Product Designer Intern

Socket.dev; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Garmin Intern Benefits

Job summary

Garmin invites applications for a Product Designer Intern at our U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area.

You will learn to apply usability and user-centered design principles to guide software UI development across products, working with UX designers, engineers and product managers. You will design, prototype and test interfaces, collaborate on design directions and help maintain UI consistency across Garmin products.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Interactive Design or related field.
• GPA 3.0 or higher as general rule.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Relevant UI design experience or training.
• Additional education/experience as required for projects.

Responsibilities

• Learn to research, design and prototype new user experiences for features.
• Create design mockups and wireframes; capture interactivity and business logic.
• Collaborate with UX designers, engineers and product managers on design directions.
• Assist with UI testing and usability feedback for new designs.
• Maintain UI consistency across Garmin products.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

UI design basics

Team collaboration

Education

Pursuing degree in Interactive Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe After Effects

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Product Designer Intern at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for learning and applying fundamental usability and user centered design principles to guide software user interface development for various products with different specifications while working closely with user experience designers, software engineers, production artists, and product managers of the assigned project.

Essential Functions

• Learn to research, design and prototype new user experiences for new features, create design mockups, wire framing, and capture interactivity and business logic (required for proper design implementation) with Garmin’s development methodology with guidance
• Learn to produce creative, simple and highly usable solutions for how products interact in response to human behavior
• Learn to work closely with user experience designers and production artists, software engineers and product managers of the assigned project in determining design directions
• Learn to assist with new user interface testing and conduct usability tests to get feedbacks on new designs
• Learn to collaborate with and communicate to teams in engineering and product managers to produce superior solutions
• Learn to maintain and ensure user interface design and behavioral consistency across Garmin products

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors or other related field
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal and written communication skills
• Relevant experience and/or training related to user interface design and behavior
• Other education and/or experiences as required for the specific projects this person will develop

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Software skills: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Flash or After Affects
• Previous experience working in a team environment
• Artistic eye for usability design with relation to the mobile platform

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Intern Benefits