UX Design Intern – Brunswick

About Brunswick

With over 19,000 employees and operations in over 27 countries, Brunswick is the world leader in recreational marine vessels and propulsion. Recently named to the Forbes list of Best Employers for Diversity, we take equality and work/life balance seriously. With our 15 boat brands, various P&A brands, and world-leading propulsion brands, we aim to make the boating experience frictionless for our valued customers.

Machine learning has been around for decades but has become a household name in the last several years. Brunswick has been investigating and leveraging machine learning for years, and we are excited for the vast untapped opportunities in the recreational marine space for this technology. It has the potential to transform everything we do as a company and as an industry.  

About the Role

The Boating Intelligence (BI) Design Lab is seeking a creative and innovative UX Design intern. In this role, you will be supporting UX activities within a lab setting, leading user research, and ensuring a cohesive user experience for the final products.

Responsibilities

• To be considered for the internship, candidates must have permanent US Work Authorization.
• Current enrollment in a BS or master’s degree in a field related to Design at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• Portfolio highlighting a variety of projects.
• Competent and comfortable with hand sketching, wireframing, and creating user flows.
• Intermediate capability in Photoshop, Figma, Miro, or similar.
• Understanding of UX design principles, design thinking, user research basics.
• Collaborates well with others, can communicate design intent though visuals and verbal, and able to apply feedback and user research insights into work.

Preferred Experience/Skills:

• Storyboarding or illustrative capability.
• Experience and knowledge in qualitative and quantitative user research practices, such as ethnographic observational studies, semi-structured user interviews, a/b testing, and Surveys.
• Additional capability in other creative software such as but not limited to Illustrator, Whimsical, Sketch, etc.

Working Conditions

• Learning Opportunities: Our internships are designed to provide hands-on experience in a professional setting. You will work alongside experienced professionals and get a chance to apply your academic knowledge to real-world tasks.
• Project Work: The work environment is supportive, collaborative, and conducive to learning. Interns typically work on specific projects or tasks that contribute to the organization’s goals. This may range from supporting larger projects to handling smaller, individual assignments.
• Hours: Interns must work at least 8 hours in person at the lab each week during the fall and spring terms. You may work up to 20 hours maximum. During summer, interns are expected to work 40 hours in person at the lab each week.
• Feedback and Performance Reviews: As an intern, you will receive feedback and performance reviews throughout your assignment. We value the importance for interns to understand their progress and areas for improvement.
• Responsibility: Interns at BI Design Lab are expected to manage their own schedules, set goals, and seek feedback for their professional development.