Product Design Intern

Role and team

What you will do

• Support designers with daily design tasks, prototyping, iteration refinement, and design critiques.
• Create prototypes for presentations, user testing, and product development.
• Own design work and present it to stakeholders across teams.
• Contribute to design initiatives for e-Transfer.
• Review and refine designs for accessibility compliance.
• Execute design solutions in Figma, apply design thinking, contribute to design systems, and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
• Support UX Research activities.

Education and portfolio

• Currently completing an undergraduate degree or certificate at a Canadian institution in Interaction Design, Design, UX/UI, or a similar field.
• Provide a strong portfolio demonstrating direct contributions and a wide range of design capabilities.

Design skills and experience

• Demonstrate high proficiency with Figma to create visually appealing user interfaces and designs.
• Show strong UI skills, from low- to high-fidelity and pixel-perfect designs, grounded in UX/UI best practices.
• Translate business and stakeholder needs into design executions; familiarity with FigJam and Jira is requested.
• Show interest in mobile and desktop experiences, responsive web design, and mobile applications.
• Use design thinking to understand user and stakeholder needs, ideate and prototype, explain design rationale, and iterate based on feedback.
• Communicate effectively, with some experience presenting design concepts and solutions.
• Demonstrate time management, organization, prioritization, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with accessibility guidelines, Figma Make or other AI design tools, and motion graphics or microanimations is advantageous.
• Experience with developers, project managers, product owners, UX research, user testing, A/B testing, or Agile teams is advantageous.

Pay and term

• The position pays $25 per hour; the exact amount depends on skills, experience, and job-related knowledge.
• The internship runs from January to April 2027.

Workplace

• The role offers a flexible hybrid work model.
• The downtown Toronto office is located minutes from Union Station.

Intern support

• Interns can attend monthly socials and an Interac learning bootcamp.

Pre-employment checks

• Successful candidates must complete background checks, which may include criminal, identity, public safety, employment, education, credit, and social media verification.