Marketing Intern, Digital Design

Vitamix is unquestionably the premium brand of high-performance “blenders,” and known for its top-notch company culture and climate. It is an important component of what makes Vitamix unique and successful, and the reason why Vitamix is recognized as a Top Workplace, NorthCoast99 Winner, and Smart Culture Award recipient.

Throughout its 101-year history, Vitamix has encouraged and promoted healthy lifestyles for both its customers and employees. Employees enjoy multiple wellness programs and perks, a free Vitamix machine, and an onsite fitness center. Vitamix also offers a flexible work environment, great work culture, healthy living initiatives like fitness reimbursements, and opportunities for advancement.

For consumers, Vitamix can be found domestically in places like William Sonoma, Sur la Table, Crate & Barrel, Target, Amazon, and at Vitamix.com, and is in over 130 countries around the world.

Ultimately, Vitamix is the Global-leader in high-performance blending solutions for home and commercial use, is preferred by chefs and is found in many of top restaurants around the world. It is relied upon by culinary schools in the U.S. and has been used to train thousands of students and master chefs worldwide. If it is not a Vitamix, it’s just a blender.

Vitamix is seeking a Digital Design Intern to help support the Creative Team with the design and execution of a variety of quick requests to understand marketing needs including Social, Banners, Layout, flyers, image cropping and more.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• What you’ll do:

• Actively communicate with cross-functional partners to understand the strategy and deliverables, and articulate creative thinking behind the design decisions
• Assist in design and execution in a variety of quick requests to understand marketing needs: Social, Banners, layout, flyers, image cropping, and more.
• Manage and Build out a digital Brand Guideline refresh project

• Captivate our audience with design that elevates visual appearance and ensures brand coherence

• Work within our brand guidelines to create layouts that promote Vitamix style and voice through visual touch points
• Earn a respected place within a small, high-performing, high-impact team by producing quality work quickly
• Take direction from our Creative Manager on a variety of projects, and demonstrate your value by contributing to team discussions around vision, ideation, design, and execution
• Lead a Brand Guidelines Digital project to implement new guidelines to our digital tool. Present additional components to the Marketing team at the conclusion of the internship program.

The ideal candidate will also possess:

• Alignment with Vitamix’s culture and Guiding Principles which defines its Purpose, Mission, and Values.
• Expertise around Vitamix competencies: Conscientiousness, Customer Focus, Team Orientation, Drive for Results
• Proficient in MS Office
• Knowledge of Adobe CS Suite (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Premier, After Effects)
• Solid presentation skills

• A strong portfolio that demonstrates a keen eye for detail, typography, layout, and composition across both digital and print
• A knowledge of graphic design best practices
• Highly collaborative and works well cross-functionally

• Possesses and displays excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to convey information in a clear, focused and concise manner
• Demonstrated ability to interface and maintain effective relationships with all levels of employees in a team-oriented environment
• High level of professionalism and maturity
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks on time and to required specifications in a high-pressure environment
• Junior or Senior Student pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Design/Creative Marketing or related field

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.