Innovate. Collaborate. Build. Create. Solve. The KPMG Digital Lighthouse is KPMG's award-winning Analytics & AI Center of Excellence recognized by clients and leading analyst firms in the US and globally. The KPMG Lighthouse is a curation of specialized technical capabilities and domain experts working across the digital landscape: applied data science, AI, data engineering and insights, software engineering, automation, and big data. Here, you'll work with a diverse team of professionals to explore and build solutions for clients in a multiplatform environment. You'll be an important part of our high-energy, unique, fast-paced, and innovative culture that delivers with the agility of a tech startup and the backing of a leading global consulting firm. In this particular role, you'll work specifically in the AI Analytics & Engineering Community within the Digital Lighthouse, on a wide range of projects. From applied AI to optimization to big data platform engineering, your analytical and technical skills will drive real impact in the business world.

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KPMG is currently seeking an Advisory Intern for our Federal Lighthouse/Platforms practice in Consulting.

Responsibilities:

• Help to craft elegant solutions to complex user problems with the ability to balance user and business needs while working with a cross-functional team

• Support in varying agile phases of design and discovery, project and business goals with teammates and stakeholders

• Help throughout design discovery to develop, execute and analyze user research studies including interviews, Human-Centered Design (BCD) interviews, card sorting, surveys and usability testing

• Assist in creation of user experience, visual and service design artifacts such as user personas, information architecture, high-fidelity wireframes and visual designs, customer experience maps, data visualization graphics and functional prototypes

• Liaise with team members to create presentation materials, graphics and custom illustrations

• Manage ambiguity in processes and connect the dots between disparate ideas, while delivering work within deadlines

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing the following degrees/majors; Bachelors or Masters degree in Graphic Design, UX Design, or equivalent program from an accredited college or university

• Must have a current/most recent GPA of 3.00 or above

• Strong technical aptitude, demonstrated quality service mindset, critical thinking and quantitative skills and ability to navigate Adobe Creative Suite with a strong working knowledge of XD, Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketch, InVision, Figma, Mural, Miro and other design tools

• Defined consulting skills, with the ability to surface project requirements, build good relationship dynamics and help lead discussions effectively

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both client and internal settings

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal government security clearance within a reasonable period of time, which requires U.S. citizenship

• Ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed, at times with relatively short notice

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

KPMG LLP (the U.S. member firm of KPMG International) offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

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