Intern (UX) User Experience Designer/ (UI) User Interface/ (IXD)
InteractionDesigner Internal Job Classification: UX/ UI Intern
Department: SP – Product Design
Reports to: Manager, Senior Manager, Director
FLSA Classification: Temp/ Intern
Prepared by: Doug Kanter
Creation Date: May 1, 2019
About Dexcom:
Founded in 1999, Dexcom, Inc. provides continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology to help patients and their clinicians better manage diabetes. Since our inception, we have focused on better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by delivering solutions for people with diabetes — while empowering our community to take control of diabetes.
Summary:
Dexcom’s Product Design Team is seeking a talented intern in the areas of User Experience Design (User Experience and User Interface Design). The ideal candidate is one who shares our passion for exploring and creating world-class user experiences.
The User Experience Design Intern will work closely with our product design team to learn the existing products and assist with documentation and design of process flowcharts, user interfaces, and interactive prototypes for various web, mobile, and physical products. Candidate must be proficient in documenting design intent and well-organized. It is beneficial the candidate have familiarity with iOS, Android mobile and wearable devices and familiarity with Android, Google, and iOS UX & UI guidelines.
Responsibilities:
● Exhibit understanding of good practices in UX and/or UI design
● Create process flows, interaction flows, wireframes, and behavior specifications
● Quickly and efficiently create and update prototypes
● Thrive in highly collaborative, fluid, fast-paced open office environment
● Ability to manage their own time and work within deadlines set by project leads
● Work with project leads to understand scope and task priorities for multiple projects
● Have working knowledge of mobile and web design standards, usability heuristics, and
platform guidelines (ex: Google Material Design and iOS Human Interface Guidelines)
● Excellent presentation skills with the ability to explain and defend designs
● Eagerness to work with other creative people and across teams
Qualifications:
● Have working knowledge of mobile and web design standards, usability heuristics, and
platform guidelines
● 0-1+ years of experience in any or all of the following fields: User Experience Design
and/or User Interface Design
● A portfolio demonstrating strong UX and/or UI
● Must have good communication skills to discuss tradeoffs between design options
● Actively seeks discussions for design direction when direction is not obvious
● Ability to work in a structured corporate environment
● Education or experience in user-centered design techniques
● Open to learning to technology, practices, and software
● Ideally has experience in using an interactive screenflow prototype tool and working with
logic and variables
Education Requirements:
● Candidate can be currently in school pursuing a bachelor’s degree or greater in user
experience, visual design, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, design, or in
related field.
● Candidate can also have a bachelor’s degree or greater in visual design,
human-computer interaction, cognitive science, design, or in related field.
Position Information:
● This position is paid
● This position will be over 35 hours per week
● This internship will run on a contract with extension options based on performance and
need
Position Location:
● Portland: 308 SW 2nd Ave., Portland, OR 97204
Travel Required:
● 0 – 24%
Language Skills:
Must be able to communicate effectively in English. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May be required to perform the following Physical Activity: Standing, walking, sitting, using hands, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell. May be required to lift 0 lbs. to over 100 lbs.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May be exposed to the following environmental conditions: Wet or humid conditions, work near moving parts, work in high – precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals,
outdoor weather conditions, extreme heat (non-weather), extreme cold (non-weather), risk of electric shock, work with explosives, risk of radiation, vibration. The noise level in this work environment can range from quiet to very loud.
Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
How to Apply:
Please submit your resumé and link to your portfolio via email to doug.kanter@dexcom.com.