Position Summary

IDEO helps companies innovate. We design products, services, environments,and digital experiences for organizations seeking new ways to provide value for their customers. IDEO creates visible and tangible strategies for innovation and executes all aspects of design and development, from conception through production.

IDEO Munich is looking for talented communication design interns, starting September 2012, for 6 months, who want to be part of the exciting work, creating design in the context of strategic innovation consulting.

You should be able to

• COMMUNICATE ideas and design concepts effectively

• TRANSLATE content into powerful, concise presentations

• TELL STORIES in a suspenseful and compelling way

We would like you to be

• enrolled studying a degree or equivalent in communication design

• able to use common layout tools like InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop

• fluent in both German and English

You will benefit from

• being part of an international design team

• working with talented and world class interaction, communication and industrial designers and strategists

• enjoying our collaborative cross-disciplinary work style at IDEO

Interested? We’re looking forward to receiving your portfolios (please don’t send printed portfolios). If there's an immediate match between your talents and our needs, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us within 6 weeks, please assume that we do not have an appropriate opportunity at this point.

Helpful Tips

The Online Application Process:

• Please submit your cover letter, resume, portfolio and/or additional materials as a “Resume Attachment” in the resume attachment section which is located in the Career Center of your application page.
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Equal Opportunity Employer:
IDEO is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.