Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amplify is hiring a Product Design Intern to help create intuitive, visually compelling, and accessible digital experiences for educators, students, and families. The intern will support product design across web and mobile products, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to design systems, prototyping, and user research.
Responsibilities
- Support the end-to-end design process — from initial concept and wireframing through prototyping, user testing, and final design delivery — across Amplify's web and mobile product suite
- Partner with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Engineering, and User Research to translate user needs and business requirements into intuitive, well-crafted design solutions
- Assist with the creation and maintenance of design system components, UI patterns, style guides, and interaction specifications to ensure consistency across products
- Build interactive, code-based prototypes (e.g., 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 research findings into actionable design insights
- Track and organize design feedback, iteration cycles, and project assets to support efficient design workflows and maintain organized design repositories
Skills
- If you're comfortable with user experience design, visual design principles, and human-centered design thinking
- The ideal candidates will love digging into complex user problems
- Bring a collaborative, ask-questions-first energy to your work
- Feel excited to help shape experiences that move the needle for K–12 learners
- Interns must be authorized to work in the US
- Education: Current enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate degree program, returning to school in Fall 2027
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to synthesize information, identify themes, and communicate insights clearly
- Knowledge of and interest in the K–12 education technology field
- Working knowledge of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar platforms
- Exposure to user research methodologies including usability testing, user interviews, card sorting, or journey mapping
- 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
- Comfort with front-end development concepts and code (HTML/CSS/JS) and design handoff tools to facilitate effective collaboration with engineering teams
Benefits
- Remote 10-week internship, with a 2-day in-person experience at Amplify HQ in Brooklyn, NY
- Direct exposure to product design tools, methodologies, and best practices used in EdTech
- Real-world design challenges that directly impact the experience of educators, students, and families
- Collaboration with Design, Engineering, Research, and Product teams across the organization
- Contributions to meaningful UX and design improvements in a mission-driven environment
- Mentorship from industry professionals at the forefront of product design in education technology
- Exposure to UX Design, UI Design, Interaction Design, Design Systems, Accessibility, User Research, and Front-End/Interaction Development
- Hands-on training in a fast-paced, agile environment
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