Internship in Product & Service Design – Group Innovation (m/f/d)

Job Description

Would you like to work in a dynamic environment? In a family-owned company operating throughout Europe, which offers you interesting tasks, creative freedom, and an international team? Do you share our values of respect, commitment, and sustainability?

Then you've come to the right place!

As part of the Group Innovation Team, you will support us in developing innovative and sustainable hygiene products and digital solutions for new markets and target groups – and in making our ideas visible and tangible.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Location: Düsseldorf

Department: Group Innovation – Future Lab

Working hours: 38 hours/ week

Start: Immediately or by agreement

Your Responsibilities

• You design and create digital mockups, e.g. physical products, packaging and print templates.
• You generate and visualize new product, service, and business model concepts.
• You create physical and digital proof-of-concepts.
• You conduct customer testing and collect feedback.
• You facilitate ideation sessions and creative workshops.
  
  

Your Profile

Qualifications

• You are enrolled in or recently graduated from a design-oriented degree programme, e.g. product design, industrial design, communication design, service design, UX/UI design or a comparable field.
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

• You can turn rough ideas, sketches or briefings into clear visual concepts. Knowledge of (online) marketing is an advantage.
• Having first experience with prototyping, 3D printing, model making or digital fabrication is an advantage.
• You are confident using Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign); you have knowledge of Figma, Adobe XD or similar tools.
• You have interest and initial experience in the use of AI-supported design tools.
• You have a basic understanding of user-centred design, design thinking or innovation methods.
  
  

Working

• You can turn rough ideas, sketches or briefings into clear visual concepts.
• Knowledge of (online) marketing is an advantage.
• You have first experience with prototyping, 3D printing, model making or digital fabrication is an advantage.
• You are confident using Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign); you have knowledge of Figma, Adobe XD or similar tools.
• You have interest and initial experience in the use of AI-supported design tools.
• You have a basic understanding of user-centred design, design thinking or innovation methods.
  
  

Personality

• You have a high level of creativity and curiosity.
• You are communicative and confident in sharing ideas with different stakeholders.
• You enjoy experimenting, prototyping and learning from real feedback.
• You are entrepreneurial and have a future-oriented mindset.
• You are interested in developing innovative products and services for new markets and target groups.
  
  

Languages

• You are fluent in English, German is a plus.
  
  

Your Benefits

• Flexible and mobile working: We offer you flexible work (time) models.
• Workplace health promotion: We offer a wide range of health activities and cooperation with various fitness studios.
• Freedom for creativity: We offer you freedom for creative work.
• Attractive remuneration: We pay an attractive basic salary.
• Employee support programme: TELUS will help you with advice and assistance in a wide range of matters.
  
  

The benefits shown may vary slightly depending on the role and location.

About Us

The WEPA Group is a family business operating throughout Europe and offers sustainable and innovative hygiene solutions that contribute to the well-being of millions of consumers all over Europe every day. With around 4.500 employees, we produce hygiene paper products such as toilet paper, towel paper, handkerchiefs and napkins at 15 production sites in Europe.

A sustainable personnel policy has played a central role in this for more than 75 years.

We Consistently Invest In The Qualification Of Our Employees, Point Out Individual Career And Development Opportunities And Promote Them. We Do This Because We Are Convinced Of One Thing

Our employees are and will remain our most important success factor.