Graphic Communication Intern

Join our dynamic team and embark on an exciting career where innovation is at the heart of everything we do.

POSITION SUMMARY

Collide, located in beautiful Western Pennsylvania, is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Graphic Communication Intern to join our Operational Project Management Team for the Summer 2026 and Fall 2026 semesters. This full-time, onsite internship offers the opportunity to gain real-world, hands-on experience while supporting a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate is confident, independent, and driven, with the ability to make decisions and adapt quickly to changing conditions. Success in this role requires a strong sense of urgency, attention to detail, and the determination to overcome challenges. We're looking for someone who can balance a competitive drive with the discipline to deliver high-quality, organized, and repeatable results.

As a Graphic Communication Intern, you will contribute to a variety of project-based activities, manage shifting priorities, and work closely with our team to support operational excellence. This is a task-focused role that values initiative, problem-solving, and collaboration.

If you are ready to gain meaningful, on-the-job experience in a professional setting, click "APPLY NOW" for consideration.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Paid internship starting at $10.00/hr where you will gain valuable, hands-on industry experience.
• Free housing provided as part of your internship experience.
• A cozy, fully furnished multi-level apartment featuring one bedroom and one bath.
• Conveniently located less than a 5-minute walk from our facility.
• A modern eat-in kitchen with a full-size refrigerator, oven, Keurig, and microwave.
• One-car integral garage with additional storage space.
• All utilities included at no cost to you.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Download and distribute updated system information regarding raw material availability, drop stock inventory, finished goods inventory levels, and project status.
• Prepare project documentation in advance of production planning meetings and help compile notes to populate project plans throughout the project planning cycle.
• Assist in entering work requests for ordering project materials, printing carton labels and instruction sheets, and generating production orders and job packets.
• Collaborate with downstream production departments to support daily shop floor activity and provide updates against established project milestones.
• Relay critical updates to project managers regarding various department schedules that may require strategic order sequencing.
• Help project managers to achieve quality plans by supporting quality first-off inspections, in-process QC checks, and other QC tasks identified in the project planning phase.
• Pull and update department performance data to populate KPI measurements - Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Value performance against goals.
• Support project managers and account teams by pulling together monthly data to update client-facing KPI's such as on-time delivery, customer returns, and client-owned inventory stock-outs.
• Update documentation that evolves as a result of continuous improvement initiatives, including standard work instructions, account alignments, and reference documents and templates.
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings, monthly department meetings, as well as site committee meetings, and send out meeting minutes capturing actions and key takeaways.
  

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• Current enrollment in undergraduate degree program in a Graphic Communication related field at a recognized college or university.
• High/Basic degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
• Strong/Basic analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills.
• Strong/Basic verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning).
• Solid/Basic understanding and application of mathematical concepts.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients.
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and management.
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting.
• Ability to work overtime as necessary.
  
  

PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk, hear and see.
  * Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
  * Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  * Regularly/Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold & heat, risk of electrical shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
  * The noise level in the work environment may be high.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

ADDITIONAL

If you are interested in exploring an onsite Graphic Communication Project Management Internship with Collide, located in Western Pennsylvania, click "APPLY NOW" for immediate consideration. We support a majority of our production capabilities in our 750,000 sq ft facility located in East Butler, PA, with a broad range of career opportunities across departments.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

We offer equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

We strive to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, we provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our Human Resource Team.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay for this position is $10 USD hourly. Ultimately, in determining pay, we will consider the successful candidate's location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.