Summer 2027 – User Experience Design Intern

SAS • Cary HQ, NC

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The User Experience Design Intern will join Core UI Design in SAS’s R&D Division. Core UI Design defines foundational product design building blocks—including components, patterns, and standards—to help SAS product teams deliver consistent, accessible enterprise user experiences. The team partners with Core UI Development Teams to translate designs into high-quality, production-ready UI elements.

The intern will work with product management and product and development teams to address business problems through design, explore data-informed visualizations, investigate AI-enabled design challenges, and contribute to or use the Filament Design System. The role includes creating and testing user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and interface specifications; conducting user research; analyzing and presenting findings; and collaborating with accessibility experts to support inclusive, usable experiences.

This is a 12-week hybrid internship based at SAS’s Cary, North Carolina headquarters, with at least three days per week in the office. The internship runs May 18, 2027 through August 6, 2027; dates are not flexible, and interns must be available to start in person at Cary HQ on May 18. Interviews begin on a rolling basis. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

• Be an undergraduate college student enrolled in an accredited program and not graduating before December 2027.
• Currently study Graphic Design, User Experience and Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Information Science, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Have experience with or interest in AI ethics, designing for AI, and/or AI design tools.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate leadership abilities and initiative, including going above and beyond the call of duty.
• Show interest in the future of analytics and embrace technology.
• Be curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable.
• Be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Be available to start in person at Cary HQ on May 18, 2027, and for the full internship dates, May 18 through August 6, 2027.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Mural, or Miro.
• Familiarity with one or more UX design areas, such as design systems, accessibility, ethical design, responsive design, or data visualization.
• Exposure to front-end technologies such as CSS, HTML, or React.

Responsibilities

• Work with product management to solve business problems through design.
• Create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes to communicate complex concepts.
• Explore and create data-informed visualizations and artifacts.
• Investigate and solve AI-enabled design challenges.
• Participate in collaborative design sessions with design peers.
• Contribute to and/or use the Filament Design System to support consistency across products.
• Collaborate with product and development teams to ensure design solutions are feasible and can be implemented.
• Gather user data through methods such as task analysis, usability tests, participatory design, surveys, and focus groups.
• Iteratively test designs using low- and/or high-fidelity prototypes.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, and present findings and recommendations to the product team.
• Collaborate with accessibility experts to support inclusive and usable experiences.
• Generate user interface or component specification documents.

Benefits

• Face time with company leaders and executives.
• Hybrid work flexibility, with at least three days per week in the office.
• Free SAS programming training and certification.
• Well-being programs, including an on-site Work/Life Center, Recreation and Fitness Center, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and subsidized cafés.
• Hackathons, social events, and other opportunities to connect and engage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed