UX Design Intern

Vantaca+HOAi•Wilmington, NC

1d•Remote

About The Position

We're looking for a UX Design Intern to join our design team this summer. This is a unique opportunity to work directly alongside senior designers and our design director on real product work in a fast paced, high growth environment. You'll get hands on mentorship from a small, tight knit design team that is actively pushing the boundaries of how we work by embracing AI tools and modern design practices. This is Vantaca's first UX design internship, which means you're not filling a seat in an established program. You're helping shape what this experience looks like. You'll work on a small team where your contributions are visible, your voice matters, and you get real mentorship every day. Description Powered by AI, Vantaca's vision is big! We are the leading AI-native community management performance platform that enables owners and operators, community management teams, boards and associations to work smarter, faster, and with unprecedented insight. More than just accounting and management software, Vantaca is intelligent business operating software that leverages artificial intelligence to automate routine work, surface actionable insights, and help our customers increase revenue, efficiency, flexibility, and control. Built on modern cloud architecture with a single-platform design, Vantaca combines comprehensive functionality that adapts to 100% of business processes with AI-powered automation that learns and improves over time. Our proactive AI capabilities don't just report on what happened; they predict what's coming and recommend what to do next. From intelligent document processing and predictive analytics to automated workflows and conversational interfaces, we're transforming how community management companies operate. With seamless integrations across the software and banking ecosystem, we're building the intelligent hub for community management where AI doesn't just assist, it anticipates. Vantaca is focused exclusively on community management and is the trusted technology leader defining the AI-powered future of the community association management industry. We're building something fundamentally different, and our customers are experiencing the competitive advantage that comes from working with truly intelligent software. Vantaca just achieved unicorn status with a $1.25B valuation, so it's safe to say we're past the "scrappy startup phase." We're not just building a successful company—we're building the category-defining platform that will transform how an entire industry operates.

Requirements

Curiosity and a love of learning. You're the kind of person who picks up new tools and techniques on your own because you genuinely enjoy it, not because someone told you to.
Interest in AI and new ways of working. You don't need to be an expert, but you should be excited about exploring how AI can enhance the design process. Our team actively uses tools like Claude and Cursor as part of our daily workflow, and we'll teach you how we use them.
Strong design fundamentals. You understand core concepts like hierarchy, layout, typography, and user flows. You can look at an interface and articulate what's working and what isn't.
Clear communication. You can explain your design decisions and walk someone through your thinking. You're comfortable asking questions when something isn't clear.
Experience with Figma. You've worked with components, auto layout, and prototyping in Figma and feel comfortable navigating and building within it.
Familiarity with design systems or component libraries. You understand how components work together to create consistency across a product, whether from coursework, personal projects, or previous experience.
Comfort with a fast pace. We move quickly and things evolve. You should be energized by that, not intimidated by it.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to any AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or anything else)
Coursework or projects in HCI, interaction design, or visual design
Basic understanding of how designers collaborate with developers

Responsibilities

Work directly with our design team on meaningful projects that impact real users and real product decisions.
Design System Component Development: You'll work within our existing design system to audit, improve, and build components with proper variants, states, and documentation. You'll learn how thoughtful component architecture makes a product more consistent and scalable, and you'll contribute components that our team uses long after your internship ends.
Workflow Redesign Project: You'll own a focused redesign project from discovery to final recommendation. This means researching current user pain points, identifying opportunities for improvement, designing a more intuitive workflow, and presenting your final recommendations to the team.
Participate in design critiques, collaborate with product managers and engineers, and learn what it looks like to design for a complex enterprise product in a startup environment.

Benefits

AI-First Product Culture with access to cutting-edge tools and autonomy to experiment.
Our eNPS is +68!
Remote Flexible - come to the office when needed
Unicorn-stage growth: $1.25B valuation, $300M Series C, scaling from 275 to 400+ employees
Named on Inc 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies
Named on Inc 5000 Vet 100 Private Companies list multiple years in a row
Winner of Coastal Entrepreneur Award, Technology Category
Active employee-led Culture Committee
Ongoing industry and professional development trainings available to all employees
Multiple leaders on the executive committee recognized as 40 under 40 recipients for contributions to business and community