User Experience Designer Internship

About the User Experience Designer Internship at Amazon

Amazon internships across all seasons are full-time positions, requiring interns to work in the office, Monday-Friday, up to 40 hours per week typically between 8am-5pm. Specific team norms regarding working hours will be communicated by your manager. Students should not have conflicts such as classes or other employment during the Amazon work-day.

Applicants should have a minimum of one quarter/semester/trimester remaining in their studies after their internship concludes. By applying to this position, your application will be considered for all User Experience (UX) Designer roles at various locations we hire for in Canada, including but not limited to: Vancouver, BC; Toronto, ON, Winnipeg, MN, Victoria, BC, Ottawa, ON, Calgary, AB. Locations are subject to change. You will be able to provide your preference of location and start date during the application process, but we cannot guarantee that we can meet your selection based on several factors, including availability and business needs. Finalization on location and start dates will be provided at the time of job offer. This internship starts in Summer (May/June 2026).

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 provides hands-on learning and building experiences for students interested in a career in UX Design. In addition to working on an impactful project, you will have the opportunity to engage with Amazonians for both personal and professional development, expand your network, and participate in fun activities with other interns throughout the summer. No matter the location of your internship, we give you the tools to own your internship and learn in a real-world setting.

Design at Amazon has been growing steadily in reach and impact—from devices to fashion, delivery logistics to search and streaming video, from voice and sound to physical retail, and more—all while creating and cultivating experiences that touch Amazon customers everywhere, every day. Amazon design teams include every flavor of UI, UX, visual, motion, illustration, brand, and marketing design roles—as well as design technologists, researchers, writers, and more. Check out https://amazon.design/, and come build the future with us.

Basic Qualifications

• Are 18 years of age or older.
• Are enrolled in an academic program that is physically located in Canada.
• Work 40 hours/week minimum and commit to a 12-week internship maximum.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment to deliver high-quality design solutions.
• Have at least two creative materials for Amazon to review (can be in any format, e.g., website, PDF, slide deck).
• Experience in a variety of design, wire-framing, and prototyping tools.
• Currently working towards a Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Design, Human-Centered Interaction, Statistics, Psychology, Computer Science, or other equivalent discipline, with an expected conferral date between October 2026 – December 2029.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with consumer brands and experience design, and a passion for storytelling.
• Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs.
• Experience with visual design demonstrated 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 indicating the problem you were trying to solve, your design process, early design iterations, and the final implemented design. We want to see your approach.
• Pay attention to detail: A submission is a visual story-telling (beginning, middle, and end). Have a clear visual hierarchy, consistent spacing and alignment, and show your intention behind your decision.
• Be customer-centric: Explain who your customer is, their unmet needs, how you validated or invalidated your assumptions about your customer, and how your design addresses their needs.

Key Skills/Competency

• UX Design
• UI Design
• Interaction Design
• Wireframing
• Prototyping
• User Research
• Visual Design
• Design Thinking
• Customer Feedback
• Stakeholder Communication