Product Design Intern
About Shipt
At Shipt, we are transforming the shopping experience and giving time back to consumers. Shipt Shoppers handpick everything from fresh groceries to household essentials, then deliver them to your door in as little as one hour.
From both our hometown of Birmingham, AL, and our office in San Francisco, CA, Shipt is creating a product and a community that makes people’s lives better in a myriad of ways. Working towards the goal of positively impacting real people in their everyday lives is what Shipt and its people are all about. Shipt is a rapidly growing technology company with an online marketplace providing same-day delivery from 130+ national retailers and local stores. Powered by a community of exceptional Shipt Shoppers and convenient app and web platforms, we bring fresh groceries, home essentials, wellness products, pet supplies, and more to over 70% of households in more than 5,000 U.S. cities.
This is a remote (or hybrid for those based in Birmingham, AL, San Francisco, CA, or Minneapolis, MN) Summer 2023 Internship. Our program will run for 10 weeks, beginning on June 5, 2023, and ending on August 11, 2023. Full program participation is required of all interns. Interns are expected to maintain a consistent full-time work schedule throughout the duration of their internship.
We are currently on the lookout for a Product Design Intern to join our team! The design team at Shipt imagines the best experiences for our users, and inspires the company to build them. Everyday we advocate for, understand, and empathize with our users, and help the rest of the company embrace them. We value collaboration, and work with our engineering, PM, and marketing partners to ensure we make a difference in our users’ lives.
What You'll Gain
At a company our size (“smallish” but growing), every design has an immediate, highly visible impact on our products, our users, and our team.
- You will work on real and important projects - we have no other kind.
- You will have the chance to receive mentorship from designers with various backgrounds and design “super powers” in our tight-knit design team.
- You will work in a cross-disciplinary environment and learn to effectively partner with PMs, Engineers, and Researchers.
- Most of all, your ideas will be heard - we have no ego’s here, and everyone’s opinion is valid.
Responsibilities
- Collect and understand the data, use cases, research, and business rationale surrounding your project(s) with your partners.
- Practice design thinking to craft thoughtful, user-centered designs and conduct user testing
- Complete visual and interaction design for new product features
- Present your work to peers and stakeholders for review and feedback
- Collaborate with PMs, engineers, and other designers to bring designs to life
Requirements
- Student in a design-related field
- Portfolio of work to be submitted and reviewed
- Ability to walkthrough the discovery, solutioning, and iteration behind a past project
- Knowledge of at least one user experience design tool: Figma, Sketch, or XD. Note that we use Figma at Shipt
- Self-starter who is creative, results-driven, human-centric, accurate and pays attention to details
- Experience working collaboratively on designs, demonstrating an ego-less approach to iteration
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection if you need any accommodations.