Design Intern

sonymusicentertainment

UK & Ireland, United Kingdom, London · UK & Ireland · London

Posted Aug 10, 2026

Internship
Internship Program

Job description

Here at Sony Music Entertainment, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.
This is your chance to shape your impact on Sony Music and beyond.

The Design team is part of 4th Floor Creative and works with all of Sony’s labels to conceptualise, design and develop creative artwork concepts for artist campaigns. The design team also contribute to other 4th Floor projects across brands, CRM, digital initiatives and the Podcast division. Working in a fast-moving and lively environment, you will be accountable for designing digital artwork, branding, presentations and other marketing collateral, including some print packaging. You will need to be dedicated to producing high quality work and have a great eye for detail. The right candidate will be passionate about contemporary visual culture, fashion, photography and typography.

You must submit a portfolio as part of your application for this role.

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If you have any reasonable adjustment requests, please reach out to recruitment.support@sonymusic.com.

Role Overview:

Ways of Working

Office attendance: Monday to Thursday
Offsite working: Occasional off-site event attendance required

What you'll do:

Designing treatments, pitch documents and internal communications
Art direction & Design for print and digital assets across Sony artist campaigns and wider 4th Floor initiatives. Including, though not exclusively, logos, single / album / EP artwork, digital assets, and merch
Layout & design for CD and vinyl formats
Liaise with the Visual Creative team and other stakeholders to ensure delivery of creative is prioritised and on time
Keep up to date with the latest design and tech developments
Participate in creative sessions alongside the Visual Creative team, marketing managers, artist managers and other stakeholders

Who you are:

Essential

Competent in Adobe Creative suite
Love of all visual culture
Cinema 4D or similar experience

Nice to have

Someone with a self-starter mentality and approach
Can do attitude, resilient
A team player and someone comfortable working in a group
Any other creative outlets or interests

What we give you:

An annual salary of £28,480 (London Living Wage)
You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
Investment in your professional growth and development such as focused workshops and a dedicated mentor, enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

Process Overview

Applications open August 10th at 10:00 and close August 24th at 10:00. Candidates whose applications are selected will be invited to complete a video interview between September 28th and October 3rd.
Candidates who pass this stage will then be invited to the final stage of the process, an in-person assessment centre in early November. We will send further information on this stage before the date arrives.
Successful applicants will start in January 2027.

We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process by contacting this email: recruitment.support@sonymusic.com.

Equal Opportunities

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.

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Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.