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IBM

2027 Intern Motion Designer

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What they do

A Multimedia Designer or Animator develops designs for projects and uses media such as video, sound, graphics and animation to produce projects for clients. May specialize in creating animation or visual effects for shows, games or movies, and work with a team of animators and artists. Uses computer software to create work or to incorporate hand drawn designs.

$86,745 / year median in New York

-12% projected decline

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Job Description

  • Introduction
  • This role is for an internship in Summer 2027.
The Internship is expected to start on Monday, May 24th with an end date of Friday, August 13th. Candidates must be available to start and end on these days.

At IBM, we believe technology shapes the world, and we are a catalyst for innovation and creativity. We are at the forefront of groundbreaking change — improving businesses, society, and the human condition. As a leader in Hybrid Cloud and AI, we are leading the charge in a worldwide digital transformation.

Our Performance Marketing team drives scalable and predictable revenue growth. We exist to generate demand for IBM's products and offerings — and to convert that demand into measurable pipeline and business impact. As part of our team, you'll be surrounded by bright minds and keen collaborators — always willing to help and be helped — as you apply passion to work that will compel our audience to choose IBM's products and services.

When you join IBM, you join a culture of openness, collaboration, and trust. You join a team of IBMers who are helping technology support a positive global transformation. So join us and experience a place where you can co-create your learning and opportunities. A place where teamwork and unique ideas are treasured. A place where you can bring innovation to life.
  • Your role and responsibilities
  • In this role, you'll work collaboratively, driving work that addresses a strategic business challenge facing our team: helping to turn our vast collection of content into an easily understandable system that supports our visitors' key needs.
In addition to your project work, the internship includes educational, networking, and social activities. At the end of program, you'll have the opportunity to showcase your final outcomes to a large audience of leaders, practitioners, and peers across the organization. This is a highly visible intern program with leadership exposure and mentorship throughout the summer.

The motion designer role supports our internal creative team, which is responsible for the strategic evolution and expression of the IBM brand across every experience and encounter, internally and externally. Our work crosses nearly every category of output: research and strategy, communications and content development, symbology and systems, digital and physical experiences, and tools and training. Our goal is to maintain modernity, sophistication, and tangibility, and to promote understanding of the IBM brand in the world.

The design practice is looking for a highly motivated Motion Designer who is passionate about ideas, brand experience and design, and looking to work with like-minded people. This person should have a strong attention towards strategic, simple, smart design, and a keen eye for a modernist approach to typography and information design. The right candidate should have conceptual skills with identity systems, and experience working across media. Work will include a range of assets and projects, including online, digital, data visualization, print, social, video, and events.

Your primary responsibilities will be to help:
  • Execute motion design projects from conception, design, through execution
  • Produce deliverables for online and multimedia
  • Bring abstract concepts to life though animation, video editing, 3D, and augmented reality.
  • Understand IBM's business strategies and goals
  • Collaborate with the team to support development of integrated brand-to-demand messaging and content plans that deliver the right content, at the right time, to the right audiences and drive the right outcomes
  • Prepare,recommendand test solutions to help engage IBM audiences through specific messaging, brand & content strategy deliverables
  • Help lead development and execution of specific elements of the content strategy with our creative partners
  • Apply deep curiosity to build an understanding of the market, targetaudiencesand IBM's offerings to help create the most compelling messaging and contentThis role is based in New York City.
We work in a hybrid environment. This position will be required to come into the office at least three days per week.

This role will be posted until September 25. We will review all applications.

IBM will not be providing Visa sponsorship for these positions now or in the future. Therefore, to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future Visa sponsorship. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1 (including those with OPT or CPT), H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
  • Required technical and professional expertise
  • Currently enrolled in an accredited University
  • Available for an internship in Summer 2027
  • Rising senior for the 2027-2028 school year
  • Basic understanding of animation, Video effects (VFX), and 3D design experiences
  • Portfolio of work demonstrating success in primary responsibilities for the role
  • Passionate about problem solving and idea generation
  • Actively seek feedback and review of work
  • Being passionate, confident, empathetic,positiveand approachable
  • Attention-to-detail, strong organizational skills, and strong time management
  • Collaboration with others-stakeholders, technical teams,partnersand other designers
  • Basic experience with Figma
  • Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Able to distinguishgood designfrom bad, careless from well-conceived and crafted
  • Able to take direction well and be nimble to extend designs across platforms
  • Investigating, innovating, and developing trends in creative with an emphasis on brand experience and design
  • Able to visualize and turn concepts into end products
  • Able to turn feedback into iteration: accept and act upon creative/technical directionIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.