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Summer Intern - UX/UI Design and Graphics

WEX

WEX

Summer Intern - UX/UI Design and Graphics

South Portland, ME +3 locations
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX) provides B2B payment processing and information management solutions. From our roots in fleet card payments beginning in 1983, we have expanded the scope of our business to multi-channel provider of corporate payment solutions in fleet, virtual travel and healthcare markets.

    From our headquarters in South Portland, Maine to our locations in Sao Paulo, London, Rome, Singapore, Melbourne and beyond, our WEX team of 3,000 employees is working in over 20 countries and in 22 different currencies to lead the way in value-based business payment processing and information management solutions.

    Our innovative technology, payment, and data solutions are working to enable our customers and business partners to focus on what they do best: achieve their business growth objectives.

    WEX is recognized as one of the 20 companies that invest in their people’s success as well as one of the 14 companies where employees can make an impact.

    The Company has been publicly traded since 2005, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “WEX.”

    This role:

    WEX is looking for students interested in working in a fast-growing and complex B2B company. Our Summer interns work within their assigned teams to design and envision how people experience our products and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined and even magical. In a UX/UI Design role, you’ll take on complex tasks and transform them into intuitive, accessible and easy-to-use solutions for billions of people around the world—from the first-time user to the sophisticated expert.

    Achieving this goal requires collaboration with teams of other Designers, Researchers, Engineers and Product Managers throughout the design process—from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes. At each stage, you will anticipate what our users need, advocate for them and ensure that the final product surprises and delights them.

    Summer assignments at WEX range from May to August. Our program is designed for both undergraduate and graduate students.

    What you will be doing:

    Motion Designer:

    • Create motion studies for enhancing usability, interaction, storytelling, and delight.
    • Work closely with UX partners and product managers to ideate and define.
    • Work closely with engineering to integrate into products.
    • Work closely with research to test and inform user experiences.

    Visual Designer:

    • Produce a quality design that accurately reflects a visual design language or brand guideline.
    • Understand of typography, color, grid, and composition. Demonstrate best practices for pixel-perfect production considerations and methods.
    • Use a broad range of style that can be consistently executed with an aesthetic personality or voice that is consistent, though not restricting.
    • Develop and communicate underlying concepts that inspire design implementation.

    Interaction Designer:

    • Produce and test interaction flows and mocks that accurately communicate product functionality to the product, engineering, and visual design team members.
    • Pair research with an intellectual curiosity that encourages testing and iteration is essential.
    • Understand modern web and/or mobile environments such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Android UI, and iOS UI, as well as how the technologies of each can be used to further enhance the overall experience.
    • Appreciate aesthetic details
  • Qualifications

    Who we are looking for:

    • A design portfolio that demonstrates design principles for web and/or mobile platforms.
    • Candidates must have the technical skills required for the work and pass a rigorous interview process geared toward assessing creativity, innovation, and technical abilities.
    • Candidates should be curious, innovative, and willing to learn.
    • Candidates must have a deep interest in technical solutions, focusing on both the infrastructure and application aspects of solution implementations.
    • Candidates should have experience with object-oriented programming and basic database skills.
    • Candidates should have an understanding of cloud services and be interested in researching and significantly advancing their knowledge of the architecture and implementation of cloud-based solutions.

    Preference is given to the following:

    • Currently pursuing an MS degree in graphic design, human-computer interaction, computer science, or related field and graduating in 2019, 2020 or 2021.
    • Demonstrable proficiency with design tools (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, After Effects, Quartz Composer, Framer Studio, etc.) and familiarity with front-end engineering and/ or working with engineers.
    • Ability to apply brand visual assets in a user interface context and understanding of user-centered design principles.
    • Solid analytical, creative and visual thinker with excellent communication skills, both verbal and visual.
    • Strong design background in fundamentals along with relevant internship work, work experience, or personal project experience outside the classroom in interaction, graphic design or motion design.

    Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disability

  • Industry
    Financial Services
  • Locations
    South Portland, ME • Nashville, TN • Midvale, UT • Ogden, UT
  • About Us

    WEX is a global payments technology provider operating across four key verticals: fleet, healthcare, corporate payments, and travel. We provide visibility, actionable insights, and control to our clients, so they can focus on taking their business to the next level.