The Role
As a Design Intern at Absolutely Ridiculous, you'll be hands-on in the creative heart of the fastest-growing sports and lifestyle brand in the world. Working directly alongside our founder and Creative Director ✘ in addition to our design team in-house and remote, you'll support the full design lifecycle—from initial concept through production-ready tech packs—across our hard goods, soft goods, and marketing channels.
What You’ll Get To Do
- Assist in the development and review of tech packs for new product releases, ensuring design intent is accurately translated for manufacturing partners
- Support hard goods design across our core product lines—baseball and softball gloves, sliding mitts, and protective accessories — with attention to construction, materials, colorways, and brand consistency
- Contribute to soft goods design for headwear, apparel, and lifestyle products, helping bring our art-forward aesthetic to wearable categories
- Create and adapt marketing graphics for product launches, social media drops, and brand campaigns—including assets for the brand's signature sneaker-culture drop model
- Collaborate with the creative team on concept development for upcoming collections and collaborations
- Help maintain and organize digital design files, ensuring brand assets are well-structured and accessible
- Participate in product review sessions and offer creative input during ideation phases
Who You Are
- Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a degree program in Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Product Design, Fashion Design, or a related field
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop required; InDesign a plus) Familiar with tech pack creation or eager to learn the process; understanding of product construction basics (leather goods, stitching, hardware) is a plus
- Deeply curious about the intersection of art, culture, sport, fashion, and music — you understand what makes a product feel like more than just equipment
- Detail-oriented with a strong eye for color, composition, and craftsmanship
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and excited to work in a fast-moving, creative startup environment
This job description is not all-inclusive, and certain activities, duties, or responsibilities may be required of the employee as needed.
What We Offer
- Salary Range: Paid internship — compensation commensurate with experience
- Hands-on experience with a nationally recognized, fast-growing brand in the sporting goods and creative arts space
- Exposure to product design, go-to-market strategy, and brand partnerships at an exciting stage of growth
- Work Location: Nashville, TN (on-site at our headquarters)
- If college credit is required, we will fully support the documentation, reporting, and supervisor coordination needed to meet your program's requirements—we just ask that you take the lead on communicating what's needed and keeping the process moving
Who We Are
Nashville based sports and lifestyle brand redefining how athletes express themselves through high-performing, functional art over traditional sporting goods. Where other companies in the industry have stagnated, Absolutely Ridiculous has led the cultural movement of self-expression and individual identity through its gear on and off the field.
Since its viral launch in 2020 by founder and award-winning artist X, Absolutely Ridiculous has transformed from a bold idea into a global force. We’ve partnered with the likes of Disney, Guinness, Mister Cartoon, One Piece, Corona, Naruto, and Mossy Oak as well as MLB superstars like Bryce Harper, Elly De La Cruz, Jazz Chisholm Jr and Michael Harris. Absolutely Ridiculous also became one of the youngest sporting goods companies to ever be featured in the popular video game MLB The Show.
From the iconic Ice Cream Glove that kicked off the ice cream movement in youth sports to collaborative collections and drops featured in The NY Times, MLB, ESPN, The Athletic, Wall Street Journal and Sports Business Journal; Absolutely Ridiculous continues to break the mold of traditional sporting goods by combining elements of art, fashion, luxury, music, pop culture and sports into each product release.
