Art Director Summer Intern

ART DIRECTOR INTERN - Summer 2026 

REPORTING TO: Associate/Creative Director

LOCATION: Atlanta or NYC

Do you see an ad and think, “I could have come up with a better idea than that.” Well here is your chance! 

Hi, we’re Iris, and we’re looking for an Art Director Intern for our Summer 2026 Internship Program. But not just any thinker. You’ll be working alongside our team of creatives to crack tough briefs with sharp visuals. You will get to experience the day-to-day of agency life, helping to come up with a big campaign for ultra-luxury cars one minute and travel brands the next. You bring your weirdest thinking cap, a strong design point-of-view and inspiration across all creative disciplines. We’ll bring opportunities for you to collaborate with our team to produce work for some world-class clients across a multitude of media.

Skills and Experience

• Pursuing or graduated with a degree in art, graphic design, or another relevant field.

• Pursuing a career at an advertising/marketing agency, design studio, internal marketing department, or other relevant business.

• Your portfolio demonstrates you know what a good idea looks like, and you are excited to keep learning how to concept and execute those ideas across traditional and digital platforms.

• Experience or basic knowledge that includes some or all of the following: social content, complex layouts (publication, reports), digital design (email, web), motion (video, ads), print (ads, experiential), illustration, identity/branding, and presentation.

• Proficiency on Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office (since that’s how you’ll get copy, background info, briefs, etc.); we work on Mac
• Self-motivated, decisive and doesn’t mind diving into the deep end

About Our Internship Program:

 This is NOT a coffee-run and making copies internship! Interns will work alongside the rest of our team, attend meetings, and will be fully immersed in day-to-day agency life.

• Interns will work closely with their manager and colleagues and will contribute to the work the team is doing for clients
• Interns will have the opportunity to present to leaders at the end of their internship
• Dates: June 15 – August 14
• Flexible start and end dates
• 9 weeks (including 1 week off 6/29-7/3)
• 3 days/week (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday) required in NYC/ATL office
• Compensation: $18/hour

About Iris

Participate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, adidas, Bentley, California Pizza Kitchen, Beiersdorf and Samsonite show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large.

Compensation: $18/hour

Right To Work In The US

You must be authorized to work in the US for any employer.  At this time, we are not sponsoring or providing assistance with obtaining work authorization.

We are in the office Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday on a hybrid schedule. We look forward to meeting you!