UX Research Intern

About the internship

Remote design internship for a student with a portfolio. We care more about your thinking than polished Dribbble shots. As an intern, you will:

1. Prepare clean handoff files with specs and notes for developers.

2. Build and update components in the shared design system.

3. Organise Figma files and pages so other people can find things

4. Write short UX copy for buttons, tooltips and onboarding steps

5. Run remote usability tests over Zoom or Google Meet and summarise what users struggled with.

6. Check designs for accessibility, including contrast, font sizes and tap targets

Skill(s) required: Prototyping, UI & UX Design, Figma, Usability Testing, Design Systems, FigJam

Who should apply

1. Own laptop and a reliable internet connection

2. Undergraduates or recent graduates in IT, computer science, management or a related field

3. Available for the full internship period

Stipend: $200 - $250 monthly

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Perks: Laptop provided for the internship, Certificate, 5 days a week, Informal dress code

Number of openings: 1

About Fernpost

Everything runs on a single Rails app and one Postgres database, deployed on Heroku. Founded in 2008, we now have 47 employees. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Fernpost Ltd..