Digital Designer Intern

We employ 2,100 journalists, producers, engineers and sales staff. Our newsrooms publish thousands of stories a day across print, broadcast and digital.

About the internship:

Dar es Salaam Times is hiring a Digital Designer Intern for Jan 2027. Dar es Salaam Times needs a graphic design intern to create social media posts, ads and marketing material for our brand. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Tanzania.

What you'll do:

• Make vector illustrations and icons in Illustrator
• Edit and retouch product photos in Photoshop
• Keep a running board of design references and trends for the team
• Follow brand guidelines for colours, fonts and logo use
• Build simple animated posts or GIFs when needed

Basic qualifications:

• Available for the full internship period
• Based in Tanzania for the duration of the internship
• Laptop that can run Adobe Creative Cloud and a stable internet connection
• Pursuing a degree or diploma in Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communication or a related field, graduating in 2027 or 2028
• Available at least 20 hours a week
• Good working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator
• Portfolio with at least 8 to 10 pieces of recent work

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of print production

What you'll learn:

• Designing ad creatives and seeing how they perform
• Certificate and a recommendation letter on completion
• How to work from briefs, deadlines and brand guidelines like a studio designer

Program dates: Jan 2027, 6 months.

Intern pay: TZS 260,000 - TZS 280,000 a month

What we offer:

• Internet allowance
• Letter of recommendation
• Certificate of completion

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Dar es Salaam Times Ltd.