Summer 2025 Intern - UX Design

When can you expect to hear back?

We are committed to attending all career fairs and recruitment events before closing our positions. That means, this position might be open without updates for a few weeks to give us time to connect with all potential candidates before wrapping up the recruitment season. Check out our tentative timeline below to see when you can expect to hear from us! 

• All postings close: February 21st, 2025 

• Interviews: Early to Mid March

• Offers: By end of March

2025 Start Dates:

This position has opportunities to start in the Summer. Please see our start date below and let us know your availability.

Summer Internships: Monday, May 19, 2025 (40/hours per week max)

The User Experience Intern helps to design, research, and prototype superior user experiences across the entire product suite. UX Interns work closely with senior Designers, Customers, Engineers, Product Managers and User Researchers to discover, validate, design, prototype, test, and iterate on products that ship continuously.
 

What You’ll Do

• Build pixel-perfect vector versions of our UI components and interfaces.

• Assist with building vector icons and preparing files for implementation.

• Apply our visual style consistently to top-notch interactions.

• Document precise dimensions, colors, and fonts used in mockups for developers building HTML5 and mobile applications.

• Maintain a growing library of visual design assets.

What You'll Need

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be actively enrolled in a degree-seeking program in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, Graphic Design, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience translating designs into mockups and functional prototypes (Figma, HTML/CSS, etc.)

• Experience telling the story about the user workflow and ability to articulate UX/UI decisions

• Experience using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, a plus

• Solid design skills and a great portfolio (showing your process and sketches, not just the finished product)

• Intense passion for design and user experience

• Good collaboration skills

• Self-motivated

• Proficient within the Adobe Creative Cloud/Suite, especially Illustrator

Working Conditions & Travel Requirements

• Minimal travel

• Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office

• Must be authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship now or in the future

How You’ll Be Rewarded

✅ Salary range in the US: $28.00 - $28.00

✅ 401(k) participation and match

✅ Paid sick leave

✅ A unique opportunity to further your learning experience through additional internship seasons

Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  We believe that great minds think differently.  We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation.  Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.  We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.

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