Intern (Part Time) - 501 Northshore Dr.	Glendale, WI
Enterprise Account Executive	New York, NY
User Experience/Usability Strategist	Cleveland, OH

See all 98 job postings

The Daily Beast - The Daily Beast is a perfect example of how smart startups can create growth in what many people deem to be a dying industry. That's why they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Search Marketing Associate	Wheeling, WV
Social Media Intern	New York, NY
Editorial Summer Intern	New York, NY
Associate Creative Director/Art Director	San Francisco, CA
Events & Research Intern	New York, NY

See all 52 job postings

Classified Ventures - Whether you're looking for a car, an apartment, or a home, Classified Ventures is going to do its best to grab your attention and show you some ads.

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Job Title	Location
Director of Sales Management	Norfolk, VA
Business Development Manager	Washington, DC
Business Development Manager	Washington, DC
Personnel Security Specialist	McLean, VA
Strategy Business Development MBA Intern Cars com	Chicago, IL

See all 170 job postings

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