Immersive Design Intern
Punchcut is looking for an Immersive Design Intern to join our team. You should have a strong understanding of user-centered design and be comfortable working independently and in collaboration with other designers. You are currently enrolled in an academic program in a related field, and you’re passionate about design that goes beyond the flat screen using motion, prototyping, code, sound or space to create innovative solutions to both web, mobile and emerging interfaces. You feel comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative design studio environment.
Responsibilities
- Produce design artifacts such as wireframes, interaction guidelines, and logic prototypes
- Go beyond wireframes and mockups to show designs through higher-fidelity media such as motion, prototypes, code, sound or 3D.
- Design and prototype experiences for emerging interfaces
- Help with the creation, evaluation, and execution of new tools, workflows, and frameworks
- Create conceptual diagrams, use cases, and storyboards
- Sketch user scenarios and user interfaces to help conceptualize user experiences
- Participate on multi-disciplinary teams to solve design challenges
- Assist other members of the immersive design, interaction design and visual design teams as needed
Qualifications
- Experience designing for web, mobile and emerging interfaces. Designing for games, voice, automotive, or XR is a plus
- Education in Computer Science, Motion Design, Interaction Design or related field
- Strong understanding and demonstration of user-centered design theory and practice
- Comfortable using design tools including Figma and Sketch
- Able to bring designs to life using prototyping tools such as Principle, ProtoPie, Framer, Origami, Unity or HTML/CSS/Javascript
- Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
- Sense of humor and positive, flexible attitude
Why Punchcut?
Punchcut is a human interface design and innovation company headquartered in San Francisco. For fifteen years, we’ve worked with the world’s top companies to envision, design and launch connected products and services that engage customers and transform businesses.
We also love the diversity, challenge and satisfaction that come from our projects. Whether envisioning the next autonomous vehicle or working closely with engineers on next year’s hottest wearable, Punchcut designs the future.
As a Punchcut intern, we’ll never send you out to fetch coffee. Rather, you’ll play an active role on client projects, getting real-world, hands-on experience. Each day, you’ll learn from insightful and experienced co-workers while enjoying the beautiful city of San Francisco. We mix it up with game nights, afternoon field trips, lab days, snack Fridays and more, all to ensure work/life balance.
Punchcut is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Location
San Francisco, remote
Commitment
Full-time (Intern)
Come design the future of everything!