HBO/MAX Design Operations Intern: NYC - Spring 2025

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HBO/MAX Design Operations Intern: NYC - Spring 2025

Application Deadline: Sunday, October 20th 

*Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!* 

Your New Role 

This internship will be located in the NYC area. The selected intern will be expected to join us in the office on a regular cadence based on the intern manager’s in office schedule. 

The Design Ops Intern is responsible for the creative collaboration, technical assessment, and prioritization of a variety of still and motion graphics and graphics packages for use by the Warner Brothers Discovery Marketing team. They will work closely within the Marketing Operations Graphics team as well as the Motion Design Team to assess, plan, design, and deliver graphic-based content used across all A/V platforms.

 
Your Role Accountabilities 

•  Assess incoming After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, & Cinema 4D projects from outside vendors to ensure that those projects can be used in-house to create additional graphic elements and then work with those projects to provide secondary assets
• Assist with the design and execution of both motion and still video graphics on lower level campaigns
• Work with the key art team and/or archive servers to obtain layered files to extract items needed for video assets and/or title treatments
• Work closely with the Campaign Management team to prioritize graphics requests
• Maintain and regularly organize the HBO Marketing graphics servers to ensure that all projects and renders are accessible to all who need them and then are properly archived
• Manage licensed content such as font and stock video/images as it relates to graphics projects

 Qualifications & Experience 

•  Ability to juggle many projects at once, pivot on a moment’s notice and remain organized and professional

•  Strong technical background as it relates to graphic design tools and workflows

• Knowledge of Cinema 4D, Adobe InDesign, and/or Avid Media Composer is a plus

• Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college or university degree program for the full duration of the internship (proof of enrollment required) 

• Must be a rising Junior or Senior (18 years or older) 

• Must be in academic good standing (3.0 or above cumulative GPA) 

• Warner Bros. Discovery will only consider candidates who are presently authorized to work for any employer in the United States and who will not require work visa sponsorship from Warner Bros. Discovery now or in the future in order to retain their authorization to work in the United States. Candidates currently on any student or exchange visa, including F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, J-1, M-1, etc., will not be eligible for the internship program. 

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