UX Design Intern

UX Design Intern - Early Stage Startup  

·  Remote-Friendly but some in-person events in Durham, NC 

·  Part-time with possibility to extend after the summer

Interested in making a difference for fellow UX Researchers? We’re building the platform to do this. Come join us! This startup is building a decision-making platform backed by customer insight and powered by collaborative sense-making. We put research insights where they need to be to make a difference.  
 

Business objective conversations? Check.  

Product roadmaps? Check. 

Designer and developer workflows? Check. 

This product closes the gap between the research teams busy understanding the customer and the organizations that need to act on it. From question to answer, from research report to customer knowledge, from insight to action — our organization about help people make the most out of their research. 
 

We're early-stage, pre-launch, and moving fast. The team is small by design. Everyone who joins shapes what this product becomes. We’re a group of people interested in changing the way products and services get made. Sound like something you can contribute to? 

The Role 

We're looking for a UX Design Intern who can think in systems, execute at the component level, and push back when something doesn't make sense for users. You'll work directly with our Founder & CEO & Lead UXer alongside our UX Research Subject Matter Expert, Front-End Engineering Lead, and Product team. 
 

On day one, you’ll be able to dive into design work on our product. You'll be designing actual capabilities, writing UX copy, and running usability tests. It may sound like a lot, but this is an opportunity for growth inside the field. And you'll have support to do it well. 

What You'll Do 

During the internship, you'll take ownership of the following with minimal handholding:

 – Design new product capabilities end-to-end using UCD frameworks: from low-fi wireframes to mid-fi prototypes to hi-fi specifications ready for engineering handoff

 – Write and manage UX copy for errors, instructions, empty states, and microcopy across features you design 

– Collaborate on accessibility specifications to ensure what we build is inclusive by default, not afterthought 

– Build prototypes, define test scenarios, and facilitate basic usability tests then synthesize what you find into design decisions (i.e., the real eat your own dog food moment)

 – Get oriented in the broader system: understand how components connect, where user flows live, and how the product logic holds together 

If you hit the ground running, here's what comes after the internship 

– Maintain and expand the design system: the foundation and toolset of our designs 

– Develop a working command of systems thinking understanding and specifying how individual capabilities fit into the broader user experience 

– Build expert-level domain knowledge in UX Research and Product Management

 – Translate business objectives into user-centered solutions without pretending those two things never conflict 

– Understand the technical constraints shaping design and how design system components are modeled in code 

What You Bring 

Do you have the foundation to build on and the self-awareness to know where the gaps are? Here’s the baseline: 

– Familiarity with user-centered design frameworks (e.g., Double Diamond, IDEO Human-Centered Design, Design Thinking) and an understanding of why they exist 

– Working knowledge of information architecture principles and how structure shapes experience 

– Exposure to interviewing best practices  

– A base-level understanding of UX research methods both to apply them in your work and to understand the domain you're designing for 

– Strong written communication skills, including comfort adapting your voice and tone to a brand standard (we take this seriously; you'll be designing for a company that does too)

 – Some hands-on experience with a modern design tool (i.e., Figma)

 – Practical experience using AI tools in the design process: rapid ideation, prototyping, concept iteration, brainstorming 

– Portfolio demonstrating your design thinking and approach as well as your approach to storytelling through design If there's a gap in one of these areas, then be upfront about it. What matters more is that you understand why it matters and are ready to close the gap quickly. 

To apply:

Head to theseedlist.org and fill out the student application

Send an email to hello@theseedlist.org with your resume, portfolio, calendar link and/or available times to meet next week, and an answer to the following question:

Pick a side and defend it; dogs vs. cats. There are no right or wrong answers here, but please no AI tools on this one.

⏰ Make sure you respond as soon as possible as we're filling on a rolling basis.