Summer Design Internship

Philadelphia, PA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Description

Quaker City Mercantile is looking for a design intern to work across brand identity, packaging, and creative development.

This is a 12-week, in-office program (June–August) for someone interested in how brands are built visually from the agency behind some of the most iconic.

You’ll work alongside the design team, contribute to active projects, while developing your own portfolio piece over the course of the program.

You:

  • Strong instincts and visual taste
  • Interest in branding, design systems, and creative direction
  • Skills in any of the following are a plus:
  • Motion / animation
  • Illustration
  • Able to articulate design decisions and references
  • Able to work in-office 2–3 days/week in Old City, Philadelphia

Requirements:

  • 21+
  • Portfolio (student or personal work is fine)
  • Experience with design tools 

This is a hands-on role. You will be expected to contribute, explore ideas, and develop work that can live beyond the internship.

You Get:

  • Stipend
  • Recommendation
  • Potential for future employment based on performance
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Quaker City Mercantile

QUAKER CITY MERCANTILE IS A COMPLETELY UNIQUE ENTERPRISE. We create our own products, partner with others to create new brands, and consult to grow existing businesses. Our staff comprises creative teams, mixologists, chefs, historians, novelists, brand ambassadors, distillers, sales and retail teams, and even a biochemist with a PhD. This enables us to work in a comprehensive, holistic manner on all phases of ideation, design, production and go-to-market strategies. We are also federally licensed with our own distilleries: Tamworth Distilling and Art in the Age Spirits. All of this gives us a unique capacity, not only to develop disruptive, market ready concepts, but also to bring them to market and keep them growing.

Founded in 1988
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
52 employees (29 in marketing)