CNN Product Design Intern: LA - Fall 2025

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CNN Product Design Intern: LA - Fall 2025

• Application Deadline: Sunday, August 24th*
• *Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!*

Your New Role

This internship will be located in the Burbank area. The selected intern will be expected to join us in the office on a regular cadence based on the intern manager’s in office schedule.

Come build great products at CNN! Join a diverse team of product design professionals responsible for the next generation of digital experiences at one of the world's most renowned news brands. In this role, you'll be working directly on how users consume our content across web and mobile devices. You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Editorial, Analytics, Research, and our highly engaged leadership team. We have a lot of unique challenges, and we're motivated to bring on passionate and curious designers to help us inform the world, one story at a time.

Your Role Accountabilities

As a Design intern, you'll contribute to the early stages of a high-impact, research-informed design initiative within a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. Your daily activities include:

• Participate in user research synthesis and ideation sessions with Design, Product, and Engineering
• Contribute to early-stage design explorations through sketching, wireframes, and low-fidelity prototypes
• Analyze competitor experiences and help translate insights into actionable design opportunities
• Present concepts and explorations during team critiques and stand-ups
• Assist in documenting design rationale and supporting the evolution of our design system
• Learn to balance brand, accessibility, and usability standards in a dynamic newsroom environment

Qualifications & Experience

• Product design portfolio required. Please include a link to your portfolio on your resume.
• Proficiency in Figma or similar design tools
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Curiosity and passion for user-centered design
• Experience conducting or interpreting user research
• Familiarity with UX methodologies and workflows
• Ability to iterate quickly and respond to feedback
• Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college or university degree program for the full duration of the internship (proof of enrollment required)
• Must be a rising Junior or Senior Undergrad Student (18 years or older)
• Must be in academic good standing (3.0 or above GPA) A transcript will be required to verify your GPA if an offer is extended.
• Warner Bros. Discovery will only consider candidates who are presently authorized to work for any employer in the United States and who will not require work visa sponsorship from Warner Bros. Discovery now or in the future in order to retain their authorization to work in the United States. Candidates currently on any student or exchange visa, including F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, J-1, M-1, etc., will not be eligible for the internship program.

How We Get Things Done

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What to know before applying:

The duration of the program is 10 weeks

• Program dates:
  • Start Date: October 6th
  • End Date: December 12th

Interns will be expected to work 16-24 hours per week in a hybrid capacity.

Our internships are paid opportunities with a competitive hourly wage. Credit is not required; however, we will provide the necessary documentation for school credit if desired. Relocation is not provided.

Interviewing will take place from August through mid-September. A WBD team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates.

About Our Internship Program

WBD's Internship Program is designed to nurture students professionally and personally. We attract the country’s boldest and brightest students for paid, for-credit, real-world internship experiences in the entertainment, tech, sports, news and media industries. We offer career-defining opportunities to learn valuable skills that will help you prepare for a successful future.