Intern - UX/UI Design Job

Job description

Requisition ID: 126300
Work Area: Software-Development Operations
Expected Travel: 0 - 10%
Career Status: Student
Employment Type: Intern

 

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

 

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries innovate through simplification. From the back office to the boardroom, warehouse to storefront, on premise to cloud, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.

 

Purpose and Objectives

 

If you love innovation, embrace challenges, and want to have a positive impact on the lives of millions of people by designing easy-to-use and beautiful data visualization applications, come work with us. You will work on real-world projects with a small team of interns mentored by leading experts from SAP as well as project partners from UN agencies, state and local governments, charities and NGOs.

 

As a UX/UI Design Intern/Co-op you will be responsible for the quality and clarity of human-computer interactions using a user-centric design approach. You will be responsible for seeing through full user interface design cycles for the given project – from concept development, prototyping and testing, to crafting high-fidelity mockups. You will have a lot of creative influence in this team therefore you should be able to communicate your concepts effectively and clearly.

 

Responsibilities

 

·  Create exciting information visualizations enabling the user to instantly understand the data in the right context, spot patterns, trends and relations in a self-service manner.
·  Collaborate with designers, developers, and external project partners to ensure designs are implemented as effective user experiences.
·  Participate in, and integrate feedback from user research.
·  Define and design use cases, workflows and storyboards describing how the user would interact with easy-to-use, data visualization apps.
·  Identify all elements of interaction and navigation, and lay them out within a screen so they direct the user without confusion or error.
·  Create consumer grade usable designs using wireframes and prototypes.
·  Present your designs in team design reviews as well as to the extended group of internal stakeholders.
·  Participate in iterative design, testing and development sprint cycles to refine the overall product.
·  Support marketing activities (e.g. collateral development) around the successful launch of emerging solutions on multiple platforms.

Required experience

 

·  Expertise with Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop
·  Pursuing degree in Interaction Design, Visual Design, Communication Design, Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors or other related user experience design disciplines.
·  Well-developed skills in designing compelling user experiences, wire framing, sketching (story boarding, scenarios, rough layouts, mock-ups), and user interaction design are critical.
·  Understand the process of defining, designing and delivering consumer-grade applications.
·  Good at solving interface and interaction design problems, offering not just one but a variety of viable solutions.
·  Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively engage and convey ideas to cross-functional technical and non-technical teams

Desired experience

 

·  Passion for addressing sustainable development challenges, whether environmental, social, or economic.
·  Knowledgeable about the user interface capabilities and standards of leading data visualization platforms.
·  Knowledgeable about the technologies underlying software interfaces, and able to absorb quickly what you don’t already know.
·  Experience with data visualization design and development with an appreciation and empathy for the entire software design process.
·  Valid passport as some travel outside Canada may be required.  

About the Sustainable Design Team

 

The Sustainable Design team is a global team of skilled technical, business, and creative experts focused on co-innovation projects applying analytics, cloud, and big data technologies to address the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.

 

About the SAP Apphaus

 

We work in an open concept space known as the WatHaus that allows for easy collaboration, open discussions, and a fun, everyday working environment. The WatHaus is motivated by principles of user empathy, delightful user experience, best-in-class technology, agile development, and multidisciplinary cooperation. We invite you to be creative while solving interesting and challenging design problems.

 

We have some cool technology in the space like the Christie Digital MicroTiles, Leap, wearables, and the latest mobile and computing devices. We’re also home to our D-shop – a makerspace for prototyping with Lego-like electronics and 3D printing. We’re actively investing in the latest technology and pursuing to get the HoloLens, AR, and VR technologies involved in this space.

 

The SAP Waterloo Intern/Co-op Experience

 

Our Waterloo site has been recognized for offering one of the best work term experiences available anywhere. From the moment you arrive you'll be impressed with our commitment to creating an outstanding coop environment! 

 

Our co-op students do real work - period.  We treat you like full-time staff.  Students have the opportunity to challenge their skills while working on projects that support SAP’s leading position in strategic markets (e.g. mobile, cloud, big data).

 

We have approximately 30-40 co-op students at any given time, and being part of that community plays a big part in your experience. We make sure that you have a chance to interact and support each other, as well as socialize at co-op events.  Our commitment to keeping you happy shows in the fun activities we put together just for our students.  We offer flexible work hours, casual dress, free soft drinks and many other great perks!

 

We invite you to visit us online to learn more about our company and products.

 

SAP'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT

 

To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

 

SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team (Americas: ************@*******.** or ************@*******.** , APJ: ************@*******.** , EMEA: ************@*******.** ). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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