UX/UI Design Intern

About the Role

Reingold is seeking a UX/UI Design Intern for a full-time, in-person internship. This role focuses on designing websites, apps, and digital tools that simplify complex information. You will work with a digital team on projects for government, nonprofit, and commercial clients, contributing to all stages of the design process from research to prototypes. This is a hands-on opportunity to build your portfolio and learn agency-level user-centered design.

• Internship duration: January 7, 2026 – May 28, 2026
• Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week), 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern time
• Location: Alexandria, Virginia (five in-office days, Monday – Friday)
• Pay: $20/hour

Key Responsibilities

• Create wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups for client websites, applications, and digital campaigns.
• Support user research including heuristic analysis, usability testing, and competitive audits.
• Synthesize research findings into clear, actionable insights.
• Assist in developing personas, journey maps, site maps, and information architecture.
• Apply client brand guidelines and design systems.
• Help build and maintain reusable components and style libraries.
• Review designs for accessibility to help meet WCAG and Section 508 standards.
• Share work in progress during team critiques and present ideas to internal teams and clients.
• Document design decisions and prepare project deliverables such as annotated designs and research summaries.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to build and follow timelines and meet tight deadlines.
• Eagerness to learn by doing and take initiative.
• Ability to receive and incorporate peer feedback.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Digital Media, or a related field.
• Clear and professional oral and written communication skills.
• Collaborative, team-player attitude.