Product Design Co-op (8 months)

Intuit Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in Toronto is looking for a product design intern. The intern will enhance the design system and work with various teams to solve customer problems. Responsibilities include developing prototypes, collaborating with team members, and participating in customer research. Eligible candidates must be actively enrolled in a post-secondary program and available for a full-time 8-month term.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Cash bonus and equity rewards

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a post-secondary education program.
• Graduation date at least 4 months after co-op term ends.
• Available for 40 hours a week for 8 months.
• Legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Ability to work in Toronto office at least 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate around solving customer problems using design thinking methods.
• Define design system elements based on brand and product guidelines.
• Design high-quality deliverables such as prototypes and wireframes.
• Participate in customer research with clear goals.

Skills

Design thinking

Wireframing

Prototyping

Customer obsession

Strong communication

Figma

AdobeXD

Education

Currently enrolled in post-secondary education

Job description

Overview

At Intuit, we believe in the power of early talent. Our internship and co-op program provides hands-on experience, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute to real-world projects that impact millions. We get up every morning with our hearts beating fast, driven by the knowledge that we're transforming the world of consumer and small business finance. It’s why our products continue to resonate with 50 million consumers around the globe. We are a Fortune 500 fintech company, and Canada’s Best Places to work several years in a row.

The role

Intuit is looking for product design interns to help enhance the Intuit Design System, the foundational design system that serves all designers and developers at Intuit. We live at the intersection of design and code, defining design tokens, UI components, and patterns for web, mobile and artificial intelligence-driven product interfaces. We work closely with the Intuit Brand team to ensure all products adhere to brand standards that we define.

The team

You’ll be joining a team of design system experts who love design and code, and serve as unwavering advocates for solving our customers’ problems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate around solving customer problems using design thinking methods
• Define design system elements based on brand and product guidelines
• Conceptualize a broad spectrum of ideas and then narrow to a critical few to validate
• Design high quality deliverables and assets such as interaction patterns, design system docs, wireframes, and prototypes (code or figma)
• Participate in customer research with clear goals and a testable hypothesis
• Share your work with others, collaborating with other designers, content strategists, product managers, product developers, marketers, and researchers to improve your work as you go.

Qualifications

• Curiosity and commitment to testing new ideas and innovating to drive results.
• An understanding of the value and role of design systems in a company.
• An understanding of the intersection of design and code.
• Strong communications skills to convey ideas and concepts through storyboarding, wireframing, and prototyping
• You're customer-obsessed and are passionate about creating products that resonate on an emotional level and drive business results.
• Strong fundamental knowledge of UX Design practices and tools such as design thinking, decision mapping, prototyping & wireframing, Figma, AdobeXD, conducting deep user research.

Eligibility Requirements

• Actively enrolled in a post-secondary education program.
• A graduation date at least 4 months after the co-op term ends.
• Available for an 8-month co-op work term for 40 hours per week
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada for the duration of the co-op term, without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
• Ability to work in our Toronto office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is: