Internship

About the Role

The Undergraduate Design Intern role is intended to start in Summer 2027 and is a temporary position within 3M. Interns typically work a full-time schedule for a 10-12 week assignment, limited to 899 hours per service credit year. This position offers an opportunity to transition from other experience to a 3M career.

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

3M Design, within the Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG), is a multidisciplinary internal creative team supporting brand, product, packaging, digital experience, and design research across industrial, safety, and professional-use markets. As a 3M SIBG Design Intern, you will apply design skills to real business challenges, collaborating with experienced designers and cross-functional partners. Interns gain exposure to a human-centered design process, translating customer insights and business needs into brand-aligned solutions across physical products, digital experiences, packaging, and visual systems. 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 is designed to help 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 SIBG, 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 within 3M’s digital ecosystem. You will receive mentorship, structured onboarding, and hands-on opportunities to strengthen skills in UX design, research, and digital product development.

Key Expectations for an Undergraduate UX/UI Design Intern

Be Motivated

• Take ownership of work and bring initiative to assignments.
• 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.

Be Collaborative

• 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 a 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

• On-site at 3M Center, Maplewood, MN. Employees work at least four (4) days a week in the office.
• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic travel.

Stipend

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

Legal Authorization

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.