Brand Implementation & Graphic Design Intern

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About Us

CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.

For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all.

CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.

Intern Project

The purpose of this Brand Implementation & Graphic Design Intern who can support the Marketing & Communications creative team with a variety of graphic design tasks while playing a key role in CALSTART's organization-wide rebrand. This intern will gain hands-on experience implementing a comprehensive brand system across multiple marketing channels while developing professional design skills in a collaborative creative environment.

This internship will provide meaningful support during CALSTART's organization-wide rebrand while offering an emerging designer valuable hands-on experience implementing and maintaining a comprehensive visual identity system. The intern will work closely with the creative team to update branded materials, organize design assets, and help ensure consistency across the organization's marketing and communications efforts.

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Intern Project Key Deliverables

• Brand Implementation: Assist in applying CALSTART's new visual identity across marketing materials, presentations, templates, digital assets, and other branded communications.
• Brand Guidelines Maintenance: Support the ongoing development, organization, and implementation of brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all business areas.
• Template Development & Updates: Assist in creating and updating branded templates, including PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, reports, one-pagers, email templates, and other marketing collateral.
• Asset Organization: Update and maintain Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries, logos, icons, photography, templates, and other shared creative assets to ensure accessibility and brand compliance.
• Design Production Support: Contribute to graphic design projects including social media graphics, email campaigns, presentations, internal communications, infographics, and other marketing materials as needed.
• Quality Assurance: Review branded materials for consistency, accessibility, formatting, and adherence to CALSTART's visual identity standards.
• Team Integration: Participate in team meetings, brainstorming sessions, creative reviews, and design critiques to gain exposure to collaborative workflows.
• Mentorship & Learning: Receive guidance from senior designers to develop technical skills, understand branding and design systems, and build a professional portfolio.

Qualifications

Completed at least three years of accredited college/university level coursework Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and task management abilities.

Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders and audiences.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced remote work environment.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) Strong analytical skills and ability to collect, analyze, and synthesize data.

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in internal and external teams with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.

Desired Qualifications

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, visual hierarchy, and brand consistency.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to work within established brand guidelines.
• Eager to learn, collaborate, and contribute to a fast-paced in-house creative team.

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$19 - $21 an hour

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We understand that not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your background isn't perfectly aligned but you feel you would be a great addition to the team, we'd love to hear from you.

We're a tight-knit team of world-class innovators, business minds, and change agents who believe passionately in our mission and put our team ahead of self. We are committed to the continued development and growth of our employees and invest in your success!

We care about your personal well being as much as your professional success and offer generous benefits to full time employees including: 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement plan with generous company contributions, FSA for Health and Dependent Care, 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment, 11 paid company holidays, paid sick time, paid family leave, and more!

Our inclusive environment focuses on making decisions based on merit without regard to race, color, hair texture, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQIA+ status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.