Design HBCU Fellowship

Remote

We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious Design Fellow to gain hands-on experience across all aspects of the agency business while providing invaluable support to our creative team. Taylor’s Design HBCU Fellowship is a paid post-undergraduate, six-month, remote fellowship program.

Taylor provides real-world professional experience, development, and career-readiness fellowships to post-undergraduates and master’s students from accredited historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

As a Taylor Fellow, you are open minded, ready to learn, and motivated to start your career in the PR, social, and digital marketing industry. You’re excited to join a multifaceted group of colleagues that embrace diversity of thought as a means to enhance innovation and collaboration in all we do.

Responsibilities and learning opportunities:

As a Taylor Fellow, you will gain hands-on agency experience through an in-depth training program, a dedicated manager, professional development and networking opportunities, and the day-to-day responsibilities and learning opportunities outlined below.

Shape

Use strong understanding of evolving design principles and a client’s business, brand, and industry, to offer and develop contemporary design ideas that meet client business needs
Remain current on marketing, design, technology, user experience, and cultural trends, and infuses this knowledge into all design work
Collaborate effectively with Strategy, Account, and Creative teams to provide ongoing counsel to mid-level clients, and to bring ideas to life through unconventional thinking and design innovation
Actively participate in creative ideation and planning for digital & social content, motion graphics, event activations, brand identity systems, print materials, and other campaign elements
Effectively refine ideas into integrated visual systems that deliver against defined objectives

Make

Execute thoughtful, polished designs across various mediums including digital/social content, motion graphics, print, photography, brand identity systems, presentations, infographics, etc.
Demonstrate accountability and ownership for all design work on assigned projects, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams of account/PR, strategy, and production to execute that drives business impact
Self-edit design work in progress, incorporate feedback and direction from senior team members, and collaborate with them to evolve and elevate your work
Work on multiple workstreams/assignments simultaneously, ensure that all work fits together as part of the broader strategy and/or brand identity system

Communication and Storytelling

Partner with copywriting to design and create concepted ideas
Design logos and sketches out ideas or layouts
Produce mood boards, mockups, and engaging, innovative and effective design solutions
Pitch creative ideas
Write, present, and communicate in a polished and persuasive manner across all mediums, internally and externally
Communicate well with internal colleagues to explain creative ideas and respond to questions or concerns

Concepting

Actively participate in creative ideation for digital & social content, event activations, brand identity systems, print materials, and other campaign elements
Ensure that ideas/concepts fit together as part of the broader strategy and brand identity
Assist in quick-turn ideas that tap into a culture or a specific moment in time

Requirements of this fellowship program:

This is a post-undergraduate opportunity open to:
Recent graduates who hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited HBCU
Those who are currently completing a master’s program or hold a master’s degree from an accredited HBCU
Prior experience/internships at PR, Advertising, Digital/Social Marketing, Creative agencies or relevant coursework
A conceptual visual thinker with a portfolio of work that is contemporary, on trend, and reflects a wide range of design influence
Experience working across a wide range of media including digital/social, print, event/experiential, brand identity systems, etc.
Strong skills in Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator, PowerPoint and Keynote
Basic skills/knowledge of key principles of typography and fonts
Experience in UX design and/or front-end development is a plus
Basic understanding of advertising and marketing principles
Strong attention to detail, organization, multitasking, and time-management
Team player who enjoys working with and helping others in a collaborative environment
Curious and open to others' ideas and viewpoints with a willingness to learn and take constructive feedback
A good problem solver who seeks to make improvements and learns from mistakes

Additional Details:

Full-time (35-40hrs/week), Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Must be a recent college graduate, a graduate school student, and/or a student who has recently completed a master’s program at an accredited HBCU
Paid fellowship: $4,166.68 per each month worked, less applicable deductions and withholdings (based on an annual equivalent salary of $50k)
Includes Paid Time Off, Holidays, and additional perks
Fellowship begins 1/8/2025, and will go through 6/27/2025

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