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San Jose, CA

2026 University Intern - Research Web Design and Development

Internship
Media & Comms
Design
Posted:
January 7, 2026

Adobe

Creative software and digital media solutions
78.8
Palpable Score
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The Opportunity

Are you a self-starter who can translate complex research into compelling web experiences? Adobe Research is looking for a design-minded communicator to take ownership of our web presence and elevate how we showcase our work visually. This summer internship will challenge you to work independently, collaborate with world-class researchers, and lead the creative direction for how we present groundbreaking AI research online.

This isn't just a web design internship — it's a leadership opportunity. You'll proactively gather requirements from researchers, make strategic decisions about visual direction, and champion user experience improvements with minimal hand-holding.

What Makes This Opportunity Unique

At Adobe Research, you’ll be at the heart of innovation, working where creativity meets technology. You’ll collaborate with research scientists to share web experiences and visuals about their work that will shape the narrative about the future of AI, and you will put your skills to work to create engaging web designs and interactions to draw in new audiences.

What You'll Do

Website Redesign & Visual Content

· Lead the redesign of 3 key web pages through collaborator interviews and user research

· Build a cohesive visual design system (color palette, typography, component library)

· Create 4-5 high-impact visual content pieces (infographics, data visualizations, interactive graphics)

· Implement designs using WordPress page builders and custom CSS (no custom theme development or PHP required)

Strategic Leadership

· Proactively identify research that needs better visual representation online

· Drive your project timeline and deliverables independently

· Present design rationale to technical and non-technical collaborators

· Document design system and provide recommendations for ongoing web and multimedia strategy

What you need to succeed

· Master’s student or undergraduate student in journalism, communications, digital media, HCI preferred, with coursework in computer science (or equivalent experience)

· Portfolio demonstrating visual design AND ability to translate complex topics into engaging web experiences

· Capable of turning technical scientific concepts into visually appealing web experiences and timeless web content

· Self-direction and initiative: Scope your own tasks, identify blockers early, and drive solutions independently

· Strong communication skills: Comfortable presenting work, interviewing research scientists, and advocating for a clear direction

· Visual design fundamentals: Sharp eye for typography, color, layout, and user experience

· Web skills: Proficiency in HTML/CSS and capacity to develop designs in WordPress

· We're looking for someone who takes informed risks, seeks feedback early and often, and gets things done — shipping work, not just concepts

About the company

Adobe

Company overview
Adobe is a software company best known for Creative Cloud products like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, plus Document Cloud (Acrobat) and Experience Cloud for marketing, analytics, and commerce. Adobe sells subscriptions to individuals, teams, enterprises, and public-sector organisations. Adobe has also built and marketed generative AI features such as Adobe Firefly across creative workflows. Adobe is headquartered in San Jose, California and operates globally.

Locations and presence

Adobe’s corporate headquarters is in San Jose, and Adobe lists a large network of offices across the US and other countries. For student roles, many 2026 internship postings state a “co-located hybrid” approach, splitting time between an assigned office and home based on team expectations.

Palpable Score

78.8
/ 100
Adobe offers multiple clear entry routes, from internships across functions to university graduate roles, and Adobe backs that up with visible intern programming and a structured hiring-process outline. Pay range visibility is better than many large tech employers, and Adobe Digital Academy publishes unusually specific retention and promotion outcomes. The biggest gap is that Adobe does not publish consistent, company-wide outcomes for internships and new-grad hiring, such as conversion rates and typical time-to-promotion.
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