Product Design Intern

Zillow•Seattle, WA

1d•$104,000 - $166,000•Remote

About The Position

Zillow’s Product Design team creates intuitive digital experiences that help customers accomplish their goals by simplifying workflows and making complex information easier to understand. The team partners with product managers, engineers, researchers, and content designers to balance customer needs, business goals, accessibility, and technical constraints. As a Product Design Intern, you will contribute to a scoped design project with guidance from experienced designers. You will gain hands-on experience taking a customer problem through exploration, prototyping, and refinement. Zillow’s nine-week summer internship program runs from June through August and gives students the opportunity to contribute to real business projects, work with mentors and leaders, and participate in learning and community experiences with the intern cohort. The 2027 internships are based in Seattle and generally bring interns together in person Tuesday through Thursday. The role is categorized as remote; remote employees work from a physical location of their choice that must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 states, with limited exceptions. Eligible interns will receive a stipend to help offset summer housing and relocation costs.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in design, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
Provide a portfolio demonstrating foundational UX/UI skills, user-centered problem solving, and design process. Coursework, personal projects, and volunteer work are welcome.
Have a foundational understanding of interaction design, user flows, wireframes, and prototyping.
Have experience using Figma or a comparable design tool; coursework and personal projects count, and prior professional product design experience is not required.
Communicate clearly, collaborate respectfully, ask thoughtful questions, and incorporate feedback from mentors, peers, and cross-functional partners.
Explain the reasoning behind design work, share progress, and manage scoped tasks with guidance.
Be willing to explore alternatives, iterate, and learn from feedback.
Submit a resume and a portfolio with 2–3 examples of design work, including access instructions; describe the problem, your role, your process, and what you learned for each example.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to user interviews or usability testing.

Responsibilities

Help define a customer problem, explore solutions, and develop user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and refined interface designs for a scoped design project, with guidance from experienced designers.
Present design recommendations, process, and learnings at the end of the internship.
Partner with designers, product managers, engineers, and research or content partners; learn how teams evaluate ideas, define success criteria, and balance customer needs with technical constraints.
Document design intent and support implementation review.
Help improve navigation, interactions, and information clarity so customers can complete tasks more easily.
Use established design system components and patterns while considering accessibility and consistency.
Review existing research and customer feedback, support usability testing, and translate findings into design improvements with guidance.
Share work in design critiques, explain design thinking, and refine solutions based on feedback.
Learn to incorporate AI tools into design work alongside experienced designers.