What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer 2026 Design Intern position at Intuit?
At Intuit, our mission is to power prosperity around the world. Every day we innovate with our flagship products - TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, and Mailchimp. Whether you’re a consumer, self-employed, or a small business owner, we’re in your corner to help make your dreams of prosperity come true through technology that impacts the lives of millions of people.
This job posting serves as the central application point for all Design Intern opportunities at our company, including Product Design and other emerging design roles (e.g., UX, Visual, Research, Motion, Service Design). Your profile and interview performance will be actively considered across our entire design organization to ensure the best possible match.
Responsibilities
Help drive the creation of high-quality design deliverables (e.g., UI components, wireframes, visual layouts, and interactive prototypes) that reflect a relentless high bar for visual and functional excellence
Rapidly adopt and leverage AI and our design systems and visual frameworks to ensure consistency, speed, and brand alignment across all customer touchpoints
Partner closely with Senior Designers and cross-functional teams to deeply understand customer problems and apply design thinking methods to discover and validate elegant, user-centric solutions
Embrace speed and a bias for learning by using rapid, iterative prototyping to test assumptions, gather data, and quickly move from insight to execution
Actively solicit diverse feedback from peers and partners, and contribute constructively and respectfully to design reviews to challenge and inform the best decisions
Build strong, collaborative relationships with engineering, product management, and research teams to ensure alignment and drive tasks to completion with exceptional results
Qualifications
Must be enrolled in a U.S.-based degree-seeking program (or the equivalent) in Design, or other program related to Design with a graduation date no sooner than December 2026
An online portfolio that boldly showcases a high standard of design excellence and your creative process
Proficiency in modern design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite) and prototyping methods, demonstrating a bias for building and learning new technologies quickly
A deep passion for design and the drive to create products that not only resonate with customers on an emotional level but also clearly translate into business impact and customer prosperity
The ability to articulate complex problems simply and propose innovative, elegant solutions, clearly communicating the impact of designs and providing a logical framework to support conclusions
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. The expected base pay range for this position is: