84.51°

Product & Design – Experience Design – Intern Program

Location Option(s): Cincinnati, OH or Chicago, IL
Program Duration: May 27, 2025 – August 1, 2025

This program requires you to be in the office 40 hours a week; there are no remote options.

SUMMARY: 

The 84.51° Experience Design Team is accepting applications for a UX Design Summer Internship position, located out of either Cincinnati or Chicago.

We are looking for Design Interns with a passion for Design Systems, UX, and Research to help bring simplicity and familiarity to our products. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a team of 20+ designers, grow your skills & talent, and build your professional network & portfolio. As a UX Design Intern, you’ll be an integral part of defining and solving problems that users face within 84.51˚°, Kroger, CPGs (consumer packaged goods), and agencies & brokers.

At 84.51°, we design & build software experiences that making our users’ lives easier. We accomplish this through research, design, analysis, and testing in an iterative delivery environment. The 84.51° Experience Design team uses a multidisciplinary approach that allows you to leverage your strengths and improve your weaknesses in a highly constructive, highly collaborative environment.

INTERN PROGRAM: 

The Intern Program duration is strictly the dates outlined at the top (interns cannot start or end early or late). Experience Design roles are open in our Cincinnati, OH Headquarters office and our downtown Chicago, IL office (Old Post Office).  Interns are matched with a manager and mentor to support them during the program. Interns should expect to work in the office Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, typically between 8am-5pm. Specific team norms around working hours will be communicated by your manager upon starting. Interns should not have conflicts such as classes or other employment during the 84.51° workday.

The Summer Internship is a 10-week program in which you’ll be placed on a business team, deliver tangible value, participate in training & events alongside your cohort, and benefit from team mentorship to support your growth.

Upon completion of the 10-week internship, if we believe you met objectives while demonstrating our 84.51° values, you will be offered a position to join us full-time as part of 84.51°’s Development Program after graduation (or another internship if you have another summer before graduating).

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Working towards a bachelor’s degree or higher from a four-year accredited university
• Graduating May/June 2027 or sooner - must be current student at time of internship
• Some experience creating user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, production assets, and documentation
• Strong interest in learning a variety of user research methods (e.g. usability testing, card sorting, participatory design sessions, etc.)
• Experience designing and prototyping with a design system in Figma or Adobe Creative Cloud
• Some experience designing with design systems, responsive web and mobile constraints in mind
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills
• Highly motivated, self-driven creative thinker and problem solver
• Excitement and willingness to learn new skills and try new methods and approaches
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS/JavaScript coding experience a plus

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