Graphic Design Intern - Alberta, Canada - Kudos Inc.

Description

We are looking for a talented Graphic Design Intern to join our Marketing team this summer.

Working directly under our Design Lead, you'll experience what it's like to work as a Designer for a growing technology company.

You will help visualize and develop marketing collateral across various platforms and media.

This is a remote role, but we have an office in Calgary that you are welcome to use if you happen to reside in the area.

This is a full-time paid position (35 hrs/week) open to students in Canada returning to post-secondary education in September 2024.

Kudos*Kudos is an employee engagement and recognition software solution that empowers managers and employees to give regular, meaningful recognition and appreciation. Kudos helps organizations drive performance by unlocking their employees' full potential through the power of recognition.

Kudos uses unique proprietary methodologies to deliver essential people analytics on culture, performance, equity, and inclusion, providing organizations with deep insights and a clear understanding of their workforce.

We are a rapidly growing Canadian tech company focused on bringing the best of recognition, appreciation, and social technology together to help all employees reach their full potential to deliver outstanding results.

Kudos is used in over 80 countries on five continents.

Join our Marketing team as a Graphic Design Intern and contribute to creating engaging marketing collateral, website experience and platform assets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design a wide variety of visual content, including, but not limited to, web pages, eBooks, onepagers, print ads, digital ads, and swag.
• Collaborate with team members and various stakeholder groups to develop thorough and thoughtful plans around collateral and content.
• Understand, adhere to, and support the development of Kudos's visual brand standards.
• Perform periodic updates to visuals across marketing collateral when needed.
• Other duties as required.
• Recognize your peers for being awesome

Desired Skill Set and Experience

• Enrolled in a College/University program in Design, Media Studies, Communication, Marketing or related field
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Working understanding of modern design patterns and current design trends
• 23 years of graphic design experience
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
• Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word and PowerPoint
• Experience and working knowledge of Figma, or other similar industry tools (Sketch, AdobeXD etc.)
• Experience working in Webflow is an asset
• Experience working in video and animation is an asset
• Experience working with cascading style sheets (CSS) to style and animate web pages an asset

Other Kudo-rrific
Things

• You are collaborative and professional.
• You are organized and detail oriented.
• You do not settle for mediocre, and you are conscious of deadlines.
• You are selfmotivated and can work independently or as part of a distributed team.
• You can handle pressure and an everchanging work environment.
• You are proud of your accomplishments and know your areas of development.
• You work well with others, want to grow, and are open to feedback.

Our Culture and Mission
Kudos is moving at an incredible pace, and we are looking for people who are up for a challenge. We place a high value on initiative, passion, ownership, and execution. Our vision is to enable all individuals to reach their full potential, through belonging and purpose at work. Our mission is to build high-performance teams through a culture of recognition.

At Kudos, we celebrate differences and devote time, energy, and resources to build an environment where all team members can speak openly, be courageous, try new things, and bring their whole, authentic selves to work.

Whether you are new to the corporate world, new to the software industry, returning to work after a gap in employment, or just looking to take the next step in your career, we are excited to connect and learn more about you.

Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.

If you are interested but do not have the exact experience or skillset we are looking for - we still strongly encourage you to apply.