Summer Intern - Product Design

Position: Summer Intern - Product Experience Design
About G2 - The Company

G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. When you join G2, you're joining the industry's leading team that helps businesses reach their peak potential by powering decisions and strategies with trusted insights from real software users.

Now, we have joined forces with Capterra, Software Advice, and Get App to create the largest source of online data and software insights to fuel intelligent buying in the age of AI. With 200M+ combined annual visitors and 6M verified reviews, we are now the centralized place to enable software buyers to make better and faster decisions with confidence.

And we are just getting started! We are setting out to transform the global B2B software industry and become the most trusted data foundation for buyers and sellers of software for the age of AI.

Does that sound exciting to you? Come join us as we try to reach our next PEAK!

About G2 - Our People

At G2, everything we are and what we do is grounded in our PEAK values- (Performance + Entrepreneurship + Authenticity + Kindness. Working at G2 means you are part of a value-driven, growing global community that climbs PEAKs together. We cheer for each other's successes, learn from our mistakes, and support and lean on one another during challenging times. With ambition and entrepreneurial spirit we push each other to take on challenging work, which will help us all to grow and learn.

You will be part of a global, diverse team of smart, dedicated, and kind individuals - each with unique talents, aspirations, and life experiences. At the heart of our community and culture are our people-led ERGs, which celebrate and highlight the diverse identities of our global team. As an organization, we are intentional about our DEI and philanthropic work (like our G2 Gives program) because it encourages us all to be better people.

About G2's Intern Program

G2's Intern Program is back for its 6th amazing summer! You'll work closely with leaders and peers throughout the 10 weeks- focusing on making a real impact on G2, with a final presentation about your work to our Executive & Senior Leadership Teams. We've packed the summer full of professional development and social events to lay the foundation for your career, ensuring you'll have a balanced experience over the course of the 10 weeks.

G2 Intern Program Details

* 10 weeks:
June 1 - August 7

* Hybrid:
Tuesday through Thursday required in-person at our Downtown Chicago HQ

* Pay: $20/hour; 40 hours a week

About

The Role

As a Product Experience Design Intern at G2, you will be responsible for delivering a solution for a project with both design and technical challenges. You will work closely with the Product Experience Design team members who will support you through the program. You can also expect to work closely with stakeholders and Squad members (engineers and product managers) while building competency in design patterns, standards, methods, and processes.

You will also be expected to learn and apply best design practices, growing your expertise in the UX discipline.

As a member of the Product Experience Design team this summer, you'll focus on:

* UX RESEARCH:
You'll work closely with other designers to do continuous discovery. Continuous discovery is a collaborative process in which UX designers facilitate user interviews to uncover opportunities to improve our interface and user experience. It also involves working with designers and engineers to map, prioritize, and ideate on those opportunities, as well as provide recommendations.

* PORTFOLIO PIECE:
Working on a design project from start to finish. You'll gather and analyze user data, create low and high fidelity wireframes, do usability testing, and use other UX methodologies to meet project goals.

* DESIGN OPS:
Work with designers to improve the operation of our team, including UX documentation, processes, design system maintenance, brainstorming sessions, and more. You will join weekly Design Guild meetings and Design Critiques to view work and present your own work and progress. You will also meet several days in-person at G2's office to connect with designers and collaborators.

Minimum Qualifications:

We realize applying for jobs can feel daunting n if you don't check all the boxes in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

* A rising Junior or Senior pursuing an undergraduate degree at an accredited college or university

* Pursuing a degree related to UX Design, UX Research, Human-Centered Design, or a comparable field

* Experience with user research theory and methods

* Ability to create interactive prototypes based on existing user journeys

* Familiar with current interaction design concepts, and a good understanding of design systems

* Experience using Figma

* An inquisitive mind

* A passion for every component of the user experience

* Attention to detail and concern for accuracy

Our Commitment to Inclusivity and Diversity

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