Designer Spring Co-op 2027

About the Role

IBM Software transforms client challenges into solutions by building AI-powered, cloud-native products. This role is part of a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration, working with diverse technologies, partners, and industries. The culture values innovation, growth, and continuous learning.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Designer: Generalist, you will be a champion for users, creating delightful experiences through emotional design. You will translate requirements into hypotheses and explore them with users through research methods and facilitation.

• Explore User Needs: Learn about users' emotional connections with products and services, and understand unmet needs through research methods and facilitation.
• Craft Emotional Design: Create delightful experiences by influencing visceral impact, behavioral influence, and reflective consequence.
• Collaborate with Teams: Work with cross-disciplinary teams to translate requirements into hypotheses and explore them with users.
• Develop Design Solutions: Create designs that reflect the practical and aesthetic in business, while primarily serving people.
• Facilitate Research: Engage with users through research methods and facilitation to uncover emotional connections with products and services.

Qualifications

• Interest in Human-Centered Design: Exposure to design principles that prioritize user needs and emotions.
• Basic Understanding of Research Methods: Familiarity with research methods and facilitation techniques to uncover user needs and emotional connections.
• Awareness of Emotional Design: Curiosity about the role of visceral impact, behavioral influence, and reflective consequence in creating delightful experiences.
• Exposure to Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Participation in team-based projects or activities that involve working with diverse stakeholders.
• Curiosity about Design Principles: Interest in the practical and aesthetic aspects of design in a business context.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Familiarity with Design Tools: Exposure to design software and tools that support human-centered design principles.
• Basic Understanding of Business Context: Curiosity about the practical and aesthetic aspects of design in a business context, including how design serves people.
• Interest in Facilitation Techniques: Exposure to research methods and facilitation techniques to uncover user needs and emotional connections.