Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. To & Fro is hiring a Product Design Intern to help prepare its product system for beta launch and support the development of a rigorous user experience. The role involves translating brand values, creative concepts, UX/UI documentation, and user stories into functional designs while contributing ideas, presenting work, and collaborating with international cross-disciplinary teams.
Responsibilities
- Translating brand values, creative concepts, UX/UI documentation and user-stories into functional design solutions
- You go above and beyond the original brief to push what’s possible on both a creative and technical level
- You’ll help to shape the platform by bringing fresh ideas to the table, putting a spin on content and interaction ideas to elevate the experience
- You can take charge of small tasks independently, and take on bigger jobs with little supervision
- You’ll be presenting your work to the founders, pitching new projects and proposals for production
- With an articulate understanding of design fundamentals such as typography, interaction design and usability, you can improve work on both an aesthetic and functional level
- You understand how designers work and think, but also have a feel for the politics of advertising and pitfalls of production
- With an articulate understanding of design fundamentals such as typography, interaction design and usability, you can improve work on both an aesthetic and functional level
Skills
- We are hiring a Product Design intern that can go deep on experience and functionality
- This position requires someone who is a strong collaborator who can work closely with cross-disciplinary, international teams
- An entrepreneurial spirit and self-discipline
- You're well-versed in English with a business-level proficiency
- Completed studies in the field of design, UX, or comparable studies or training and have around 1 year of experience
- In addition to visual prowess, you have strong social and professional skills and feel confident in tackling high-end projects in line team with our client
- You have an articulate understanding of grid systems, white space, aspect ratios, typography and color theory, tying all of these elements together with obsessive attention to detail
- Your Figma skills are up-to-date and you have a high sense of organization for the most efficient collaboration across your files, layers and folders
- Beyond aesthetic excellence, your portfolio dips into presentation, research, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Based on your experience and current expertise, you can judge on the quality of the user experience, and explain what needs to be achieved to make it better
- You know how to sell designs to colleagues (bonus if clients as well), and have experience running workshops and presentations or the desire to learn
- Experience with interactive prototyping tools are a must, be it Marvel, InVision, Framer or Figma
- Ability to create a fun, inspirational, and collaborative environment with cross-functional teams to foster a shared sense of ownership and success
- There is a preference towards projects that make it clear what the goal, approach, impact and opportunities to improve were
Benefits
- Internship opportunity for college credit
- Career changer opportunity
- Experience-building opportunity
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