NOW BREWING – TECHNOLOGISTS!

From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and its rich tradition, but that also inspired connection. We are known for developing and supporting students who share this passion and are guided by their service to others. Join us for our 2019 STARBUCKS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM and immerse yourself in an enduring global company that values people and fosters innovation. At Starbucks, we are performance driven, through the lens of humanity; we strive to create opportunities with broader impact. Connect with something bigger and discover your potential as a UX DIGITAL PRODUCTS DESIGN INTERN.

As an undergraduate Technology intern, you will be stretched to build on your existing knowledge, challenged to maximize your learning agility, and positioned to make a meaningful and lasting contribution to your team. In this role, you'll be responsible for inventing, executing, and perfecting digital products across our three platforms: iOS, Android, and the Web. You work end-to-end cross functionally moving ideas into real, viable experiences. You understand complex business and user needs and distill them into simple features and flows, using data to inform any decision. You’re a fierce advocate for the Starbucks customer. You’ve got an instinctive sense of focused and clean design. You’re passionate about good design from function to form. You love typography. You understand visual hierarchy and the ways to best optimize what’s visually presented to the customer at any given time. Below is a summary of possible responsibilities:

• Work independently on a product team focused on a major customer-facing features and be able to communicate rationale, background for your decisions.
• Collaborate with product management to define features and how they map back to customer and business need.
• Contribute to prioritization of work and projects.
• Work with other product designers to receive and provide feedback and critique.
• Work with data scientists and user researchers to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of your work.
• Work quickly and effectively on multiple projects. Ship brand new features, bug fixes on existing features, and small improvements responding to customer need.
• Design interactions for new features, applying existing design patterns and creating new ones, across our platforms.
• Build and prototype what you design using a variety of web front-end internal tools as well as native prototyping tools.
• Collaborative and innovative with a great sense of humor.

DIGITAL PRODUCTS AT STARBUCKS:

Every morning, tens of millions of people enjoy food and drinks at Starbucks. Our digital products are transforming this customers’ experience in big ways. The quality of this experience in a digital context depends on great design and the opportunity to innovate at a global scale is huge.

Our products impact millions of people’s lives by not only taking the friction out of a daily routine but also rewarding them for their loyalty through conveniences, personalized content, and unique utilities. These features include: In-Store Pay, Mobile Ordering, Delivery, Find A Store, Spotify In-Store Music, Personalized Content, Gifting, and Card / Rewards Management.

Starbucks Technology internships are paid, 10-week assignments at the Starbucks Support Center in Seattle, WA (our corporate headquarters). Each student selected for a Starbucks internship may be considered for full-time career openings upon completion of a Bachelor’s degree program.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS WHO HAVE: 

• Ability to communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and design details both verbally and visually.
• Experience working in a product organization, driving design from planning to release over multiple releases, designing for iOS, Android, and Web.
• Experience working closely with developers to iterate to a point of functionality then to a point of pixel perfection
• Exposure to professional design, all facets of human-centered design and user experience, spanning UX strategy, experience/interaction design, user research/assessment, prototyping, visual design, and user adoption.
• Demonstrated visual design skill, especially in the construction of visual hierarchies on layouts, and attention to detail on typography, spacing, and colors.
• On top of the latest digital trends and process methodologies.
• Comfort with common front-end / UI technologies with interest to learn more.
• Experience with Sketch or prototyping tools such as Principle or Framer is a plus.

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Active enrollment in an accredited undergraduate Computer Science, Software Engineering, Graphic Design, UX Web Design, or equivalent program
• Anticipated graduation with a Bachelor's degree between December 2019 and August 2020.
• Minimum cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0

Starbucks and its brands are an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals, including minorities, women, veterans & individuals with disabilities. Starbucks will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local ordinances.

Starbucks is about more than just a coffee; they're dedicated to employee and community growth. Starbucks even runs a program that pays for their baristas tuition to help them finish their education. That’s why when you launch your career inspired by human connection and the opportunity to become your personal best, the possibilities are endless. SCAP - Starbucks College Achievement Program