Graphic Design & Marketing Intern

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Chicago Public Media

Chicago, IL (Hybrid workplace)

Hybrid

Posted April 13, 2026

Job Description

About Chicago Public Media

Chicago Public Media is one of the nation’s largest local nonprofit news organizations. Home to WBEZ 91.5FM, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Vocalo. Chicago Public Media reaches more than 3.3 million people weekly across broadcast, print, and digital platforms. As a mission-driven organization, we aspire to be the most trusted news source Chicagoans turn to for understanding the people, events, and ideas shaping our community.

Chicago Public Media is a 100% community-funded newsroom powered by nearly 97,000 members whose support makes our journalism possible. This sustained community investment helped drive nationally recognized work in 2025, including 29 awards from esteemed organizations, including the Public Media Journalists Association, the Edward R. Murrow Awards, and the National Association of Black Journalists.

We believe independent journalism is essential to a healthy democracy and that access to objective, fact-based news is a right for every citizen. We serve the public interest by creating diverse content that informs and enriches our community, supported by a dedicated staff of approximately 250 professionals.

For more information, please see the Chicago Public Media Annual Report.

The Graphic Design & Marketing Intern will work with CPM’s Marketing team to gain experience with branding, designing creative concepts and marketing strategies for radio shows, podcasts, events and more. By the end of the internship the Graphic Design & Marketing Intern will have experience with working with the Creative Manager on branding, executing marketing campaigns and assist in the creation of creative campaigns from concept to execution including but not limited to templating, layout design, social media asset creation, print, digital, video and physical assets.

The Graphic Design & Marketing Internship will be a 6-8 month long program at 24 hours/week. The rate of pay is $20/hour. We are located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. All interns MUST be able to work from our office and studios at Navy Pier in Chicago.

Chicago Public Media interns gain hands-on experience while working alongside some of the best talent in the business. Our hope is that — after receiving a solid foundation at Chicago Public Media — our interns continue to contribute to this industry.

Link to our podcasts & shows: https://www.wbez.org/shows
Link to CST website: https://chicago.suntimes.com/

Basic Qualifications

Diligent, detail-oriented, and able to follow direction well
Passionate in news, public media/publishing/ journalism
Proficiency with Adobe CC applications such as PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator After Effects, and or Premiere Pro.
Figma
Creating animated gifs
Experience with Google Workspace