About Sezzle:
With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We're not just transforming payments; we're redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we're building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you're excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!
About the Role:
Sezzle is seeking a talented and motivated Graphic Design: Video Editing Intern who is best in class with a high IQ plus a high EQ. This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement. This role will assist the animators and graphic designers in developing engaging 2D animations, motion graphics, and edited video content for use in the Sezzle app, YouTube, and Google Paid Ads.
The intern will collaborate closely with our creative staff to execute high-quality motion content while maintaining brand consistency and storytelling standards.
What You'll Do:
Animation & Motion Graphics
- Assist in creating 2D motion graphics and animated assets
- Support storyboard creation and translate creative briefs into animated sequences
- Execute revisions based on feedback from animators and graphic designers
Video Editing
- Edit short-form and mid-length video content
- Assemble rough cuts and refine pacing, transitions, and audio
- Add graphics, captions, and visual enhancements as needed
- Prepare final exports optimized for different platforms
Script & Story Support
- Assist in drafting and refining video scripts into structured narrative outlines
- Ensure messaging aligns with brand tone and campaign goals
What We Look For:
- 1–3 years of experience in motion design or animation
- Proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator
- Strong understanding of motion design principles and timing
- Solid video editing fundamentals (pacing, rhythm, storytelling)
- Ability to follow creative direction and brand guidelines
- Demonstrated experience working with Claude or equivalent large language model tools is required; candidates must be comfortable leveraging AI to enhance productivity, research, and communication.
- Strong written English for scripting and captioning
Preferred Knowledge and Skills:
- Basic sound design and audio cleanup skills (Audition, Adobe Podcast Enhance)
- Familiarity with collaborative tools (Slack, Jira)
About You:
- You have relentlessly high standards – you strive for excellence and ensure issues are fixed right the first time. Many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
- You're not bound by convention – you enjoy innovating and improving processes, and your success and much of the fun lies in developing new ways to do things.
- You need action – speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking. You're not afraid of taking calculated risks.
- You earn trust – you communicate clearly and treat others with respect. You listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
- You have backbone; disagree, then commit – you advocate for the right decisions, even when it's tough. You can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
- You deliver results – you focus on impact and deliver high-quality outcomes despite setbacks. You focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.
What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome:
At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.
Compensation: The salary for the Graphic Design - Video Editing Intern is $800 USD monthly as an independent contractor.
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