Creative Design Intern EMEA

Brooks is seeking a Creative Design Intern (EMEA) to join the EMEA Creative Team onsite at the Amsterdam EMEA HQ.

Who we are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

• Runner First - We act in the best interest of the runner.
• Word is Bond - We do what we say we’ll do.
• Champion Heart - We give our all in everything we do.
• There is no “I” in Run - We stay generous with our humanity.
• Keep Moving - We find ways to move every day because joy is kinetic!

Brooks Internship Program

Brooks Running hosts internships at our EMEA HQ office in Amsterdam to provide hands-on, meaningful work experience to further enhance your education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real work and projects while working side by side with Brooks employees and leadership. If chosen for this role, you will join a cohort of interns at Brooks and embark on a path of learning, professional development, and exposure to the Brooks brand and culture.

This Opportunity

Our EMEA Creative Team is seeking a Design Intern to work at our Amsterdam EMEA HQ offices. The Brooks Creative team imagines/designs/curates/manifests creative concepts, campaigns, and assets that define and express the Brooks brand. Print, retail, packaging, web, digital, events are our canvas and runners are our inspiration. Our growing team seeks a Design Intern to develop marketing creative to support seasonal product launches, events, and retail.

As a Design Intern you’ll bring your conceptual thinking, passion, keen eye, and creative talent to every project that comes your way. Your design range will stretch across campaigns, in-store POP, events, internal initiatives, catalogs, and global brand assets. As part of the go-to-market design team, collaboration and flexibility are as important as your design chops and communication prowess.

Your Impact (Responsibilities)

• Provide support in the design and development of seasonal product launches, including conceptual explorations, layout, illustration, and development of seasonal creative guides and asset kits, design of brooksrunning.com assets and social media content, as well as dynamic retail creative
• Help create designs for internal presentations and materials for internal meetings or events
• Build and foster relationships with other team members at Brooks to gain and maintain a deep understanding of what drives the brand, business, and products
• Partner with copywriters to develop conceptual ideas for campaigns
• With guidance from the design team, problem solve and find multiple design solutions for projects
• Continually develop your design, presentation, and strategic skills
• Successfully manage time, workflow, and schedule to deliver creative

Project:

As a part of your experience as an intern at Brooks, you will have the opportunity to complete a project under the support and supervision of your mentor/manager. Details of your project will be finalized once you arrive at Brooks based on your interests, and the needs of the business. You will present your work and findings to leadership at Brooks, to hone in on your research, analysis, and recommendations, and to refine your presentation skills.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Graphic Design or a related field
• Willing to commit to the intern position onsite in Amsterdam
• Willingness to learn and gain hands-on experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in english and other languages, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear verbal and written communication
• Creative portfolio demonstrating layout, typography, and conceptual skills
• Illustration, type skills and hand lettering a strong plus
• Proficient in design software as (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, After Effects, Figma, etc)
• Detail-oriented with project/time management skills
• Able to work both independently within a team environment, and collaboratively