Graphic Design/Video Intern - Summer 2026

Description

What You'll be Doing

The Bank Iowa Marketing team is a creative, multidisciplinary group supporting all locations and departments across the organization. As the Graphic Design & Video Intern, you’ll play a hands-on role in producing visual content that elevates our brand. From designing graphics for social media and campaigns to assisting with video shoots, editing, motion graphics, and even occasional audio/radio production, you’ll help bring ideas to life across a variety of digital channels.

You’ll collaborate with team members on concept development, visual direction, and project organization—contributing not only your technical skills but also your creative thinking. This role is ideal for someone passionate about design, video, and storytelling, eager to expand their abilities in a fast-growing fintech environment, and excited to experiment, iterate, and learn.

Core Responsibilities

• Support the creation of visual assets, including resizing and adapting graphics for paid media, designing social media visuals, creating blog and newsletter graphics, and producing materials for direct mail and campaign initiatives.
• Assist with video and photo production—from on-site shoots to editing, motion graphics, color correction, and final delivery.
• Contribute to audio and radio projects, particularly in areas that intersect with video production such as sound editing, mixing, and asset preparation.
• Help manage the internal ordering site by organizing branded apparel, promotional items, and visual assets used across departments.
• Develop and maintain a visually cohesive content calendar for social media and in-branch TV screens, ensuring alignment with campaign themes and paid media schedules.
• Participate in brainstorming and building creative concepts for the 2026 campaign lineup, contributing design ideas, storyboards, and video concepts.
• Engage in ongoing growth and skill-building, working closely with a mentor to strengthen graphic design, video production, and marketing capabilities.
• Handle any confidential creative materials or customer-related information with professionalism, ensuring privacy and compliance at all times.
• Perform additional bank-related or creative-team duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled at an accredited 2-year junior college or 4-year college/university.
• Have demonstrated leadership skills and participation in school and community activities.
• Experience with Adobe suite preferred.

Additional Qualifications Include:

• Ability to exhibit our values; Think Big, Be People-Centered, Enable Great Things, and Bring your Best.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with Adobe Suite including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Proven organization skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Works well in a team environment and on their own.

Hours of Work & Travel

• Temporary Employment/Seasonal Employment in Summer 2025
• Generally, within Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
• Up to 20% travel to Iowa branches.

Our People-Centered Culture

At Bank Iowa our purpose is to Empower People, Inspire Success and Foster Growth. Bank Iowa is one of the leading independent Ag banks and the second-largest family-owned bank in the state of Iowa. Our bank family consists of team members and clients throughout Iowa who we serve in our 22 communities.

At Bank Iowa, we’re proud to put people first, and we value our team members as much as our clients. We support team member development by focusing on their innate talents and developing those into areas of strength. We offer an environment where people care about each other like family. If you’re looking for a career with colleagues who have the opportunity to bring their best, think big, and enable great things, Bank Iowa is the place for you.

Bank Iowa is an equal opportunity employer with a passion for creating an inclusive environment where all people are truly welcomed, valued and respected – for all of who they are – regardless of differences. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military service, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.