UX Design Intern (Summer 2027)

Bound•Ames, IA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a UX Design Intern at Bound, you'll spend the summer contributing to real product work that helps athletic directors, coaches, and families spend less time on logistics and more time on what matters. You'll partner closely with our UX Design team to research, design, and prototype features across the platform, from our native app, to our responsive website, to our admin tool, gaining hands-on experience with the full design process, not just the visual layer. This role exists to bring a fresh, research-minded perspective to our design team while giving you real ownership over shippable work, not just busywork. Success in this role looks like contributing meaningfully to at least one feature from early research through final design, and leaving with a clearer sense of how research, data, and design work together on a fast-moving product team.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a degree or a recent graduate, majoring in UX Design, Graphic Design with an emphasis in UX design, or a closely related field
Hands-on experience designing in Figma
Working knowledge of core UX principles and the design process; research, ideation, prototyping, testing
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain design decisions clearly
Portfolio link showcasing your UX design process and work, submitted along with your resume

Nice To Haves

Genuine interest in the research side of UX and using data to make informed UX decisions; performing user interviews, usability testing, synthesis
Experience using Claude or other AI tools as part of a design or research workflow
Experience working within Figma component libraries or design systems (variants, auto layout, shared styles)

Responsibilities

Design user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups in Figma for features across Bound’s app, public website, and admin tool
Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into clear, intuitive interfaces
Support user research efforts, including planning and conducting interviews or usability tests with athletic directors, coaches, parents, and student-athletes
Synthesize research findings into insights, personas, or journey maps that inform design decisions
Contribute to and help maintain Bound’s Figma component library, keeping designs consistent and reusable
Build prototypes to communicate design intent and test concepts before development
Participate in design critiques and iterate on work based on team feedback
Help evaluate designs post-launch by gathering user feedback and identifying areas to improve
Explore how AI tools like Claude can support and speed up design and research workflows
Document design decisions to support clean handoff to engineering
Present work to cross-functional teams