UI/UX Intern – COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab (Spring 2025)
COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab
COUNTRY Financial is seeking an UI/UX intern to be part of the team delivering technical working solutions (web and mobile applications and/or print publications). This position will be in our DigitaLab at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL. As a UX/Design intern, you will be working with business partners, designers, and COUNTRY Technology to create designs and test digital experiences for our COUNTRY Financial clients, representatives, and employees.
Responsibilities:
· Design and develop wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes, use cases, etc., for user interfaces
· Identify issues in existing web and mobile interfaces from the User-Centered Design (UCD) point of view
· Communicate findings from user studies and user inspections efficiently to the other teams including development and business
· Troubleshoot and recommend fixes to problems relating to existing interfaces and applications
· Design print material for use in the DigitaLab (i.e. brochures, flyers, yearbook)
· Collaborate with DigitaLab Data Science and Software Developer interns on cross-functional teams
· Participate in Agile Release Trains
Requirements:
· Must be actively pursuing a college degree at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign for the duration of the internship
· Strong collaboration, written and oral communication skills
· Familiar with:
o Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign and PhotoShop
o Online testing tools like Usability Hub, User Zoom, etc.
· Experience with user centered design, and creating wireframes and design comps
· Experience in web content, marketing, e-commerce, digital marketing, graphic arts, usability, social media or gamification (or the equivalent) is preferred
· Self- motivated learner with leadership capabilities