The Onion is truly one of a kind. It is among the most influential and respected media companies in the world, and its websites are the preferred digital destination for millions of millennials seeking the highest quality comedy and pop culture content, complemented by the most compelling—and entertaining—native advertising campaigns. The Company’s digital properties, The Onion, The A.V. Club and ClickHole, have leveraged a shared sensibility for creating smart content that attracts a dream audience for advertisers. Together the sites reach a monthly audience of more than 25MM unique visitors and over 12 million social followers.

As the media landscape has morphed, over the past decade, The Onion has transformed itself—and thrived. Onion Labs, the Company’s in-house content marketing team, has capitalized on the franchise’s award-winning creative teams and outsized social network to craft content solutions for a wide array of blue-chip advertisers.

The Onion, which began as a humble college tabloid in Madison, WI, completed its transition to all-digital publishing in 2013. The Onion is the premier satirical comedy brand providing content to the most highly coveted cohort—young, educated, employed, conspicuously consuming, influential, highly social and utterly engaged.

The Onion is seeking an ambitious and enthusiastic Design Fellow. The fellowship is slated to run 3 - 4 months (starting as soon as possible). Ideal applicants should be able to work up to 40 hours/week (weekdays only) out of our Chicago, IL headquarters.

The main focus of the fellowship is to assist the Onion's sales and marketing teams with day-to-day design requests and web ad production. Ideal applicants will learn how design supports the day-to-day functions and core operations of various Onion departments.

Day-to-day design responsibilities include:

• Keynote design for national sales, marketing, senior management and editorial teams
  
• Support the Onion, A.V. Club, and Clickhole editorial and marketing departments
• Work with the Design department to create web and print ads
• Work on internal communication reports and projects
  
• Image searching, resizing and retouching
  
• Day-to-day design needs and support
  
• Help organize and develop a company-wide file organization system
  

• Highly skilled in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Proficient in Keynote (or able to learn and master quickly)
  
• Knowledge of web standards and limitations for web ads
  
• Experience designing for print and the associated limitations
  
• Impeccable attention to detail, layout and organization
  
• Must have a keen eye for design and strive to develop aesthetically pleasing end results
  
• Ability to approach and solve problems through design methodology
• Ability to receive and process criticism on creative work
• Basic HTML/CSS/ knowledge is a plus
  

Ideal candidates will display a strong understanding of the Onion's unique brand and readership. As you will be working closely with brand related materials, candidates must be able to quickly learn and develop a design methodology that fits in with the global Onions design standards. Candidates must be organized, attentive to detail, and willing to tackle new design challenges that arise from working in such a unique position.

The Onion provides a fast-paced environment full of fun and knowledgeable co-workers that will provide you with a fulfilling fellowship experience. If selected, you will develop the skills needed to not only advance as a designer, but you'll also gain valuable insight as an in-house designer for a nationally celebrated brand.