Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.  

As a Content Design Intern, you will develop product strategy through business and user insights to yield the desired product experience for users. This opportunity will allow you to craft terminology, product and feature naming, and conduct research to optimize product experience and interface. You will collaborate to develop system guidelines and design features and implement a communication strategy to devise and support product positioning. This opportunity will allow you to develop strategic thinking, enhance your research and design skills, and learn how to effectively communicate and position a product in the market.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications: 

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Digital Communications, UX Design, Human Computer Interaction, Communications, English, Journalism, or related field.
• Must have at least one semester/quarter of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

The base pay range for this internship is USD $5,460 - $10,680 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $7,040 - $11,640 per month. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay

Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar (September - April)

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Define needs of product designs based on multiple factors such as user insights and business needs.
• Integrate User Experience (UX) thinking with design execution to produce usable and intuitive user interfaces.
• Utilize a variety of perspectives when concepting (e.g., Technology, Business, and Marketing). Share learnings and collaborate with other designers on the design system, and with content PMs and technical writers on documentation strategy.
• Assist with fundamental tasks on projects with Design and Engineering team members, program managers, and developers to define and iterate on new and existing product features.
• Structure product content, develop taxonomies, craft navigation, name components/controls, and define the messaging hierarchy to make information accessible, usable, and understandable.
• Ensure key concepts, names, terms, and copy are aligned with customers’ intent. Craft clear written communication to guide customers through an experience that pairs with visual design.