UX Design Intern

Awardco is reimagining the workplace to be more rewarding, supportive, and fun for everyone. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the employee experience industry, our mission is to help employees love what they do, love where they work, and get recognized for their efforts—especially our own employees! And as winners of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work, Best in Brightest in the Nation, and Great Place to Work, we do much more than talk the talk. Our Product team is excited to bring on talented interns to make a direct contribution! The vision of this role is to enable millions of people around the world to be recognized for the good work they are doing for their company. You will go deep into the needs of our core users and clients and support them on their end-to-end experience with Awardco. UX is evolving quickly as AI reshapes how design work gets done, and we’re looking for someone who’s curious about using these tools thoughtfully, not just quickly, to do their best work. This internship has a target start date in April or May 2027 with an anticipated end date in August or September 2027 with the potential to extend. This is a full-time summer internship. *We currently have multiple product/engineer internships open at the moment. Please only apply to the internship that aligns most with where you want to pursue your career.* The recruiting team will review applications October 2027. What you will do: • Apply user-centered design principles to improve the workflow, expand the functionality, and enhance the visual appeal of our platform. • Gather requirements from users and stakeholders, define information architecture, create sample user personas, and document user workflows, using AI tools to speed up research synthesis while applying your own judgment to catch what needs to to be corrected from AI output. • Design wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, including interactive, near-functional prototypes using AI-assisted or design-to-code tools to test ideas quickly with real users. • Perform user research, usability testing, or facilitate focus groups, knowing when AI-generated summaries and insights need a closer human look. • Apply the results from user research and usability testing to create new features and improve current features, connecting design decisions to real business impact. What you will bring: • Enrolled in a relevant bachelor’s degree program or within 1 year of completed program/relevant bootcamp certification. • Familiarity with core design software (Figma, Claude Code and Claude Design), plus hands-on comfort with other internal AI-assisted design and research tools, you don’t need to be an expert, but you should be actively experimenting with AI. • Ability to think critically about AI-generated work: knowing when a first draft, prototype, or research summary is good enough to move forward, and when it needs more human judgment. • Coachable and open to feedback. • Strong communication and collaboration in a team environment. • Accountable and ready to take ownership over assigned tasks/projects. Starting pay: • $20-$25/hr Why Awardco? • We have a revolutionary, client-approved product. • One of the fastest growing companies in the nation: 3x Inc. 500, 2x Deloitte Technology Fast 500, 2x Mountain West Capital Network Fast 100, 3x Fast 50 (Utah Business), and 3x UV50 Fastest Growing Companies (BusinessQ), to name just a few. • Great Place to Work certified, ranked in Inc. Best Workplaces, one of the Best and Brightest companies to work for, and ranked on the Salt Lake Tribune's Top Workplaces. • Backed by renowned investors, both local and national. Awardco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Disclaimer: Please be aware that all official communication regarding your application will only come from an email address ending in @awardco.com. If you receive any communication from a different domain, it may be fraudulent, and we encourage you to report it.