Early Associate Experience Design Intern (12-Week Summer Internship)

IBM; Greater London; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is offering an internship that lets you shape experiences that people enjoy using. You’ll work in small cross‑functional teams on real client challenges, supported and mentored by consultants across the UK.

You’ll contribute in various ways depending on the project, client and your interests, gaining exposure to different consulting disciplines and tools while exploring user experience, service design and creative problem solving.

Qualifications

• Students due to graduate in 2027 or 2028.
• Able to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship available).
• Studying a design related degree.
• Able to provide a portfolio showcasing your work, ideas or creative process.
• Curious about people, design and user experiences.
• Creative thinker who can communicate ideas clearly and visually.
• Collaborative, adaptable and open to feedback.
• Interested in problem solving and user centred thinking.

Responsibilities

• Join our consulting team and help shape experiences that people actually enjoy using.
• Work with interns in small cross functional teams on real client challenges.
• Be supported, coached, and mentored by consultants from across the UK business.
• Take ownership of a standalone project, exploring ideas, solving problems and evolving the work.
• Contribute in different ways depending on the challenge, client and interests.
• Gain exposure to teams, consulting disciplines and ways of working across IBM.
• Explore user experience, service design, research, visual communication or creative problem solving.

Education

Design related degree

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

What this internship is about

Join our consulting team and help shape experiences that people actually enjoy using. This internship gives you the chance to explore how good design improves the way customers, employees and users interact with products and processes.

You’ll join a cohort of interns working in small cross functional teams on real client challenges within one of our consulting sectors. Supported, coached, and mentored by consultants from across the UK business throughout the programme, your team will take ownership of a standalone project, exploring ideas, solving problems and adapting as the work evolves. Because our projects are collaborative and fast moving, there isn’t one fixed role from day one. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute in different ways depending on the challenge, the client, your interests and where you can add the most value. Alongside your project work, you’ll gain exposure to different teams, consulting disciplines and ways of working across the IBM organisation. Whether your interests are in user experience, service design, research, visual communication or creative problem solving, this internship offers hands on experience working as part of a consulting project team. We work collaboratively in a fast-moving environment, where roles and responsibilities evolve organically based on the needs of each project.

What You Might Do

• Help gather and organise user or customer insights through research activities
• Support journey mapping, idea generation and creative problem solving
• Participate in workshops, design sessions or collaborative team activities
• Help communicate insights, concepts or findings clearly and visually
• Explore ways to improve customer, employee or digital experiences
• Contribute ideas to improve services, processes or user interactions
• Present findings, concepts or recommendations in engaging and accessible ways

Your experience will vary depending on the project, giving you the opportunity to learn from different people, approaches and ways of working.

What You’ll Get

• Hands on experience working on a real consulting project from start to finish
• Exposure to experience design, research and collaborative ways of working
• Opportunities to learn from consultants across different teams and disciplines
• Mentoring, coaching and support from consultants, buddies and early careers teams
• A collaborative environment where creativity, curiosity and initiative are encouraged
• A clearer sense of whether a career in experience design or consulting is right for you

If you’re excited by creativity, collaboration and solving real world problems, we’d love to see your application.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Who you are

• Students due to graduate in 2027 or 2028
• Already able to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship available)
• Studying a design related degree
• Able to provide a portfolio showcasing your work, ideas or creative process
• Curious about people, design and user experiences
• Creative thinker who can communicate ideas clearly and visually
• Collaborative, adaptable and open to feedback
• Interested in problem solving and user centred thinking
• Excited to learn new tools, approaches and ways of working