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IBM Designer Intern January - months 
Canada, Ontario, Markham 
106921157

04.09.2024
This position resides in Markham, ON and is a 12 month work term commencing in January 2025. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution and returning to full-time studies upon completion of the work-term.

Responsibilities:

  • Translate Insights into Designs:
  • Create Visual Assets: Develop high-fidelity mock-ups, graphics, design patterns, prototypes, and demos to enhance user interfaces.
  • Pattern Collaboration: Participate in discussions regarding common patterns, assets, and efficiencies within the product space.
  • Collaborative Development: Work closely with design team members and developers to build, update, and modernize software product user interfaces using agile methodologies.
  • Scenario Design: Design business process scenarios and flows for user interfaces and demonstrations.
  • Feedback Loop: Share work-in-progress designs and actively engage in giving and receiving constructive critique.
  • Business Context: Understand business problems across our customer base to provide context for deliverables.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with various stakeholders such as design researchers, content designers, developers, product owners, etc., across worldwide teams.
  • Design Thinking Workshops: Plan, lead, and moderate virtual and in-person design thinking workshops.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • UI Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex user problems through user interface design, creating mock-ups, prototypes, and documenting interaction patterns.
  • Design Tools Proficiency: Demonstrated experience with design tools such as Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc.
  • Visual Design Skills: Proficient in creating visually compelling artifacts, icons, high fidelity mock-ups, and other graphical elements for user interfaces.
  • Design Principles: Knowledge of design principles including typography, layout, imagery, colour theory, and creating efficiencies in visual design workflows.
  • Communication Skills: Proven communication skills and the ability to understand and address customer requirements effectively.
  • Dynamic Environment: Comfortable working in a dynamic, team-based environment.
  • Portfolio Presentation: Must have a portfolio showcasing previous design work.
  • Must be eligible to work 12 months starting in January


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Design Trends Awareness: Understanding of modern design thinking and design trends, including responsiveness and accessibility.
  • Attention to Detail: Appreciation for detail, ensuring every pixel and interaction is meticulously crafted.
  • Workshop Facilitation: Knowledge in planning and moderating design thinking workshops.
  • Registered in a formal co-op/internship program