UX Designer Intern

About the Role

• This is a summer-only internship, taking place between May/June and August/September 2027.
• Amazon internships across all seasons are full-time positions.
• Interns should expect to work in office, Monday through Friday, up to 40 hours per week, typically between 8 am and 5 pm.
• Specific team norms around working hours will be communicated by your manager.
• Students should not have conflicts such as classes or other employment during the Amazon workday.
• Applicants should have a minimum of one quarter, semester, or trimester remaining in their studies after their internship concludes.
• By applying to this position, your application will be considered for all UX Designer Intern roles at the locations Amazon hires for across the United States.
• Amazon is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to product vision and collaborate with a team that defines and designs user interfaces, systems, and interaction, visual, motion, and voice design patterns.
• Design thoughtful, beautiful, and useful software interfaces and experiences in a team environment.
• Create user-centered designs informed by market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings.
• Use business requirements and user and market research to help develop scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements.
• Define the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of applications and experiences.
• Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes.
• Create and maintain detailed user interface specifications and design patterns.
• Partner with program managers to plan projects for effective delivery while maintaining high design standards.
• Advocate passionately and effectively for design with non-design audiences.
• Communicate design rationale and benefits clearly to Amazon customers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience working in a collaborative team environment to deliver high-quality design solutions.
• Experience in a variety of design, wire-framing, and prototyping tools.
• Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs.
• Experience with visual design demonstrated through mockups and style guides.
• Knowledge of mobile and web design patterns and accessibility standards.
• Ability to proficiently present design solutions to stakeholders in design, product management, and engineering.

Qualifications

• Are 18 years of age or older.
• Work 40 hours/week minimum and commit to 12-week internship maximum.
• Have at least two creative materials for Amazon to review (they can be in any format, i.e. website, PDF, slide deck).
• Currently working towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Design, Human-Centered Interaction, Statistics, Psychology, Computer Science, or other equivalent discipline, with an expected conferral date between December 2027 – June 2028.
• Able to relocate nationwide - relocation assistance provided if eligible.
• Experience with consumer brands and experience design, and a passion for storytelling.

Creative Materials Guidance

• Show your thinking: Include at least two projects indicating the problem you were trying to solve, your design process, early design iterations, the final implemented design.
• Pay attention to detail: Have a clear visual hierarchy, consistent spacing and alignment, and show your intention behind your decision.
• Be customer-centric: Explain who your customer is, their unmet needs, how you validated or invalidated your assumptions about your customer, and how your design addresses their needs.