Design Communications Intern - Summer 2025

We are hiring a Design Communications Intern to join our Design Innovation Team (DIT). This role is a hybrid role based in Morrisville, NC. Onsite presence will be required three days per week.

The Lenovo Design Innovation Team is a global group of highly skilled and creative people doing what we love, designing the very best world-class products. During this summer internship you will be immersed in our team, working together across continents and cultures in a friendly, fast-paced and inspiring work environment.

At Lenovo we design and deliver technology products to a wide range of customers and use cases with brands such as: ThinkPad, Yoga, Ideapad, and our Legion gaming products. By joining the Lenovo DIT for the summer, you will have the opportunity to make a valuable impact. We are looking to add a Design Communications Intern to our team to help us strengthen team connections and share the story of design at Lenovo with the world. You will learn about design at Lenovo, craft both internally facing and externally facing communications tactics, and will hone your own professional communications and storytelling skills. This role would be a good fit for you if you're passionate, optimistic and an excellent collaborator. You will be responsible for crafting thoughtful solutions to communications challenges and will play an active role in our internal design team.

Core responsibilities:

• Work in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary environment

• Understand and be willing to utilize all stages of the design thinking process

• Leverage research and study user insights and new technology to identify new opportunities

• Support the advancement of a team website and design portfolio platform
• Support the writing tasks needed for successful design system and guideline development

• Craft and communicate concepts for increasing team-wide connection points

• Craft and deliver social media content in alignment with the Lenovo Design Innovation Team's tone of voice and communications goals

• Plan and prioritize to achieve project goals within set timelines

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled and working towards a Bachelors or Masters in Communications, Design, or other relevant degree

• Experience developing and delivering excellent net new communications tactics, social media content, and website or web module design
• Proficiency in Microsoft software products (especially Power Point)
• Proficiency in WordPress or other web design
• Ability to work onsite in Morrisville, NC

Preferred Qualifications:

• Verbal and written communications skills and presentation skills

• Ability to visualize, craft and articulate complex concepts