This intern role sits inside the marketing team and supports the Designer. You assist with asset production, event collateral, and brand materials. It is a learning role: by end of semester you should be capable of producing ALSA visual assets independently and ready to step into the Designer role.
- Assist the Designer with producing event posters, digital graphics, and promotional assets. You are learning how to produce output to a professional standard. Quality over speed early on.
- Produce smaller-scale assets independently once you know ALSA's brand guidelines. Start with supervised work, graduate to independent output. The timeline is up to you.
- Help maintain the ALSA brand asset library and file organisation. A disorganised library wastes everyone's time. Keep files named clearly and stored where the team can find them.
- Work with the Social Media Officer on platform-specific sizing and content formats. Different platforms have different requirements. Know them before you produce anything.
- Deliver assigned assets on time so the Designer and Social Media Officer are never waiting. Late assets push everything else back. If you need more time, say so before the deadline.
- Assist with event recap designs after ALSA events. Recap graphics need to go out within 24 hours. You may be asked to produce these under the Designer's direction or independently once you are ready.
- Bring ideas and flag inconsistencies you spot in existing visual output. You are not just executing. You are paying attention. If something looks off, say so.
- Update the comprehensive handover document at the end of each semester. Document what you produced, the brand decisions you were part of, and what you would improve. The next intern should benefit from your experience.
- Time commitment: Roughly 5–10 hours per week; expect more in event weeks
- Meetings: Attend the weekly marketing team meeting and the monthly all-team session. Once a month, the portfolio meeting is replaced by a full-team session where every portfolio and cabinet come together.
- Assets: All assigned design assets delivered at least three days before they are needed
- Independence: Producing at least one asset per week independently by the fourth week
- Standards: All output reviewed against ALSA brand guidelines before submitting
By end of semester, you are producing design assets independently to Officer-level quality, ALSA's visual output has not missed a deadline, and you have a portfolio of real work you can show.
Before anything else, read the executive standards. They cover what we expect from everyone on the team. In the first two weeks, you will review ALSA's brand guidelines and asset library, produce one asset under close direction, and identify one area of visual inconsistency to raise with the Designer.
Throughout the two weeks, send brief, regular updates to your officer: what you worked on, what is next, and anything you are stuck on. Interns are assessed more closely during this period. Consistent, proactive communication is how you earn the team's confidence.
Good fit
- You actively practise design and have a genuine interest in visual communication
- You are fluent or building fluency in Canva, Figma, Adobe, or a comparable tool
- You are aiming to step up to the Designer role in a future semester
Not the right role
- Design is a casual interest rather than something you actively pursue
- You need significant creative direction for every piece of work you produce