Visual Product Design Intern - Summer 2022

Squarespace is a design-centric product company at heart which enables anyone to build a beautiful online presence. Product designers at Squarespace are embedded within product teams amongst product managers, engineers and researchers. Our product teams are deeply collaborative, and each member is directly responsible for the team’s success.

We are seeking a promising designer for our summer intern program to work alongside full-time product designers on the design direction and user experience of squarespace.com. We work closely with creative marketers to translate high impact brand moments into thoughtful digital experiences that are optimized for conversion. As such, you should have a strong background in visual, web, and interaction design. Together with the product team, you will consider a wide range of user needs and goals in order to create an experience that aids the user’s comprehension of the entire Squarespace ecosystem, and empowers them to make confident and inspired decisions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on project briefs and scoping
• Create rational, elegant solutions to complex problems 
• Create wireframes and early-stage prototypes
• Continually seek to understand the capabilities and technical constraints of the systems with which you’ll be working
• Present ideas and work clearly to the product team and larger group
• Deliver polished comps, flows and assets to team members
• Participate in user research and testing, ensuring usability and product consistency

Qualifications

• Recent graduate (2022) or enrolled student (Spring 2023 anticipated graduation) in a design program
• Previous internship and/or work experience
• An understanding of visual and user experience design
• Experience using Figma
• An understanding of web and mobile applications

A portfolio of relevant design work is required for consideration. It should illustrate your involvement and how you contributed to solving specific problems.

Application Deadline: Friday, April 15th

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a leading all-in-one website building and ecommerce platform that enables millions to build a brand and transact with their customers in an impactful and beautiful online presence. Our suite of products enables anyone at any stage of their journey to manage their projects and businesses through websites, domains, ecommerce, marketing tools, and scheduling, along with tools for managing a social media presence with Unfold and hospitality business management via Tock. Squarespace democratizes access to best-in-class design, helping our customers in approximately 200 countries and territories maintain consistent branding across all digital touchpoints to stand out online. Our team of more than 1,400 is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.