Realization Design Intern
Realization Design Intern
About the Role
WovenWorks is looking for a Realization Design Intern to join our collaborative creative team. This is a hands-on internship for a senior design student, recent graduate, or emerging designer who enjoys both creative design and technical execution.
You'll work alongside our Realization, Graphic Design, and Industrial Design teams to help transform creative concepts into production-ready deliverables. We are looking for someone who can learn quickly, contribute meaningfully, and begin functioning as an Associate Realization Designer with guidance and mentorship.
Location & Work Environment
This is a hybrid position requiring regular in-office collaboration at our Cincinnati, Ohio office, with the flexibility to work remotely on other days.
What You'll Do
- Assist with building clean, organized production files for packaging, brand systems, presentations, and other design deliverables
- Support design adaptation, versioning, resizing, and file refinement across multiple brands and project types
- Help prepare files according to printer specifications, production requirements, and internal best practices
- Assist with quality control, including checking artwork, consistency, technical details, and file accuracy
- Support basic retouching, image editing, and production-focused design tasks
- Help create design templates and working files that allow creative teams to move efficiently
- Collaborate with graphic designers, industrial designers, realization designers, project managers, and production partners
- Learn and apply WovenWorks’ creative standards, file release processes, quality control protocols, and IP/copyright practices
- Contribute to comps, mockups, prototypes, presentation materials, and other client-facing deliverables
- Ask smart questions, take feedback well, and continue building technical confidence and creative judgment
What We're Looking For
- Pursuing or recently completed a degree in Graphic Design or a related field
- Strong Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills
- Working knowledge of InDesign
- Excellent attention to detail and file organization
- Interest in packaging, branding, and print production
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Positive attitude, curiosity, and eagerness to learn
- A portfolio that shows thoughtful design execution, strong craft, and attention to detail
Bonus Skills
- Packaging or production file experience
- Print production or prepress knowledge
- Basic motion graphics, video, or animation skills
- Experience with After Effects, Premiere, Esko, Rhino, KeyShot, or 3D rendering tools
- Hands-on prototyping, comping, or mockup experience
What Success Looks Like
A successful Realization Design Intern will become a reliable contributor to the team, building confidence in both creative execution and technical production.
You will be successful in this role if you:
- Create clean, accurate, well-organized files
- Learn quickly and apply feedback consistently
- Understand the importance of craft, accuracy, and quality control
- Support the team with a positive, can-do mindset
- Show growing independence over the course of the internship
- Demonstrate curiosity about how design moves from concept to real-world execution
- Help the team deliver thoughtful, polished work on time
Why Join WovenWorks?
Realization is where great ideas become reality. If you enjoy solving technical design challenges, creating polished production files, and learning how creative work comes to life, this internship offers meaningful, hands-on experience in a supportive and collaborative environment.