Remote Product Design Intern — 10-Week Summer

Hard Problems; United States; Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Amplify, a K–12 education company, is seeking a paid, remote 10-week design internship for summer 2027. You will join Amplify's design team and work on real product challenges affecting educators, students, and families, with a 2-day in-person visit to Brooklyn, NY.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and User Research, contribute to design systems, build HTML/CSS/JS prototypes, and participate in usability testing and stakeholder reviews.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate degree program with a return to school planned for Fall 2027.
• Full-time availability for the entire program, June 7 through August 13, 2027.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of and genuine interest in the K–12 education technology field.
• Working knowledge of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD (preferred).
• Exposure to user research methodologies including usability testing, user interviews, card sorting, or journey mapping (preferred).
• A background in UX/UI design, interaction design, or visual design through coursework, personal projects, freelance work, or prior internships; a portfolio demonstrating design thinking and process is strongly preferred.
• Interest in accessibility standards (WCAG), inclusive design, design systems, motion design, or educational product design (preferred).
• Comfort with front-end development concepts and code (HTML/CSS/JS) and design handoff tools (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end design process across Amplify's web and mobile products, from initial concept and wireframing through prototyping, user testing, and final design delivery.
• Partner with cross-functional teams in Product Management, Engineering, and User Research to translate user needs and business requirements into well-crafted design solutions.
• Help create and maintain design system components, UI patterns, style guides, and interaction specifications to keep products consistent.
• Build interactive, code-based prototypes (HTML/CSS/JS) to test design solutions and communicate interaction and motion patterns to engineering.
• Contribute to user research activities including usability testing, user interviews, competitive analysis, and synthesis of findings into actionable design insights.
• Track and organize design feedback, iteration cycles, and project assets to support efficient workflows and tidy design repositories.

Skills

Strong communication

UX/UI design

Portfolio and design thinking

Interest in EdTech

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

HTML/CSS/JS basics

Job description

Amplify, a K–12 education company, is seeking a paid, remote 10-week design internship for summer 2027. You will join Amplify's design team and work on real product challenges affecting educators, students, and families, with a 2-day in-person visit to Brooklyn, NY.

You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and User Research, contribute to design systems, build HTML/CSS/JS prototypes, and participate in usability testing and stakeholder reviews.