Visual Design Intern

We are looking for a Visual Design Intern who thinks beyond simply making things look good. Someone who naturally asks: “How should this look and communicate?”

You’ll work closely with the engineering, marketing, and design to shape how Selfhost.dev looks and communicates across its marketing website, blog, social, and other visual touchpoints.

Your primary focus will be the SelfHost.dev marketing website, improving its visual language, layouts, hierarchy, consistency, and overall quality, along with creating visual assets for blog posts, LinkedIn content, campaigns, and other marketing initiatives.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys thinking about visual language, branding, graphics, typography, composition, hierarchy, and communication, and wants to understand how these elements work together to build a strong product brand.

What you'll do

• Design and improve the SelfHost.dev marketing website.
• Create and refine website sections, landing pages, banners, illustrations, visual systems, and other marketing assets.
• Identify visual inconsistencies and opportunities to improve the website's overall quality and brand experience.
• Design creative visuals for blog posts, social media posts, announcements, campaigns, and other marketing content.
• Translate ideas, concepts, and written content into clear and engaging visual communication.
• Develop visual treatments that make technical concepts easier and more interesting to understand.
• Maintain consistency and follow the design system, i.e. typography, spacing, layouts, imagery, graphics, colors, and other visual elements.
• Contribute to evolving and documenting the visual language and design system.
• Work with the marketing and design teams to understand the purpose behind each piece of communication before designing it.
• Create reusable visual components and templates that make future marketing design faster and more consistent.

You'll be a fit if

• You instinctively think “How should this look and communicate?” rather than simply “What should I make?”
• You have a strong eye for visual hierarchy, composition, typography, spacing, and balance.
• You understand that visual design is about communication, not decoration.
• You can take a complex or abstract idea and turn it into a simple, understandable visual.
• You notice small visual inconsistencies that others might overlook.
• You care about the details but can also understand the bigger picture.
• You can work within an existing brand while still finding ways to improve and evolve it.
• You are comfortable receiving feedback, explaining your design decisions, and iterating on your work.
• You have an understanding of how different visual choices affect perception, clarity, trust, and brand personality.
• You are curious about branding, SaaS, technology, developer products, and digital products.
• You are comfortable working independently and taking ownership of visual improvements.
• You have a strong willingness to learn and experiment.

Skills we are looking for

• Strong working knowledge of Figma for creating, iterating, prototyping and maintaining digital designs.
• Ability to develop and maintain a consistent visual identity
• Understanding of brand personality, consistency, and visual expression
• Strong understanding of type hierarchy, pairing, readability, and usage
• Ability to create balanced, intentional, and visually engaging layouts
• Ability to communicate ideas through graphics, illustrations, and visual assets
• Ability to guide attention and communicate information clearly
• Understanding of grids, alignment, rhythm, and whitespace
• Understanding of how designs work across websites and digital platforms
• Ability to turn ideas and information into compelling visual narratives

Nice to have

• Experience designing for websites, SaaS products, or technology brands.
• Basic understanding of responsive web design.
• Experience creating LinkedIn/social media creatives or blog banner creatives.
• Understanding of design systems and reusable components.
• Motion design or basic animation skills.
• Illustration or iconography skills.
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS and how designs translate into real websites.

Why join us

• Flexible work-from-home environment.
• Opportunity to work on a real product and a live marketing website.
• Your designs will be used in real customer-facing marketing and communications.
• Work closely with experienced product, design, engineering, and marketing teams.
• Get hands-on experience building the visual identity of a growing technology brand.
• Opportunity to influence and continuously improve the visual direction of SelfHost.dev.
• Long-term opportunity based on performance.
• Collaborative and growth-oriented team.

Apply with

• Updated resume.
• Portfolio showcasing your visual design work.
• 2–3 projects that demonstrate your approach to visual communication, branding, typography, composition, or digital design.
• Figma/Behance/Dribbble/other relevant profiles (optional).
• Any relevant design projects, experiments, or personal work (optional).

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Work from home

Application Question(s):

• Portolfio/Case Study/Project Link

Work Location: Remote