UX Research and Design Intern

Marketeq Talent is a small tech startup focused on helping enterprise organizations improve their technology through online resources. The UX Research & Design Intern will define optimal digital user experiences and provide design requirements while collaborating with the senior designer and a team of interns.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in defining user journeys, strategy, and recommendations for features and enhancements to various projects and its infrastructure while balancing business initiatives and technological capabilities
• Participate in wire-framing and prototyping efforts in order to improve user experiences for multiple projects
• Determines the factors which influence customer/user goals, experiences, and needs and creates mental models for illustrating user needs and desires
• Provide input on plans for delivery and release schedules for the UX design framework
• Ability to quickly capture and assimilate information from a variety of sources; responsible for translating business requirements and user needs into innovative design solutions that are engaging, valuable, and usable
• Produces and improves user journey maps, site-maps, user-flow diagrams, and wireframes to convey how the project will work from a practical perspective
• Collaborates on initiatives to create interaction models and prototypes to capture desired user experience, including macro and micro interactions
• Creates project briefs, presentations, competitive analysis and other necessary documentation to communicate the recommended user experience to internal stakeholders, as well as the outcomes of changes and user tests

Requirements:

• Must be currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a workshop, bootcamp, online class, or bachelor's degree program in user experience, graphic design, human computer interaction, or related field
• Knowledge of UI/UX best practices and trends
• Strong understanding of Design principles
• Proficiency with design tools ex. Figma
• Strong collaboration, communication and presentation skills
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to commit to a minimum of 15-20 hours per week
• Proficiency in visual design a plus, but not required