2024 Summer Internship - Print

ABOUT HALLMARK'S INTERNSHIP PROGRAMWe need sharp, energetic people to help us create, engineer, market, and deliver our products worldwide. Hallmark offers summer internships for students pursuing degrees in areas such as Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Communications, Engineering, Psychology, Statistics, Physics, Data Science, Computer Science and more! Hallmark's internship program is held annually, starting late May and ending in early August, and provides the valuable opportunity to apply your classroom knowledge to meaningful projects in a corporate environment. In addition, you will gain exposure to Hallmark leadership, learn more about our products and initiatives, connect with employees and interns from other disciplines, and for hybrid or on-site internships, enjoy what life is like in the Kansas City metro area. Never been to Kansas City? You've been missing out on the city that is consistently ranked among the best in terms of culture, livability, and opportunity for recent college grads! Check out www.thinkkc.com for more information on living and working in Kansas City.

POSITION OVERVIEWHallmark's Print Internship provides you with an opportunity to gain experience in some of the following areas: lithography, flexography, industrial inkjet, secondary decorative processes (embellishments), prepress, process control, and color science/management. As a Print Intern, you will work on impactful projects rooted in real business needs. You will use your print or graphic technology acumen and problem-solving skills to address Hallmark's supply chain priorities, achieve live real-world objectives, and research, strategize, and develop feasible solutions for the problems at hand. Assignments are project-based with specific goals such as enabling new capabilities, increasing productivity, improving quality, and reducing costs.

Past projects have included:

• Evaluated various digital printing presses for quality, operation, and throughput.
• Helped developed new and improved inks, coatings, paper, plates, and related consumables.
• Researched new equipment and its application.
• Improved processes in gift wrap printing prepress, creating new profiles and eliminating waste.
• Automating prepress steps to simplify processes and gain greater efficiencies.

Some things that are shaping up to be prospective projects for the summer of 2024 include:

• Assessing various workflows with an eye to improving color management and proofing.
• Researching alternatives for various consumables in support of our sustainability journey.
• Evaluating and recommending digital die-cut solutions for our print-on-demand operation.
• Identifying an all-in-one solution to move work files between facilities and digital presses.

This is a challenging summer internship where you will have the opportunity to present your work and recommendations to senior leaders and business partners.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONSThe following is required to be considered for this role:

• Currently pursuing a degree in a graphics art, technology management, or another print/media discipline with a graduation date of May 2025, December 2025, or May 2026.
• Must be able to pass color blindness testing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Your resume and application will stand out if you have:

• GPA of 3.0 or higher (must be stated on your resume).
• Demonstrated leadership ability.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• High learning agility and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent analytical skill.
• Goal and results oriented; works with urgency and a high degree of personal accountability.
• Ability to manage well through ambiguity.
• Previous internship experience in a graphics art, technology management, or other print discipline.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• All internships will be at the Hallmark Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, or at our outlying facilities in or near the Kansas City metropolitan area. This internship will occur summer of 2024 (typically late May through early August). The intern program at Hallmark is the primary source for entry-level full-time hires either directly after graduation or for future pipeline. Full-time hiring decisions are based on performance and business need.

Interested? Follow the application instructions below to apply.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONSYou must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields. Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment. Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification and satisfactory reference and background checks.

ABOUT HALLMARK - Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important

For more than a century, Hallmark has been bringing people together and improving the relationships that matter most. That's why millions of people all over the world connect with the Hallmark brand. It has always been a mission so much bigger than any one of us who work here. Today, we need empathetic learners, strategic thinkers, and enthusiastic visionaries with diverse experiences and skills to help us create the rest of Hallmark's second century as we shift to a more digitally savvy, unified approach that combines the best of brick-and-mortar retail with the efficiency of dot-com spaces. Help us imagine what our next hundred years could look like!

When you join Hallmark, we will go out of our way to make you feel like part of the team, even in a remote/hybrid work environment. In the day-to-day, we'll make the best use of the skills and talents you already have. We'll also give you leadership opportunities and show you multiple potential pathways to future success.

Our culture of care for our consumers and for one another shows in the way we embrace different backgrounds, identities, and working styles, deliberately seeking out ways to be more inclusive both internally among our work groups and externally through the things we make and sell to our retail partners and consumers. We believe that a broadly inclusive, equitable approach is also our best path to future success. We're seeking out those who can bring a fresh perspective to our business and would love your input as someone new to our team! We can only change and grow when we intentionally include new perspectives-like yours.

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