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Design intern titles can look like: product design, UX, UI, fashion apparel design, graphic design, content design, digital design, and more.
Showcasing some design related roles from mid-sized companies and F500, spotlighting an Adobe Product Ambassador and LinkedIn Top UX Voice, featuring top recent news in the design industry, and highlighting some marketing organizations to follow on LinkedIn.
💼 List of Design Internships from F500 companies, and more
📎 Ambassador Spotlight: Adobe Product Ambassador Michelle Feng
📱 Recent news for the design industry
🌐 Resource of the day for students looking into hackathons
— Arlina Yang, Founder
Design internship roles with F500, Mid Sized Companies, etc
⭐ Bonus tip when applying these roles:
Click into the company page and scroll to the bottom to see related companies. By following or checking out other company pages, you can also find other design (or any other) related roles more easily because similar companies would most likely be hiring for similar roles.
And they say they’ve been applying everyday since school started.
Ambassador Spotlight: Michelle Feng
Can you give us an introduction of yourself and a brief look into your role at Adobe as a product ambassador?
Hey! I’m Michelle Feng, and I’m a 3rd year product design student at the University of California, Davis. As an Adobe product ambassador, I spread the word about Adobe products to UC Davis students through social media, hosting design workshops, and doing product giveaways!
Besides your role as an Adobe ambassador, you're very involved in many organizations, hackathons, and events. How do you think being a part of the campus or other extracurricular activities help you grow in your early career?
As a freshman in college, I was unsure what I wanted to pursue a career in, so I explored. I didn’t know where I was going at first, but my one goal was just to meet people. To meet people and learn about what was out there. Having this growth mindset helped solidify my career interest in product design, meet my now mentors, and gave me a sense of many possible routes beyond college.
What is one advice you would give for students who are looking to go into design roles in UX/UI in the future?
My one piece of advice is to surround yourself with others who are also looking to pursue UI/UX design. This can mean joining a tech club, taking a design class, or attending a hackathon/designathon. I did all three, and I would say being fully immersed in the world of design helped me grow the quickest.
📍 Connect with Michelle Feng here on LinkedIn to follow along her career journey!
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Recent Industry News:
Photo Credit: Figma Learn
Figma added 450 new Google Fonts to the platform
Select "Google Fonts (8/24 update)" from the font picker dropdown to access the new fonts. And on top of the new addition to fonts, Figma also improved file move enhancements. Now you can bulk move a group of files and find the right destination more easily.
Read more here from Figma.
Adobe General Counsel Dana Rao steps down after 14 years to prioritize family
“Personally, I think you need a three-year commitment to truly have an impact on your organization, your team, and, in some cases, the world…Last spring, as I approached my Adobe anniversary, I looked at the other priorities in my life and decided that they needed more of my attention. And in jobs like this, you have to put everything you have into everything you do,” Rao said on LinkedIn.
Resource of the Day: WeCracked, the Ultimate Hackathon Community
Our mission is to provide equitable access for students to attend hackathons and incentivize more experienced participants to assist those with less experience.
We aim to create a platform that not only facilitates student participation in hackathons but also fosters a community of mentorship and growth. With a healthy balance of competition.
We provide financial support for flights and housing to ensure students can attend these events without financial burden.
Join the hackathon community here: https://wecracked.com
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