SAP iXp Intern - Motion Graphics and Visual Design

Company: SAP
Location: Kalamazoo
Posted on: June 23, 2022

Job Description:

WHAT WE OFFER

Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!

ABOUT THE SAP INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE PROGRAM

The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAP's global, strategic, paid internship program that provides university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

Three reasons to intern at SAP

1. Culture of collaboration: meet with mentors, make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
2. Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions, diverse subject matter experts, and project deliverables.
3. Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title, you'll have a global network of SAP leaders, entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The SAP Industries and Customer Advisory (ICA) organization is committed to SAP's vision of helping the world run better and improve people's lives. We work with customers across 25 industries (including Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Public Sector) to optimize their mission-critical core processes, innovate with new business models, and gain efficiencies. We are passionate about helping customers transform into intelligent enterprises that grow and thrive in their industries while also reaching their sustainability objectives.

If you're a self-starter, extremely organized, social media savvy, and you want to gain experience in corporate communications, then this internship could be the right challenge for you. Our ICA Communications team is looking for a quick learner who can help us with a variety of communications projects.

Your personal insights, experiences, and perspective are all important to us - and we hope you will bring your creativity and can-do energy to the team as well. You will have excellent networking opportunities working with colleagues across our global and regional teams, and you will be welcomed into an internal community of communications professionals with diverse experiences and backgrounds. In addition, you'll gain invaluable knowledge as you immerse in the world of intelligent enterprise solutions and industries.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Position Title: -SAP iXp Intern - Motion Graphics and Visual Design

Location: Remote-Virtual US

Expected Start Date: June 2022

Contract Duration: 6 months, Full-time Internship (40 hours per week)

As a Motion Graphics / Visual Design Intern you will work on a cross-functional team to create communication materials while adhering to SAP's overall brand strategy and style. The ideal candidate will require flexibility in that the workload may split between motion design and static graphic design. You will be tasked to work on a variety of projects including:

- Animated videos and GIFs for employee engagement, thought leadership, and social media content
- Presentation designs for large audiences following SAP corporate design principles
- Design business content and information through infographics, charts and illustrations
- Design and scale presentation templates for customer meetings
- Develop marketing materials

WHO YOU ARE

We're looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stay curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

- Be enrolled in university or have a degree in Motion Graphics, Animation, Graphic Design, or related field
- Fluency in English
- Ability to turn complex issues into simple, understandable, and well-designed videos and visuals
- Ability to create videos and visuals that are compatible with Microsoft Office applications like PowerPoint, Word, etc.
- Must have a thorough understanding of design principles including composition, visual hierarchy, color, and balance
- Must have a portfolio that demonstrates skills in motion graphics and visual design
- Have discipline to work independently and remotely
- Have a hands-on attitude and be proactive with communicating
- Be able to meet tight deadlines and quickly adapt
- Be proficient in Adobe Create Suite (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro) Cinema 4D, Maya, and Figma

MANDATORY FOR YOUR APPLICATION

- Resume
- Design Portfolio: (Attached as file or online portfolio)

The expected start date of this internship is June with a duration of 6 months. The candidate must be able to work part of their hours during Eastern Standard business hours for the duration of the internship.

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WE ARE SAP

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

OUR INCLUSION PROMISE

SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Americas: -Careers.NorthAmerica@sap.com -or -Careers.LatinAmerica@sap.com, APJ: -Careers.APJ@sap.com, EMEA: -Careers@sap.com.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID:326922 -- Work Area: Marketing -- Expected Travel: 0 - 10% -- Career Status: Student -- Employment Type: Intern - -- Additional Locations: -Virtual - USA

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