Overview:LMI is seeking highly motivated university students for an internship opportunity in User Experience design!
LMI is a consultancy dedicated to powering a future-ready, high-performing government, drawing from expertise in digital and analytic solutions, logistics, and management advisory services. We deliver integrated capabilities that incorporate emerging technologies and are tailored to customers’ unique mission needs, backed by objective research and data analysis. Founded in 1961 to help the Department of Defense resolve complex logistics management challenges, LMI continues to enable growth and transformation, enhance operational readiness and resiliency, and ensure mission success for federal civilian and defense agencies.
LMI has been named a 2023 Campus Forward Award Winner! This Award recognizes excellence in early career hiring, celebrating the teams that embrace innovative recruiting strategies, care deeply about the candidate experience, are making significant investments in DEIA, and are supporting the next generation of talent through impactful internships and entry-level programs.
Responsibilities:
- Work as part of an agile software development team to help create thoughtful and intuitive user interface designs, wireframes, and prototypes
- Utilize design tools and processes to create new product design elements
- Participate in peer reviews of design work to evaluate design techniques and overall success in creating compelling user experiences
- Work with team members of all levels to complete daily tasks, share design and development knowledge, follow-up and escalate issues appropriately, and recommend design and process enhancement
- Take part in user-centered design methods including user research & synthesis, exploration, storytelling, detailed design, journey mapping and prototyping
- Translate user stories and business requirements into effective designs
- Work alongside a UX Designer to conduct user research into how users work through existing UIs and obtain user feedback on existing designs that will help inform new design improvements
- Help instill a human-centered and collaborative culture in the company
Qualifications:
- Current enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate program in a UI/UX related discipline
- Availability to work full-time for at least 10-12 weeks
- Strong understanding of design principles and how to apply them
- Technical knowledge to suggest web-based technologies to be applied to your design is a bonus
- Prior experience as a UI designer or web designer is a plus
- Strong interpersonal and listening skills, with ability to develop and maintain professional relationships within LMI and with its clients
- Team-oriented attitude with a growth mindset and willingness to continually learn and apply new technologies
- Previous experience with UX design tools such as Figma or Adobe XD preferred
