Jr. Art Director - Intern

Job Description:

Rakuten is looking for a talented Jr. Art Director! We will help grow your skills, and develop your talent this summer. We are looking for ‘Big Idea” thinkers. This is an opportunity to gain exposure to a real fast paced-tech working environment. We're looking for a digitally-focused, highly skilled, art director to work on promotional campaigns, digital marketing, social and TV. You will be a part of a hands-on team, ideating, and working on actual briefs and deliverables. In the last two years, Rakuten has transformed an in-house studio into a full-service advertising creative and production arm. The output has included fully-integrated holiday campaign, two celebrity-fueled Super Bowl efforts, a DRTV campaign, creating and launching an annual shopping event to rival Amazon Prime Days, a pop-up shop, robust influencer programs, work with NBA superstar, Steph Curry, and much, much more.

Key Responsibilities

Support the creative team by concepting, designing and execution of campaigns across different mediums (email, social, site, tv, video and experiential) Work with a copywriter partner Shows understanding of brief and can deliver conceptual ideas Provide design support for the greater design team as needed, outside of assigned projects Work collaboratively with a team, cross-departmentally, and with senior leadership Presenting and selling ideas/executions

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Is enthusiastic, insatiably curious, and is a ‘maker’ and ‘doer’.
• The ability to jump right in, deliver on their craft and prove themselves
• A team player, receptive to feedback and direction, can work collaboratively to make the work better
• Eager to learn new skills
• Ability to adhere to creative design templates
• Dialed into graphic, photography, social and typographic trends
• Can work in a fast-paced environment, is highly organized, detail-oriented, and possess strong communication skills
  

Qualification Requirements

• Currently getting a bachelor’s Degree in a design related field or has extensive design experience
• A diverse portfolio showcasing a range of creative work full of ‘big ideas’
• Experienced in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Experienced in Figma, Sketch or other prototyping software
  

At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the hourly rate for this role will be $25.00/hr. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location.

Five Principles for Success

Rakuten Group has an unswerving commitment to building an egalitarian society by empowering individuals and companies to be successful in business and in life. The Five Principles for Success are designed to keep each of us on track, to ensure we make continuous progress toward our ultimate goals.

Always Improve, Always Advance

There are only two kinds of people in the world:

Best Effort people are satisfied with the status quo; when they fail, they console themselves by saying "I did my best."

Get Things Done people are absolutely committed to reaching their goals.

With enough determination and effort—by being a Get Things Done person—you can achieve anything.

Passionately Professional

Rakuten is an organization composed of true professionals.

Real professionals in any field—whether in sports, the arts, science, business or anything else—only reach the top because they have the self-discipline to develop and improve themselves continuously.

Only by consistently working many times harder than our competitors can we consistently win.

Hypothesize → Practice → Validate → Shikumika

Success in business depends on making and executing concrete specific action plans.

Maximize Customer Satisfaction

Rakuten is first and foremost a service company. We're proud to serve our customers and we ceaselessly seek to improve their experience.

Speed!! Speed!! Speed!!

The internet makes the window of opportunity for every small business. Accomplish in one month what it takes other companies a year to do, because we can only win by being many times faster than our competitors.

This role is eligible for remote work in New York, Colorado, Utah and California