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UX/UI Internship (Summer 2019)

ConsenSys

ConsenSys

UX/UI Internship (Summer 2019)

Brooklyn, NY +1 location
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    ConsenSys is a venture production studio focused on building and scaling tools and enterprise software products powered by Ethereum. Our mission is to use these solutions to power the emerging economic, social, and political operating systems of the planet. Our teams are busy at work building the future of identity, financial markets, commerce, the music industry, security and infrastructure, and more.

    As a ConsenSys intern you will be embedded with one of our teams and receive 1-to-1 mentorship while making real contributions towards building the Internet of tomorrow.

    This paid summer internship is on the DNA Team as a UX/UI Intern.

    About DNA :

    • DNA is a Mesh Service Circle building the tools and designing the processes to ensure a healthy, high functioning organization built on the principles of self organization. We are a team made up of individuals with various backgrounds ranging from UX/UI Experience Design, Finance, Gaming to Non Violent Communication and Community Development. We come together weekly to engage on our various workstreams ( which we also call “products” and discuss interdependencies / achievements/ milestones and support ). We run our team sprints using agile methodology.
    • This intern will be working predominantly with Samantha Wynn on various projects ranging from internal communications ( deck work, UX/UI Google Sites) to AAG Implementation ( facilitation / admin). This intern will have a lot of exposure to higher level organizational processes in a rapidly changing self organizing organism.

    Internship Responsibilities:

    • We work in Agile sprints, so this individual would be working with the team taking on various task work during sprints.
    • Typical Day: Sync with team in NYC office (if in NYC you should come in ~3 days a week), Review meetings for the next upcoming days and tasks/ deliverables, schedule meetings for the WG and scribe / collect action items, reach out to team members to see if there are any tasks you can take on. Sample projects: Samantha leads all company all hands meetings - virtual zoom meetings that require prep/ timing with global time zones/ and getting updates from every single circle and spoke in the company. The decks are outdated and need a new design. Your task will be to work with the labs team / design team to see through that we get a new deck for the Bi-Weekly and Tri-Weekly hub updates.
    • You would have guidance on how to do this, but you would take on a bulk of the leg work for this task item during this sprint.

    Here are some of the perks of being part of a unique organization like ConsenSys:

    • The forefront of a revolution. At ConsenSys we fundamentally believe that the next generation of technologies presents the opportunity to create a more just and equitable society.
    • A dynamic startup environment. ConsenSys is a thought leader in the blockchain space and we are absorbing a significant portion of the mindshare. This is both exciting and challenging, as we learn to scale our organization while adhering to the principles of decentralization.
    • Continuous learning. You'll be constantly exposed to new languages, frameworks, and ideas from your peers and as you work on different projects -- challenging you to stay at the top of your game.
    • Deep technical challenges. This entire ecosystem is about 10 years old. Ethereum itself is still a toddler. There is much work to be done before these platforms can scale to the order of millions or billions of users. ConsenSys is building the technology platforms that can get us to those next thresholds of scale

    Past ConsenSys interns have:

    • Contributed theoretical research to the Ethereum Foundation
    • Published among the earliest decompositions of the DAO hack
    • Helped INFURA scale to serve more than 40 million request per day
    • Contributed code to uPort, Boardroom, Weifund, the Proof-of-Physical-Address project and the original Ujo Music prototype—one of the most heavily transacted-with smart contracts in the first six months of the Ethereum mainnet.
  • Qualifications

    Ideal Experience and Skills:

    • UX/UI skills, can build a google site and is technically competent ( Javascript, C, C++, Go, Java, Python, PHP (HHVM) )
    • Is comfortable with being in front of many people on Zoom
    • Basic understanding of Agile methodology and Self Organization basics

    Nice to Have OR Bonus Points:

    • UX/ UI experience ( can set up a google site seamlessly )
    • Is comfortable in ambiguity
    • Understands self organization and the model for the organization we are trying to achieve
    • Understands Agile methodology core principles
  • Compensation
    $25-$35 per hour
  • Industry
    Computer Software
  • Locations
    San Francisco, CA • Brooklyn, NY
  • About Us

    ConsenSys is a global formation of technologists and entrepreneurs working to build decentralized software on the Ethereum Blockchain. Our vision is that blockchain technology will allow us to progress to the next generation of the Web, that we call the “Web 3.0”. We are a global 'mesh' working across 30+ countries who operate on self-organising principles, moving away from the top-down command and control system, encouraging teams to create their own governance models based on principles of transparency, feedback and autonomy. At ConsenSys, you'll have the opportunity to learn, contribute, build, and play alongside a supportive and likeminded community.