User Experience Designer Internship

Amazon User Experience Designer Internship

Amazon internships are full-time, in-office positions, requiring interns to work Monday-Friday, up to 40 hours per week, typically between 8am-5pm. Interns must not have conflicts like classes or other employment during work hours. Applicants need at least one quarter/semester/trimester remaining in their studies post-internship. By applying, your application will be considered for all User Experience Designer Intern roles across various US locations, including but not limited to: Greater Seattle Area (Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond), Greater Bay Area (San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara), Greater DMV (DC, MD, VA), Austin (TX), New York City (NY), Minneapolis (MN).

You can specify your preferred location and start date during the application, though availability and business needs will determine the final assignment. Final details on location and start dates will be provided with the job offer.

Internship start dates for 2026 include:

• Winter (Starts January/February 2026)
• Summer (Starts May/June 2026)
• Fall (Starts August/September 2026)

Role Overview

As a User Experience Designer Intern, you will contribute to product vision and collaborate with a team that defines and designs user interfaces, systems, and interaction, visual, motion, and voice design patterns. You must be proactive, creative, flexible, resilient, and able to handle high levels of ambiguity.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Design thoughtful, beautiful, and useful software user interfaces and experiences in a team environment.
• Create user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings.
• Use business requirements, user and market research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements.
• Design the UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of applications and experiences.
• Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes.
• Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications and design patterns.
• Work with program managers to plan projects for effective delivery while maintaining high standards for design.
• Be a passionate and effective advocate for design with non-design audiences.
• Write effectively to communicate design rationales and benefits to Amazon customers.

A Day in the Life

Our internship program offers hands-on learning and building experiences for students pursuing a career in UX Design. Beyond working on impactful projects, you'll engage with Amazonians for personal and professional development, expand your network, and participate in fun activities with other interns. Regardless of location, we provide the tools to own your internship and learn in a real-world setting.

Design at Amazon

Design at Amazon has steadily grown in reach and impact, covering areas from devices to fashion, delivery logistics to search and streaming video, and voice to physical retail. We create and cultivate experiences that touch Amazon customers everywhere, every day. Amazon design teams include every facet of UI, UX, visual, motion, illustration, brand, and marketing design roles, alongside design technologists, researchers, and writers. Explore more at amazon.design and join us in building the future.

Basic Qualifications

• Enrolled in an academic program physically located in the United States.
• 18 years of age or older.
• Commit to a full-time (40 hours/week minimum), 12-week maximum internship.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment to deliver high-quality design solutions.
• Submit at least two creative materials for Amazon to review (website, PDF, slide deck, etc.).
• Experience in various design, wire-framing, and prototyping tools.
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Design, Human-Centered Interaction, Statistics, Psychology, Computer Science, or an equivalent discipline, with an expected conferral date between October 2026 – December 2029.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with consumer brands and experience design, coupled with a passion for storytelling.
• Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and directly with developers for design implementation.
• Demonstrated visual design experience through mockups and style guides.
• Knowledge of mobile and web design patterns and accessibility standards.
• Ability to proficiently present design solutions to stakeholders in design, product management, and engineering.

Creative Materials Guidance

• Show your thinking: Include at least two projects illustrating the problem you aimed to solve, your design process, early iterations, and the final implemented design. We want to understand your approach.
• Pay attention to detail: A submission is visual storytelling (beginning, middle, and end). Ensure clear visual hierarchy, consistent spacing and alignment, and articulate the intention behind your decisions.
• Be customer-centric: Explain your customer, their unmet needs, how you validated or invalidated assumptions, and how your design addresses those needs.

Compensation Information

Amazon's compensation reflects labor costs across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this User Experience Designer Internship ranges from $35.05/hr in the lowest geographic market up to $76.01/hr in the highest. Pay is based on market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company, and depending on the position, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total package, along with a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits. More information is available at aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position remains posted until filled. Applicants should apply via internal or external career sites.

Key Skills/Competency

• User Experience Design
• UI Design
• Prototyping
• Wireframing
• User Research
• Interaction Design
• Visual Design
• Design Systems
• Customer-Centric Design
• Product Vision