Job Description

Saatchi NY is looking for Art Direction Interns to join our agency this summer!  We provide an immersive, fast-paced, Summer Internship in which you will gain a comprehensive understanding of our business, be given real client deliverables, receive hands-on mentorship from award-winning industry professionals, develop your professional skills to meet day-to-day agency and client expectations, and collaborate in teams to solve a client’s business challenge. 

This paid 10-week program runs June 5 - August 11, and is available to incoming college seniors and recent graduates.  Applications will be accepted online through March 31, 2023 and we will notify selected candidates in late April/May.

As an Art Direction Intern, here’s what you’ll do:

• Partner with a Copywriting Intern to concept and execute against creative briefs for existing clients.  Not limited to digital and traditional media
• Obsess over the way the things you make look
• Collaborate and participate with other members of the creative team to assist in the production and post-production of existing client deliverables
• Participate in client meetings, as well as present to internal teams
• Collaborate with other interns on projects

Qualifications

As an Art Direction Intern, here’s what you should have:

• A grad student or rising senior working toward or recently graduated from a degree in Advertising, Art Direction, Design, Communication Arts, or similar program
• An online portfolio showcasing your creative work
• Solid proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and conceptual abilities
• An ability to make things, not just think about them
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and people skills
• To be self-motivated and proactive
• Interest in new and emerging platforms to consider, and an understanding of how to use technology to the advantage of the creative idea
• Hunger to learn from the management and executive team, and to be looking for a great place to grow and push creative boundaries
• Embody our positive, diverse, ambitious and respectful culture

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.       

Compensation Range: $18-$20/hr. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.  This role may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met.  This role may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met.