Overview

Sonicbids is a pioneering data and technology company bringing solutions to one of the most challenging and quickly changing industries — independent music. Our electronic resume for musicians has long been the industry standard, and our subscription service is positioned to become the best career management platform and jobs marketplace for emerging talent. We currently seek an Intern Designer to help with the design of innovative marketing and web products that solve challenges still unsolved by others. The Intern Designer will help carry out graphic, marketing and web design for the Sonicbids site and create an overall pleasant user experience for users. This role will report to our Director of Marketing and work closely with our Senior Product Designer. This internship complies with DOL guidelines for internships. Previous interns studied at BU, BC, Harvard, Penn, UVa and FIT.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design marketing materials such as landing pages, micro sites, company blog, emails, and newsletters
• Help define the Sonicbids brand further or contribute new ideas
• Critique and QA on existing design and future design

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong understanding of design fundamentals such as typography, grids, color theory, golden ratio, etc.
• Strong sense of aesthetics; able to create graphics from scratch and compose from existing graphics
• Up to date with or ahead of current graphic design/user interface design/web design trends or styles
• Good understanding of how websites and web apps work; able to read and understand HTML/CSS
• Bonus – Ability to code HTML/CSS · Bonus – Good understanding of online marketing including Hubspot platform, SEO, and CMS
• Bonus – Illustration skills, e.g. icons

Backstage, LLC (owner of Backstage.com, Backstage Magazine and Sonicbids.com) is the leading subscription-based digital platform for non-desk jobs – providing tools and content to help performing artists and creative professionals manage their careers, market themselves and open up new opportunities. We are experiencing significant growth and are looking to add a talented member to our team. The company is private equity backed and has offices in Boston, NY and LA.