Send Applications to MDL-intern-recruiting@mckinsey.com
Reports to: Team Leader – MDL Design – NYC
Location: New York, NY
ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS
McKinsey & Company is one of the world’s premiere management consulting firms with some 8,500 consultants across 89 locations in 50 countries. The Firm provides a full spectrum of consulting services primarily to large corporations but also to governments, international institutions, and non-profit organizations. These organizations include 100 of the top 150 global companies, touching every major industry.
McKinsey Digital Labs (MDL) combines unparalleled business knowledge with world-class user-centered design and agile software development to offer distinctive IT enablement services to clients. Our development teams are small, flexible and employ agile methodologies in a collaborative work environment.
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The Designer Intern will translate client business requirements, user needs, and technical capabilities into applications that are visually exciting, easy to use, and emotionally engaging. He or she will need to clearly communicate these concepts to clients and client service teams. Well qualified candidates will have a background in design with knowledge of web user interface design, front-end development, visual design, and a detailed knowledge of current user experience trends and information architecture.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please complete the exercise below and email your resume, cover letter, and exercise to mdl-intern-recruiting@mckinsey.com before Friday, February 20th. Candidates will be notified in March about interviews and intern offers.
Exercise 1: You are the designer on a new healthcare app project. The app will be a one-stop resource to schedule appointments, refill prescriptions, manage payments and claims, and monitor personal health and health improvements. Design a dashboard for this app. Please provide a wireframe and a hifi version of your design as well as an explanation for the design decisions you made. Spend no more than 2 hours on this assignment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Translate business case into sketches, wireframes, and hifi designs throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Iterate quickly on designs based on daily feedback
• Act as a thought partner on the project to contribute expertise and build the best user solution
REQUIREMENTS
• Visual UI development
• Received or pursuing a BA/BS degree in Design (e.g. interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), HCI, CS, or related field or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with rapid iteration and design tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, and onscreen prototyping tools)
• UI development for functionality
• Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks and libraries is a plus (e.g. AngularJS, Ember.js, Backbone.js)
• Understanding information architecture and the model-view-controller (MVC) design paradigm is a plus
• Having mobile experience is a plus
• Familiar with HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and in various team settings
• Ability to work under pressure with a solid sense for setting priorities
• Customer focus and quality mindset
• Ability to manage own learning and contribute to functional knowledge building