Recent graduates or final-year students in a relevant field.
Graphic Design Intern – Internship Programme 2026
About MAD Marketing
MAD Marketing is a full-service creative and digital agency working with clients across Sri Lanka, the UK, Australia, Canada and the GCC. We handle everything from brand identity and social media to web development, video production and performance marketing. We're a fast-moving team that takes real work seriously, and we invest in the people who come through our doors.
About the Programme
Our internship programme is a structured six-month track designed to turn driven graduates into professionals.
The first three months are unpaid, hands-on, and built around learning by doing. You'll work alongside experienced team members, take on real briefs and build practical skills that classroom theory doesn't cover.
At the three-month mark, you'll go through a formal appraisal with your department lead. If you're performing, you move into a paid placement for the final three months. Complete the full six months and perform well throughout, and you'll be considered for a full-time role at MAD.
Role Responsibilities
- Visual Asset Support: Assist in producing clean static and motion assets, including social media graphics, ad banners, and basic print layouts (flyers, brochures) under the guidance of senior designers.
- Brand Identity Adherence: Help maintain visual consistency across project deliverables by following established brand guidelines, typography rules, and layout grids.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with marketing and creative teams to brainstorm ideas and support design needs for ongoing campaigns, student recruitment activities, or internal events.
- Interactive Prototyping: Build basic mockups, layouts, and initial prototypes to visualize and share design concepts with the team before final execution.
- Multimedia Content Production: Assist in assembling short-form video content, organizing assets, and executing basic video edits for social media marketing material.
- Feedback Integration: Implement revisions and design updates efficiently based on constructive feedback and critique from mentors and team members.
- File Hygiene & Delivery: Maintain a highly organized system for design files, ensuring clean layer structures, proper version control, and correct formatting for digital and print deployment.
- Educational Context: Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree, diploma, or professional qualification in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a closely related field.
- Core Toolset (Foundational Proficiency): Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for asset creation, alongside Figma for layout design and prototyping, and Canva designing.
- Video & Motion: Basic understanding or exposure to Capcut, Canva Video Editing, or Premiere Pro for minor video editing, splicing, and basic text/motion overlays.
- Generative AI & Prompting Exposure: Hands-on curiosity or experience with generative AI platforms (e.g. Gemini, ChatGPT) with an understanding of basic prompting workflows to generate content and workable design prompts, and the ability to use Photoshop's AI tools to create clean designs.
- Design Fundamentals: A strong foundational understanding of typography, color theory, visual hierarchy, and grid systems.
- Portfolio: A link to your portfolio, website, or a PDF demonstrating your current design capabilities and grasp of fundamentals.
What We're Looking For
- Recent graduates or final-year students in a relevant field.
- Genuinely interested in the work, not just the certificate.
- Proactive, reliable and able to take feedback without needing to be managed.
- Good written and spoken English.
- Available to work from our office in Nugegoda (in-person only).
What You'll Get
- Real work from day one, not filing and feeding paper to the printer.
- Mentorship from practising professionals across creative, digital and tech disciplines.
- A formal mid-programme appraisal with structured feedback.
- Paid placement in months four to six for those who earn it.
- Genuine consideration for a full-time role at MAD on completion.
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