Brand Experience Design Intern - Undergraduate
About the job
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Why PlayStation?
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
Brand Experience Design Intern - Undergraduate
United States, Remote: this position will be performed in a fully remote capacity.
A cover letter and portfolio are required for this role. Please see application details below.
About the Team:
The Brand Experience Design & Innovation team works to craft high-impact visual strategy and emotive storytelling for the PlayStation and Sony Interactive Entertainment brands across design, video, and experiential media. Work alongside and direct artists, designers, producers, and editors to develop big ideas, high-impact moments for the PlayStation brand, and creative strategy that Global Marketing & PR, Product Development, Employee Teams, Sony Group, and partner agencies use as inspiration to bring our world-class creative to market.
The Brand Experience Design Intern supports Senior Staff Creative Designers and Senior Creative Designers to execute visual design strategy and design direction for PlayStation Brand Marketing projects.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Supports Senior Staff/Senior Creative Designers throughout the project life cycle
- Helps ideate and execute creative direction and creative assets, including but not limited to visual strategy presentations, product key art, brand key art, product images, typographic elements, guidelines, and in-channel execution direction for print and digital channels.
- Supports Senior Staff/Senior Creative Designers in managing agency relationships with the opportunity to work on art direction skills and exposure to world-class boutique design agencies.
- Works with BXDI Producers, Editors, and Global Creative Services and Creative Arts 3D artists and motion graphics artists to support production of video assets for creative campaigns.
- Works with Global Marketing, Sales, and Business Operations Project Management and Global Creative Services account management team to deliver projects on time and against scope while gaining real-world experience in project management tools.
What We're Looking For:
- Pursuing an undergraduate degree in Studio Arts, Fine Arts, Advertising, Industrial Design, Visual Communications or similar, with an expected graduation date by Spring 2026
- A portfolio of design work demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of effective design and creative thinking
- Experience or familiarity with agency models and/or process
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Eagerness to learn and collaborate
- Strong knowledge of design software, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
Preferred Skills:
- Adobe After Effects and Premiere, Cinema 4D, Blender, Maya or Keyshot, Adobe Substane, Figma, Keynote, Microsoft Office Suite
- Photography and studio lighting, motion design, 3D design, UI design
Eligibility:
- Able to work during one of the following periods: May 19th - August 8th or June 17th - September 5th.
- Must be available for the entire 12-week internship period.
- Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.
Our intern positions offer a fixed hourly pay rate. Please note that the pay rate is exclusive to the internship period and may not reflect what pay may look like following the completion of an internship.
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Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
Intern Pay Range
$33.25 — $36.50 USD
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
About The Company
Want to take your career to the next level? Search open job vacancies at any of the Sony Interactive sites by visiting playstation.com/careers/
Sony Interactive Entertainment pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless. Sony Interactive Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
For more information about our company, please visit SonyInteractive.com. For more information about PlayStation products, please visit PlayStation.com.
