Treehouse – UI / UX Design Intern

We are looking for an experienced and talented UI/UX Design Intern to design and shape unique, user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience working in agile teams, with developers, and other UI/UX designers. You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction.

Interns must be able to commit to working from August to December 2022, preferably full time. 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be a great team player, experienced in working with agile teams. Ability to collaborate closely with developers, copywriters and other UI/UX designers.

• Conceptualize, create, improve and use wireframes, prototypes, style guides, user flows, and effectively communicate interactive ideas.

• Present and defend design decisions, ensuring it is in-line with the overall roadmap as well as your personal design thinking and fundamentals (i.e. color theory, visual weight, etc).

• Continually keep up to speed with the latest trends, standards, and updates in the UI/UX industry.

• Ensure that the product interface aligns with the company’s overall vision and style.

• Understand and conduct usability testing.

Requirements

• Able to commit to an internship from Aug - Dec 

• Full time interns preferred but open to part time interns as well

• Undergraduate student (2nd-3rd year)

• Hold a strong existing portfolio and confident of explaining design concepts and ideation during the interview.

• Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, etc.

• Experience using tools such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision, UXPin, Quartz.

• Understanding of basic front-end languages: HTML5, CSS3 Javascript.

• Creative ideas with a problem solving mindset.

• Experience working in an agile/scrum development process.

• Be open to receiving objective criticism and improving upon it.

• A user-centric mindset.

• Great communication skills and capable of explaining decisions.

• Excellent understanding and experience in building financial applications / dashboards on desktop and/or mobile.

• Solid understanding of layouts and design as well as UI/UX design systems.

• Preferably be able to work on Figma.

• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.

Perks

Do something meaningful; Be a part of the future of financeFast moving, challenging and unique business problemsGreat career development opportunities in a growing companyFlexible working hours, Casual work attireOn-site company gym; and a fun & global team!

Company Description

Treehouse provides DeFi users with live analytics and risk metrics of their digital assets. We are building a unified and user-friendly interface to help users successfully manage their portfolio in the ever-changing world of DeFi. We aim to be the gateway for all traders to effectively manage their DeFi risk across chains and are backed by some of the largest Global VC's and global crypto exchanges.