Design Traineeship

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Design Traineeship

Are you an ambitious and recently graduated graphic, digital, motion designer, or even a creative coder?


Let us know! We have an eye out for new talents to join our team as a design trainee.

Full-time · Amsterdam

In brief

  • Start date: August 2024 (other start dates are negotiable)

  • Contract duration: 1 year (comprising two contracts of six months each)

  • Employment type: traineeship

  • Hours: 36 hours per week

  • Salary: € 2.086,05 bruto based on 36 hours

  • Vacation days: 22.5 days based on 1 year

  • Language: Dutch (not necessarily required) and/or English (required)

About the role

As a starting designer, you'll have the opportunity to showcase your skills at Vandejong. During your traineeship, you'll gain work experience in an inspiring environment and develop your design skills. You'll work on developing brands and campaigns for a diverse range of clients, both independently and with experienced colleagues. You'll be involved in designing websites, animations, (digital) magazines, campaign materials, and events. This will be done alongside a passionate team of strategists, copywriters, designers, project managers, and a large network of creatives and makers who will challenge you to bring out the best in yourself. Together, we aim to make the world a better and more beautiful place.

You are…

  • Someone who enjoys thinking outside the box and shaping the world with creative ideas.

  • A team player who works independently, proactively, and precisely.

  • Experienced with the Adobe Creative Suite (such as InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects) & Figma.

  • Experienced with motion design or creative coding is a plus.

  • Engaged in society and motivated by working on societal and innovative projects.

Furthermore…

We believe in the power of diversity to work optimally towards a social, inclusive, and sustainable world. Only through embracing different perspectives can we achieve innovative and surprising communication. In addition to your talent, quality, and motivation, you also bring your culture and background. We therefore welcome applications from people with their own view of the world. It doesn't matter where you come from, who you love, what your level of education is, or how old you are. We're interested in who you are and what you bring to Vandejong.

What we offer…

  • A varied and challenging traineeship where you'll receive a lot of freedom, responsibilities, and guidance.

  • A friendly team and network, with whom we regularly engage in enjoyable activities, such as our weekly Thursday afternoon drinks or our lunch talks.

  • An inspiring workplace at the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam.

  • A healthy and vegetarian lunch every day.

Write us an inspiring letter by applying before July 12 using the button below.

Are you the one we're looking for? Apply via the button below and remember to include your portfolio (a website link or PDF file).

About us

Across the entire window of our studio, it's written out: work on the world! Because we believe the world can do better. Healthier, fairer, kinder. But to achieve that, we must start with ourselves. Change habits that no longer serve us, revive the good things, and continually generate new ideas. As a creative agency, we've shown how things can be done differently, for 35 years. Together with like-minded, we seek new meaning. With activistic creativity, we make change visible, recognisable, and tangible, crafting surprisingly forward communication to move the world forward.

We are also part of the B Corp Movement. Certified B Corporations are companies that use their business to create a more inclusive and sustainable economy.