Internship

Questions about the BGSUGD internship program?
Please contact our BGSUGD Internship Coordinator: Lori Young, lyoung@bgsu.edu

BGSUGD takes the internship experience very seriously. Beginning in 2012, all BGSU Graphic Design majors have been required to complete an internship for class credit to earn a BFA degree. With this in mind, the information in this summary focuses on our required internship. For a business or organization to be approved for BGSUGD internships, the potential internship site needs to provide a solid, appropriate, and educational environment for our students. The text below lists capabilities, facilities, and people that we believe are necessary to generate a valuable educational setting for our students.

Internship partners must be:

• Graphic Design Firm established for five-plus years; active in print and/or web design
• Advertising Agency
• Design/Brand Consultancy
• Printer sheetfed and/or web
• Television Station
• Publisher magazine, book, newspaper, etc.
• In-House Design Department is fully-staffed, working within a business, organization, etc.

Internship mentors /supervisors must have a solid graphic design background:

Six-plus years in the profession, i.e., significant achievement in graphic design. Graphic Design or Visual Communication degree professional, accredited: BA, BS, BFA, MA, and/or MFA degree.

Internship mentors /supervisors must fulfill supervisory tasks, including:

• Reporting in progress via phone conversations with the intern’s academic advisor.
• Dedicating personal contact time to the intern.
• Completing an end-of-experience report on the intern is used in the final review of the intern’s eligibility.
• Course credit Internships require a significant amount of time to be a beneficial experience: BGSUGD for class credit internships requires a minimum of 225 hrs experience per student/semester.

NOTE: The internship requirements listed above apply to the BGSUGD alone and do not apply to other divisions, departments, or areas at the BGSU School of Art.

These internship requirements only apply to the BGSUGD internships for class credit. BGSUGD students may apply to internships that will not count as BGSU course credit on their own accord, with or without BGSUGD division approval.

Our students have recently interned with: 
Updated 2025

18 Threads • Online
American Greetings Corp • Cleveland, Ohio
Aquent Studios • Eastlake, Ohio
Awesome Otter • Cleveland, Ohio
Bedford Christian Community • Temperance, Michigan
BGSU Career Center • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU Center for Family & Demographic Research • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU College of Arts & Sciences • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU Falcon Media • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU Fine Art Center Galleries • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU Library Info Technology Services • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU Marketing & Brand Strategy • Bowling Green, Ohio
BGSU  Recreation & Welness • Bowling Green, Ohio
Cambridge Design • Massachusetts
Cincinnati Magazine • Cincinnati, Ohio
Communica • Toledo, Ohio
Concentrek • Toledo, Ohio
Erie Home • Toledo, Ohio
Findlay Fast Signs • Findlay, Ohio
Five Rivers MetroParks • Vandalia, Ohio
Forest City • Cleveland, Ohio
Grand Lubell Photography • Sylvania, Ohio
Gravity • Cincinnati, Ohio
Haney PRC • Cincinnati, Ohio
Hanson • Toledo, Ohio
Hart • Toledo, Ohio
Innovative Xait, Inc • Indianapolis, Indiana
Just Marketing International • Zionsville, Indiana
Lake County Captains • Eastlake, Ohio
Land-Grant Brewing Company • Columbus, Ohio
Les Cheneaux Design Type • Bowling Green, Ohio
Madhouse • Toledo, Ohio
Media Genesis • Troy, Michigan
Midstory • Toledo, Ohio
North Design • Holland, Ohio
Plastipak Packaging • Plymouth, Michigan
Proctor + Gamble • Cincinnati, Ohio
Rudolph Libbly Group • RLI Walbridge & GEM campuses, Ohio
Sweetwater Sound • Fort Wayne, Indiana
Therma-Tru Doors • Maumee, Ohio
Toledo Zoo • Toledo, Ohio
Totally Promotional • Coldwater, Ohio
Thunder::Tech • Cleveland, Ohio
WBGU PBS TV • Bowling Green, Ohio
Web Works Marketing • Perrysburg, Ohio
Unigraphics • Bowling Green, Ohio