Internship

About the Role

The Undergraduate Design Intern role is intended to start in Summer 2027, providing a temporary, full-time, 10-12 week assignment within 3M's Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG). This position is limited to working 899 hours per service credit year.

About 3M Design and the Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG)

3M Design, within the SIBG, is a multidisciplinary internal creative team supporting brand, product, packaging, digital experience, and design research. The SIBG offers a diverse range of products designed to enhance safety, productivity, and efficiency across various industries. As a 3M SIBG Design Intern, you will collaborate with experienced designers and cross-functional partners on real business challenges, gaining exposure to a human-centered design process. Project work may include brand design, visual asset development, packaging systems, design research, product design, UX/UI design, industrial design, prototyping, testing, brand audits, and system refinement. The internship aims to help you build foundational design skills, gain exposure to global design challenges, and explore a career path in design.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an Undergraduate UX/UI Design Intern in the SIBG team, you will help shape user-centered digital experiences that support industrial safety, productivity, and efficiency. You will work closely with UX Designers, Design Researchers, and technical and business partners on projects that make a meaningful impact within 3M’s digital ecosystem. You will receive mentorship, structured onboarding, and hands-on opportunities to strengthen your skills in UX design, research, and digital product development.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to UX and UI design for digital tools and software used in industrial and safety applications.
• Build skills through project work, designer feedback, and mentorship.
• Apply user-centered design methods with support from senior UX Designers and Researchers.
• Assist with user research, synthesize findings, and translate insights into design recommendations.
• Participate in design critiques, workshops, and cross-functional project discussions.
• Create UX deliverables such as user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation.
• Learn and apply 3M’s digital and brand guidelines to ensure clarity and consistency across experiences.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, or higher, from an accredited institution.
• Experience using Figma.
• Experience or coursework in UX/UI projects developing user flows, wireframes, prototypes and design documentation.
• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher in Graphic Design, Brand Design, Design Communication, Industrial Design, UX/UI Design, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Experience or coursework in areas such as brand design, visual communication, UX/UI design, industrial design, product design, design research, or digital experience design.
• Working knowledge of design tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Miro, SolidWorks, Sketchbook Pro, or similar design software.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• A growth mindset, strong creativity, curiosity, and genuine passion for using design to solve real business and customer challenges.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a collaborative project environment.
• Ability to communicate design thinking, tell a clear story through design, and explain design decisions to team members and stakeholders.
• A collaborative working style with strong communication skills and a willingness to learn from designers, researchers, marketers, technical partners, and business teams.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and eager to build new skills through feedback, mentorship, hands-on project work, and problem-solving.

Work Location

• This Role has an on-site working model, with employees working at least four (4) days a week in the office at 3M Center, located in Maplewood, MN.
• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic travel.

3M provides eligible interns with a housing and transportation stipend in accordance with current policy.