Internship for Undergraduates at Microsoft in UAS: UX Design & Research
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- fresh
- Both
Opportunity criteria
- Full time
Opportunity description
Microsoft is offering an internship opportunity for students Washington, United States in field of UX Design & Research.
As a user experience intern at Microsoft, you will impact millions of users through innovation and improvement of our software solutions and services. We would like to provide end users an experience that is immersive and pleasing.
Duties & responsibilities
User Experience Designer Intern
As a designer, you are responsible for driving cross-team collaboration with the world’s best user experience researchers, program managers, product planners and developers from the early stages of planning through implementation. You'll collaborate with multiple design stakeholders and help design Microsoft consumer facing products touching millions of users. You’ll need to think strategically, be creative, problem solve and negotiate design solutions, in relation to business goals. Using your abilities to identify new opportunities and generate innovative ideas, you will influence the design direction and make our already popular products even better.
User Experience Researcher Intern
As a User Experience researcher, you are responsible for driving cross-team collaboration with the world’s best user experience designer, program managers, product planners and developers from the early stages of planning through implementation conducting independent research on multiple aspects of products and experiences. You’ll need to think strategically, be creative and negotiate design solutions in relation to business goals. Help collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs and online experiments (A/B testing). Understand and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into research and help advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written reports and in-person presentations.
Eligibility criteria
User Experience Designer Intern
- Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design, Graphic/Visual Communications Design, Industrial or Product Design, HCI or related field with a minimum of one quarter or semester of school to complete after your internship.
- Experience with one or more of the following: Java, JavaScript, or C/C++.
- Experience and or practical knowledge with web technologies (object-oriented JavaScript, HTML, CSS), and experience with web standards, including HTML5 and CSS3 and flash prototypes.
- Experience designing and implementing user interfaces (UIs).
- Industrial or graphic design Experience reviewing user research and data to build a strategic and user-friendly design.
- Demonstrated sense of web design and attuned to the fundamentals of user experience, including accessibility.
- Strong problem-solving skills with balanced interaction and visual design skills. Resume must include a link to design portfolio.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as self-confidence.
- Knowledge of methods for gathering and analyzing UX research data.
User Experience Researcher Intern
- Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, HCI, Design, Statistics, Psychology or a related field with a minimum of one quarter or semester of school to complete after your internship.
- School Experience in a programming language commonly used for data manipulation and computational statistics (such as Python, R, Matlab, C++, Java or Go), and with SQL.
- Knowledge reviewing user research and data to build a strategic and user-friendly design.
- Relevant intern or practical experience with User Experience or Human-Computer Interaction teams.
- 1+ years of work experience in an applied research setting.
- Experience integrating user research into product designs and design practices.
- Working knowledge of statistics and experimental design a plus.
Benefits and Perks
- Industry leading healthcare
- Giving programs
- Opportunities to network and connect
- Discounts on products and services
About Microsoft:
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.
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