Product Design Intern (2023)

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

As a Product Design intern at Lyft, you will be involved at every step of the product development process, from brainstorming broad ideas to ensuring design quality through launch. Using your full range of interaction, visual, and product thinking skills, you will help create an experience for our product teams.

In a lot of ways we function as a startup, meaning we all work closely and collaboratively across organizations to align on product vision and ship products. Our Design and Research teams live and breathe user-centered processes to create the best possible, end-to-end, experience for millions of Riders and Drivers daily. We can be scrappy when we need to be, though we are always focused on quality and impact.

As a qualified intern candidate, you have a track record of building projects to successful outcomes for users and the business. You are a strong cross-functional partner, great communicator, and are able to take a solution from idea to implementation. You uphold a high quality bar and have a strong appreciation for the details. Above all, you approach problems holistically and create elegantly simple solutions to multi-faceted problems.

Responsibilities:

• Problem solve, think big, and explore divergent concepts/ideas while understanding how to converge and build iteratively towards your vision
• Plan strategically and think tactically as a partner with product and engineering to define the future of the team
• Influence the shape of the product with research and data while executing design work using high quality wireframes, mockups, user journeys, and cross-platform interactive prototypes
• Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting cross-functionally, while being able to precisely articulate design rationale
• Inspire the entire team (including your cross-functional) partners by bringing new ideas to the table
• Create a unified, end-to-end experience through close collaboration with team members from across the Product Design teams

Experience:

• Currently pursuing B.S. or M.S. in Design related field (UX, UI, HCI) with at least one additional term of school to complete after the end of this internship
• Available during Summer 2023 for an internship
• Experience designing on multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Mobile web, Desktop, etc) is a bonus!
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Some experience with design tools (Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• Some experience with interactive prototyping tools (Framer, Principle, Origami, Invision Studio, etc.)
• Excellence in design craft
• Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team
• Excited about working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

(Intern) Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Mental health benefits
• In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Benefits are available for Lyft team members who work 30 or more hours per week. Please request information about benefits available to team members who work 29 hours or less per week. 

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.  

This role is work-from-anywhere in the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. 

The expected range of pay for this position in the US is $44.28 - $58.00/hour. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.