UX Product Designer Intern

Are you ready to immerse yourself in the captivating world of product design and user experience? As a Product Designer Intern at Delta Dental, you'll have the exciting opportunity to bring smiles to millions of users by creating intuitive and delightful experiences. Join our passionate team and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver user-centric solutions that make a real impact. Whether it's shaping the future of our digital products or championing accessibility guidelines, your creativity and problem-solving skills will be the driving force behind enhancing oral health and well-being for our users. Get ready to showcase your talent, fuel your curiosity, and embark on a fulfilling journey of innovation and growth.Candidates must reside within the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.‍RESPONSIBILITIES‍

• Proficiency in Product Design and User Experience, collaborating with cross-functional partners to deliver user-centric solutions.
• Articulate problem statements, solutions, and impact through well-organized presentations with strong storytelling skills to influence and persuade the audience.
• Build strong working relationships with cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and supporting varying priorities.
• Apply fundamental design methods with a focus on accessibility and the design system.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the product domain, business, and actively participate in stakeholder meetings.
• Utilize design reviews to enhance quality within a safe and inclusive environment.
• Support the planning and facilitation of end-to-end collaborative design sessions with senior audiences.
• Maintain detailed design documentation for successful project launches.

People and Culture:

• Embrace a team player attitude, collaborating seamlessly with product team partners towards a common goal.
• Share design work openly, welcoming feedback, comments, and suggestions.
• Champion the need for accessibility guidelines and advocate for underrepresented users.
• Act as a design and user advocate on the UX core team, Product Team, and within the company.
• Curiosity-driven problem solver, constantly seeking to apply new design methods and sharpen your craft as a Product Designer.
• Engage and actively participate to help guide conversations towards resolutions.
• Proactive and self-motivated, taking the initiative to excel in your role.

‍QUALIFICATIONS‍

• Basic knowledge of design thinking principles to shape product vision and strategy in collaboration with product development partners.
• Familiarity with user research methodologies to synthesize evidence and define problems.
• Understanding of UX methodologies to define users and create meaningful experiences.
• Proficiency in wireframing, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping to communicate ideas and solutions effectively.
• Knowledge of design systems and their value in product development.
• Familiarity with accessibility and current industry guidelines.
• Experience working within an agile framework.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for interpersonal discussions and design documentation with teammates, product development partners, and stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation skills, organizational abilities, and the ability to communicate through storytelling to engage and persuade ideas and solutions.
• Ability to empathize with our users and advocate for better experiences and user-centered designs.
• Organized in design file management.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience with Figma and Fijam, showcasing your proficiency in design tools.
  
  Base Pay Information

The national base pay range is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental's assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity. $41,000 - $83,200ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONRewards to make you smile! We don't just want to make our customers happy - we want to give our employees a reason to smile, too. Delta Dental's comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Generous paid time off plus 12 holidays and your birthday off!
• Low-cost premium medical insurance options
• 100% paid dental and vision insurance
• Generous 401(k) matching and flat contribution
• Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities, including 16 paid volunteer hours annually
• Employee LiveWell program, focusing on overall employee well-being
• Fertility and diabetes benefits
• Employee discount program: AT&T/Verizon, entertainment, travel, and more!
• Culture of learning: career development and tuition reimbursement
• Career growth: we love promoting from within

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.#LI-RemoteABOUT THE TEAMAt Delta Dental, our success is only as strong as the people who execute it! We take enormous pride in being the nation's most recognized and widely-used provider of dental insurance - and we've come this far by living our core values of innovation, excellence, service and trust. Our vision is to motivate and empower every employee so that we're all inspired to take exceptional care of our customers, providers and ourselves. We believe in integrity, accountability, collaboration, and giving every employee equitable opportunity for their voice to be heard and development to be fostered.If you're excited about the prospect of transforming the future of health care and growing in your career, join our smile revolution!To see some of the smiling faces behind Delta Dental and to learn more about what our values and culture look like in action, connect with us on social media: Delta Dental Ins. on Facebook and Instagram, #LifeatDDins on Facebook and Instagram, Delta Dental Ins. on Twitter and Delta Dental Ins. on LinkedIn.We are part of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 74 million people in the U.S. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania and Delta Dental Insurance Company, together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation's largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering 33 million enrollees. All of our companies are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country.Delta Dental is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender or identity expression, age, disability, marital status, medical status, veteran status or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.Unfortunately, our Delta Dental Enterprise is unable to hire individuals residing in Alaska, North Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Puerto Rico or other US Territories at this time.Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.