Product Design Associate - 12 Months Fixed-term Contract

Apple Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Product Design Associate for a 12-month fixed-term contract in London. This role provides a unique opportunity to collaborate with talented designers, focusing on innovative design solutions for an exceptional customer experience. Candidates will work on diverse tasks such as creating prototypes and responding to dynamic design requests, while developing new skills and applying their creativity in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Recent portfolio that demonstrates technical skills.
• Ability to investigate multiple design approaches and change direction.
• Commitment to a 12-month internship program.

Responsibilities

• Create static mockups and interactive prototypes for various applications.
• Iterate on proposals based on team feedback and technical constraints.
• Produce detailed specs and documentation for engineering.

Skills

Attention to detail

Familiarity with design principles

Desire to learn

Curiosity

Adaptability to feedback

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Illustrator

Keynote

Job description

Product Design Associate - 12 Months Fixed-term Contract

At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences. With a passion for solving complex problems, the International Human Interface Design team creates elegant, simple solutions that surprise and delight. By focusing on the user, you’ll create products that are not only amazing to look at, but also intuitive and useful to billions of people worldwide. Join this team if you’re committed to making each human interaction — visual, audial, and haptic — amazing for our customers.There is an outstanding opportunity to work alongside talented designers and contribute towards the International Content Design division's growth and continued success. You will have a range of responsibilities including significant day-to-day tasks alongside longer project work. We are looking for passion and potential rather than prior work experience.The Product Design Associate will start in September 2025. This is a full-time and competitively salaried role for 12 months, with the possibility of extension.

Description

Your responsibilities are likely to grow and change during your time with us. The following is a short overview of your possible responsibilities in the International Design team:• Creating static mockups and interactive prototypes to visualise concepts and ideas for mobile, desktop, and web apps.• Helping present work to other designers, engineers, and product managers.• Iterating on proposals based on feedback and technical constraints.• Responding to last minute design requests whilst managing existing workloads.• Producing pixel-perfect specs, assets, and documentation for engineering implementation.• Providing a fresh point of view in critique.APPLICATION PROCESSThere is a 3 stage recruitment process.Stage 1: Complete the questions below and attach to your application as a cover letterStage 2: If selected, we will ask you to complete a role specific task for the team you have applied for and email back to us.Stage 3: If selected, you will be invited to attend an interview in early July.Please submit a cover letter answering the below questions and do so without including your name or any other personal information. Save the document as: ‘International Product Design - Associate” -The link to your portfolio (if not included in the attachment)1. Why are you interested in this internship program?2. Where do you get inspiration from?3. What’s the best-designed app that you have used lately?4. What areas of design are you hoping to explore further?5. How did you hear about this internship program?6. Are you currently eligible to work in the UK for the whole 12 month program?We advise using a PDF for your application, however if you have formatting you would like to keep, Pages, Word, etc. is also acceptable.IMPORTANTThe deadline for applications is: 11am UK time by Friday 4th July 2025.Unfortunately we are unable to provide specific feedback on each application, but we will contact you if you have been selected to move through to the next stage.Good luck!

Minimum Qualifications

• A keen eye for detail and familiarity with fundamental design principles.
• The desire to build new skills and a natural curiosity to learn from others.
• Working knowledge of Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, Keynote or other design and prototyping tools.
• A willingness to investigate multiple approaches, gracefully accept feedback, and change direction when required.
• A portfolio of recent work that demonstrates your technical skills.
• A passion for Apple, its services, products and its customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidates from all education backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
• Typography and font development skills is beneficial.
• Understanding of any non-Latin scripts and cultural impact on design.
• Fluency in either Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu, or Thai is desirable but not mandatory.
• You must be able to commit to a 12 month program.
• Work onsite in our London office three days a week.