Product Designer Intern

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Garmin Intern Benefits

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. in the Greater Kansas City area is seeking a Product Designer Intern.

You will learn fundamental usability and user-centered design principles to guide software UI development for various Garmin products, working closely with UX designers, software engineers, production artists and product managers. You will prototype new experiences, create design mockups, and participate in usability testing to ensure interactive, user-friendly interfaces across Garmin products.

Qualifications

• Pursuing degree in interactive design or related field
• Strong academic record (GPA 3.0+ )
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience and/or training in UI design and behavior

Responsibilities

• Learn to research, design and prototype new user experiences for features
• Create design mockups and wireframes for proper design implementation
• Collaborate with UX designers, engineers, and product managers
• Conduct usability tests and gather feedback on designs
• Maintain UI consistency across Garmin products

Skills

UI design

Wireframing

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Pursuing degree in Interactive Design/Human Factors

GPA 3.0+

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