Intern, Email Design

Road Scholar is the nonprofit world leader in educational travel for older adults. Our mission is to inspire adults to learn, discover, and travel. With thousands of learning adventures across the globe—including in-person and online experiences—we believe curiosity is the key to a well-lived life. As a not-for-profit organization, we create learning experiences that foster discovery, understanding, and connection. We’re a passionate, mission-driven team inspired by our participants’ love of lifelong learning and their thirst for adventure. If you love education, travel, and making the world a better place, this might be your dream internship.

Internship Overview

The Road Scholar Design team is seeking an Email Design Intern to join us for fall 2026. Road Scholar offers a remote internship for the Fall semester, starting Tuesday, September 8, 2026 - Friday, December 18, 2026, 20 hours per week. Applications will be accepted through July 16, 2026.

What you'll do

• Design/build, edit and launch 3-4 email campaign proofs per week using established drag-and-drop templates
• Select, edit and update photos for use in email campaigns and web collections
• Transform manuscripts into polished and digestible enews content, using Road Scholar’s existing brand guidelines
• Provide creative support to and take direction from senior designers in producing high-quality digital assets for email and more.
• Present your work to marketing leadership at the end of your internship

What you will learn or practice

• Hone your design skills as you create digital assets for email, and web collections.
• Gain a strong understanding of the email design production process in a marketing context and environment and learn the nuances of an in-house design team
• Strengthen your problem-solving skills as you practice thinking on your feet in a design setting
• How to strategize, conceptualize and execute creative testing campaigns

Qualifications

You may be perfect for this internship opportunity if you are...

• Junior or Senior at an accredited college or university
• The freedom to work 20 hours/week for 14-16 weeks (September - December 2026) - working remote
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud software, including Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, take and implement feedback, and prioritize work
• An interest in clean typography with an emphasis on user experience and accessibility
• A willingness to learn and enthusiasm to help wherever you can
• An online or digital portfolio (ok to include college work)
• Preferred: experience with HTML/CSS
• Preferred: majoring in digital design, illustration, web or UX design, or another related field

Internship Details

This 14-16 week internship runs during the Fall semester, between September 8, 2026 and December 18, 2026, with some flexibility depending on your school schedule. The internship is remote, 20 hours/week with flexible weekly schedule during business hours. A flat stipend of $3,840.00 is paid for this internship. The stipend is paid at 50% halfway through the internship and the other 50% after successful completion of the internship. College credit where applicable.