Graphic/Digital Design Intern

Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Department: Internships

Graphic / Digital Design Intern

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Start February 2027

EMEA Marketing Team

Internship | Full-time | €500/month

This internship is open to students who currently reside in the Netherlands.

Create for the Outdoors.

Design with Purpose.

From our EMEA Head Office in the heart of Rotterdam, KEEN Footwear is looking for a Graphic / Digital Design Intern to join our Marketing team. This is your chance to gain hands-on experience at a global outdoor brand, sharpen your creative skills, and help bring our purpose-driven storytelling to life across digital and print channels.

As part of our international design team, you’ll work on real projects that reach consumers, partners and internal teams across the world. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, marketers and social media specialists in a fast-paced, creative environment where curiosity, initiative and care for the world around us are valued.

Got a special interest in a certain area of design — like photography, illustration or video? Let us know, and we’ll explore how we can build that into your internship projects.

What you’ll do

You’ll contribute to a wide range of creative and marketing activities, including:

• Create digital assets for web, brand pages, online partners and Amazon Brand Stores.
• Create and design newsletters in line with KEEN’s brand guidelines
• Design print materials including postcards, posters and training tools
• Adapt and localize artwork for EMEA markets across print and digital channels
• Create internal assets such as presentation graphics and sell-in sheets
• Create and adapt paid and organic social media assets
• Support social media content creation and community engagement
• Support broader KEEN marketing and brand initiatives

Who you are

We’re looking for a creative, motivated student who

• Is currently enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree

(You must be enrolled for the full duration of the internship)

• Has a strong interest in graphic and/or digital design
• Is passionate about the outdoor lifestyle, sports and sustainability
• Has good knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Is fluent in English (written and spoken); German is a plus
• Has a creative mindset with strong attention to detail
• Is organized, communicative and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Available for a 5+ months internship, full-time (40 hours per week)
• Start in February 2027

What we offer

• €500 monthly internship compensation (based on full-time, 40 hours/week)
• (OV) travel reimbursement
• Work from home every Friday
• Hands-on experience within an international, purpose-driven brand
• A creative role with real responsibility and portfolio-worthy projects
• A supportive, passionate international team with a shared love for the outdoors
• A dynamic work environment at our city-centre Rotterdam EMEA office

You will join a great international team with a passion for outdoors and marketing.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Why KEEN

Driven by a passion for life outside, KEEN is a values-led, independently owned brand from Portland, Oregon, that’s on a mission to create original and versatile products, improve lives, and inspire outside adventure. Founded in 2003, KEEN launched a revolution in the footwear industry with the introduction of the Newport adventure sandal, and has donated more than $18 million to non-profit organizations and causes around the world to promote responsible outdoor recreation. By working with non-profit partners, consciously creating its products, providing grant funding to grassroots organizations, and activating communities and individuals to protect the places where we work and play, KEEN puts its values in motion to leave the world a better place.

Learn at https://www.keenfootwear.com/our-purpose.html

Employee Conduct:  It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through teamwork, positive, honest and effective communication, and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and partners.

Ready to create with purpose?

We’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us inspire people to live outside.