{"id":16273,"date":"2014-12-04T12:42:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T17:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2014-12-04T12:42:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T17:42:48","slug":"intern-design-strategist-intern-mckinsey-digital-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/12\/04\/intern-design-strategist-intern-mckinsey-digital-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"[INTERN] Design Strategist Intern, McKinsey Digital Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Send Applications to MDL-intern-recruiting@mckinsey.com<\/p>\n<p>Reports to: Team Leader \u2013 MDL Design &#8211; NYC<\/p>\n<p>Location: New York, NY<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS<\/p>\n<p>McKinsey &amp; Company is one of the world\u2019s premiere management consulting\u00a0firms with some 8,500 consultants across 89 locations in 50 countries. The Firm\u00a0provides a full spectrum of consulting services primarily to large corporations\u00a0but also to governments, international institutions, and non\u00adprofit organizations.\u00a0These organizations include 100 of the top 150 global companies, touching every\u00a0major industry.<\/p>\n<p>McKinsey Digital Labs (MDL) combines unparalleled business knowledge with\u00a0world\u00adclass user\u00adcentered design and agile software development to offer\u00a0distinctive IT enablement services to clients. Our development teams are small,\u00a0flexible and employ agile methodologies in a collaborative work environment.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ABOUT THE ROLE<\/p>\n<p>The Design Strategy intern will help focus work of the experience design team\u00a0from a business perspective. He or she will need to interpret client and consumer\u00a0needs, effectively communicate and present new strategies . Well qualified\u00a0candidates will have a background in design and analytical research with\u00a0knowledge of web user interface design.<\/p>\n<p>APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS<\/p>\n<p>Please complete the exercise below and email your resume, cover letter, and\u00a0exercise to mdl\u00adintern\u00adrecruiting@mckinsey.com before Friday, February\u00a020th. Candidates will be notified in March about interviews and intern offers.<\/p>\n<p>A major healthcare provider has approached us to help them reimagine how they\u00a0deliver healthcare services to patients. They are interested in transforming their\u00a0business model from being treatment focused (expensive to provide) to being\u00a0health and wellness focused (better for patients). This includes digitally enabling\u00a0existing services such as finding a doctor, appointment scheduling, prescription\u00a0management, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Your mission: Assume the digitally delivered services will be delivered via a\u00a0smartphone app. What information would you want and how would you go about\u00a0getting it? What activities would you propose? What artifacts would you\u00a0provide to your client? Feel free to share rough examples to support your\u00a0answers. You should spend no more than 2 hours on this exercise.<\/p>\n<p>RESPONSIBILITIES<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Industry and trends research<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Contribute to the definition of the service vision and proposition<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Conduct user research to provide justification for design decisions<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cultivate outside\u00adin thinking on teams for client solutions<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Identify new opportunities for growth and the strategic rationale for the\u00a0recommendations<\/p>\n<p>REQUIREMENTS<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Received a BA\/BS degree in Design, a research related field (e.g. Behavioral\u00a0Psychology, Sociology, or Ethnography), or related field or equivalent\u00a0practical experience<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Experience defining conceptual ideas into concrete ideas that can be executed<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ability to work both independently and in various team settings<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ability to work under pressure with a solid sense for setting priorities<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Customer focus and quality mindset<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send Applications to MDL-intern-recruiting@mckinsey.com Reports to: Team Leader \u2013 MDL Design &#8211; NYC Location: New York, NY ABOUT MCKINSEY DIGITAL LABS McKinsey &amp; Company is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intern","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}