Posted on
July 29, 2025
Internship
On-site
US 🇺🇸
Washington

Graphic Design Intern

About Protagonist

With our subsidiary, Parenthetic, we're revolutionizing how organizations understand and shape public discourse through our cutting-edge Narrative Analytics® platform. By fusing rigorous analysis with advanced technology, we help clients quantitatively analyze open-source media, deliver strategic recommendations, and craft executive-level communication strategies that matter.

Why Join Us?

  • Impact Real Change: Work directly with federal agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and leading nonprofits
  • Tech at Scale: Build solutions that process and analyze massive datasets to uncover narrative patterns
  • Growing Team: Join a vibrant DC tech company that's expanding rapidly
  • Collaborative Culture: Work alongside communication specialists, data scientists, and domain experts

About You

At Protagonist, design plays a critical role in how we tell our story, connect with key audiences, and express our brand across touchpoints. We are looking for a Graphic Design Intern to join our team and contribute to the development of thoughtful, strategic, and visually compelling materials that support our marketing and business development efforts.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to apply their design skills in a real-world, fast-moving environment while learning how visual communication can influence decision-makers in B2B and B2G (business-to-government) sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Design graphics for marketing and communication materials including social media assets, presentation decks, brochures, digital ads, and event collateral.
  • Help evolve and maintain visual consistency across all brand touchpoints.
  • Collaborate with the marketing lead to translate strategic messaging into compelling visuals.
  • Assist in managing and organizing creative assets and templates.
  • Support the development of visual content for key account campaigns, public sector communications, and internal initiatives.
  • Participate in creative brainstorms and contribute visual ideas to campaign planning.

Work Experience and Skills

  • Pursuing a degree in graphic design, visual communication, or a related field.
  • Proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop (or similar platforms like Canva or Figma).
  • Strong understanding of layout, typography, and design principles.
  • Ability to take creative direction and iterate based on feedback.
  • Experience managing multiple design projects and meeting deadlines.
  • Basic understanding of branding, visual storytelling, and user-centric design.
  • Familiarity with motion graphics or short-form video editing tools.
  • Creative, detail-oriented, and passionate about design as a form of strategic communication.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States.
  • Must be able to support US Government contracts that may be restricted to US Persons.

Additional Information

Pay rate for this position is $20.00 per hour and expected duration is 4 months.

Protagonist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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