UIUX Design Intern

UIUX Design Intern

Location: New York City | Hybrid

Type: Part-Time Internship

Commitment: 15-20 hours per week

Salary: Paid

Company Description

Ping AI is dedicated to turning everyday life into something more meaningful, intuitive, and delightful through intelligent products and experiences. The company focuses on using artificial intelligence and thoughtful design to enhance how people interact with technology in daily contexts. Team members collaborate across disciplines to build products that feel simple on the surface but are powered by sophisticated, human-centered innovation. Ping AI values curiosity, experimentation, and a willingness to rethink the ordinary to create impactful solutions for users.

Role Description

As a UI/UX Design Intern, you’ll help design new mobile features and improve existing product experiences.

This role focuses on mobile product design, user flows, interactions, and polished UI. It is not primarily a graphic design or social media design position.

What You’ll Do

• Design intuitive, polished screens for new and existing mobile features
• Translate product ideas into user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes
• Create high-fidelity, implementation-ready designs in Figma
• Review existing experiences and identify opportunities to simplify and improve them
• Explore multiple design directions and communicate the reasoning behind your decisions
• Collaborate with founders, product managers, and engineers throughout the design process
• Prepare specifications, components, and assets for engineering handoff
• Incorporate feedback from users and the team into design iterations
• Research consumer apps, interaction patterns, and relevant product trends
• Help build and maintain our design system across components, typography, spacing, and interactions

Who We’re Looking For

• Currently enrolled in college or recently graduated
• Strong visual design skills and attention to detail
• Proficient in Figma
• Good understanding of mobile UI/UX principles
• Able to think through complete user journeys, not just individual screens
• Comfortable explaining and receiving feedback on design decisions
• Curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment

Portfolio Required

Please include a portfolio with your application.We’re especially interested in seeing:Mobile app or digital product design

• UI/UX projects
• Examples showing your design process and thinking
• Personal, academic, internship, or freelance projects are all welcome

Applicants without a portfolio may not be considered.