Associate Designer

Introduction

In this role, you will join IBM Consulting via our world‑class Associates Program for university hires. As an Associate Designer at IBM Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients worldwide. Our clients' technical and business needs are constantly evolving. We’re hiring inspired, talented individuals who believe no problem is too big to solve.

We focus on your professional development through ongoing learning, mentorship, development of technical skills, and continuous personal growth, all grounded in a culture of coaching and career advancement. If you see yourself as someone who never stops learning and who wants to unleash your potential, the IBM Consulting Associates Program is for you.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long‑term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions that result in ground‑breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long‑term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

As an Associate Designer at IBM, you’ll focus on customer and employee strategies that explore opportunities to improve digital innovation, addressing user needs and designing world‑class digital experiences. You’ll support uncovering user and business requirements in the context of the technical landscape through applying User Experience, Design Thinking, and Information Architecture methods. In your role, you may be responsible for:

• UX and UI work such as creating wireframes, visual interfaces and prototypes; annotating the wireframes; collaborating with other designers, researchers, consultants and developers; ensuring interactions are documented and addressed correctly.
• Conducting user research leveraging IBM Enterprise Design Thinking and performing direct user research as part of managing a project.
• Supporting a Senior Designer on UX and UI production tasks, incorporating feedback, and working closely with developers and testers on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Visual Design work, such as creating delightful concepts and exploring the art of the possible, producing mock‑ups and prototypes from sketches and wireframes, and collaborating with clients, senior designers, front‑end developers to implement dynamic human‑centered digital solutions.
• Creating storyboards, layouts, impactful presentations, graphics, data visualizations, and other design artifacts in preparation for client meetings or product development.
• Participating in or leading design workshops, incorporating input from multiple stakeholders, communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, outlining digital experiences screen by screen, and working with front‑end development teams.

• Atlanta, GA
• Austin, TX
• Chicago, IL
• Dallas, TX
• Houston, TX
• New York, NY
• Durham, NC

Bachelor’s Degree

• Conduct user research leveraging IBM Enterprise Design Thinking and perform direct user research as part of managing a project.
• Support a Senior Designer on UX and UI production tasks, incorporating feedback, and working closely with developers and testers on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Engage in visual design work, creating delightful concepts, mock‑ups, prototypes from sketches and wireframes, and collaborating with clients, senior designers, and front‑end developers to implement dynamic human‑centered digital solutions.
• Create storyboards, layouts, impactful presentations, graphics, data visualizations, and other design artifacts for client meetings or product development.
• Participate in or lead design workshops, incorporate stakeholder input, communicate conceptual ideas and design rationale, outline digital experiences screen by screen, and collaborate with front‑end development teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 100%.

• Professional or university‑based design experience with a portfolio representing design artifacts and associated projects.
• A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view.
• Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and work with individuals, strengthening relationships to achieve win‑win solutions.