UX Research & Design Intern

Job Description

UX Research & Design Intern |

The Tone:
This is an unpaid internship at , located 100% remotely within the United States. We are a small tech startup dedicated to enhancing enterprise organizations’ technology through our online resources. The UX Research & Design Intern will play a crucial role in defining the optimal digital user experience for multiple projects and prospective users, providing essential design requirements to achieve that experience.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Unpaid Internship
• Location: Remote

• Team: Reports to a senior designer and collaborates with a small team of design interns and test users.
• Mission: Help determine the design and functionality necessary to drive an exceptional user experience for multiple projects.
• Tech Stack: Figma

What You’ll Actually Do
• Define user journeys, strategy, and recommendations for features and enhancements across various projects and their infrastructure.
• Improve user experiences for multiple projects through wire-framing and prototyping efforts.
• Determine the key factors influencing customer/user goals, experiences, and needs, then create mental models to illustrate those needs and desires.
• Produce and refine user journey maps, site-maps, user-flow diagrams, and wireframes to clearly convey the practical workings of the project.
• Communicate recommended user experiences and the outcomes of changes and user tests to internal stakeholders through project briefs, presentations, and competitive analyses.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a workshop, bootcamp, online class, or a bachelor’s degree program in User Experience, Graphic Design, Human Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• Experience: Demonstrated knowledge of UI/UX best practices, current trends, and fundamental Design Principles; ability to commit to a minimum of 15-20 hours per week.
• Skills: UX Research, User Experience (UX), Figma (Software), User Interface Design, Interaction Design.
• Bonus: Proficiency in visual design.