Digital Product Design (UX) Internship (Summer 23/24)

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We’re looking for the next generation of Canvanauts! 

Our Canva internship is a 12-week remote friendly program that runs from the last week of November to the last week of February. There will also be an opportunity to meet your team in person at our flagship campus in Sydney to experience all the magic of Canva in real life. So your summer time is sorted.

As an Intern, you'll have the opportunity to work on real-life projects from start to finish. Along with this, we'll pair you with a Host and assign you a Buddy who will ensure your success every step of the intern journey. Think of them as your own personal intern tour guides. 

You’ll be part of a welcoming and inclusive Early Talent community of peers that take pride in Canva’s culture of being good humans and empowering each other to achieve our big goals.

But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you. 

• Understanding the Canva product, and learn about the company and brand landscape at Canva. 

• Learning to design at scale and have a real impact on the business and on people’s everyday lives.

• Developing your craft with some of the most talented designers.

• Using your UX/UI skills to navigate from chaos to clarity and help your team in imagining innovative solutions to real user problems.

• Interacting with a wide variety of stakeholders from both inside and outside your team

• You are currently enrolled and completing your studies between 2024 and mid-2025.

• You are currently based in Australia (citizen, PR, international student), or New Zealand (citizen).

• You are ready to present a portfolio of personal projects and case studies from inside or outside the classroom showcasing strong visual design, interaction design or user experience with problem-solving orientation. Please provide in a zip file, along with your resume.

• You are able to articulate what makes a good product and why.

• You Love to ideate, design, prototype, test, and rapidly iterate on components and systems for continual improvements.

• You have the ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (what we build, not just how it looks)

• You have experience in design tools (for example Sketch and InVision).

• You have strong problem-solving skills with balanced interaction and visual design skills.

• You have strong communication skills – you should be able to articulate your design decisions.

• You have the ability to give and receive constructive feedback on design work.

• You have experience in web and mobile application design.

• You are able to commit to the 12-week, full-time summer program from the last week of November to the last week of February. (We can provide some flexibility for dates that might overlap with university timelines.)

One of the principles of our design team is to ‘show the future’. As designers we transport the rest of the company into a future we’re yet to build. A big part of the role of a product designer at Canva is to be a visionary—visualising and reinventing the future of design. 

Product Designers at Canva take the dream and make it something everyone can relate to and rally behind. We start from the very early stages: finding the right problem to tackle, exploring ideas for how to solve it and then refining it into a coherent solution. Our Product Designers carry out research, brainstorming, sketching, prototyping, and collaboration with our engineers to ship great products.  We are empathetic user advocates and respect our users’ opinions through interviews, usability testing, and data analysis, as well as wireframing, flowcharting, and journey mapping to show the different stages that customers go through as they come into contact with Canva.

But don't just take our word for it, check out what Intern - Yolanda Li has to say about Interning at Canva -

We are welcoming applications for the Digital Product Design (UX) Internship till 13 July 2023, only. Following this advertisement closure date, successful applicants will be reached out to directly to proceed to the next step of our Canva Early Talent hiring process.

Here at Canva, we endeavour to respond to every applicant regardless of the outcome, should you not be successful, we will respond to your application within 5 working days following this advertisement closure date.

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. 

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• The opportunity to work on a real-life and impactful project from start to finish

• Mentorship from experienced Canvanauts

• Budget for Intern run social events throughout the program

• Flexible working schedule with access to office a campus or co-working hub if you live nearby

• A campus week in Sydney where you'll get to meet your team in person and experience the Canva magic 

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. 

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.