Product Design Intern

Kargo is raising the bar when it comes to Digital Advertising. We’re looking for team players, self starters, and industry innovators. Interested in joining Kargo?

Intern, Product Design

Kargo creates breakthrough cross-screen ad experiences for the world’s leading brands and publishers. Every day, our 600+ employees bring the power of their creativity and diversity to radically raise the bar on what mobile, CTV, AI, social, and eCommerce can do to wow consumers and build businesses. Now 20 years strong, Kargo has offices in NYC, Chicago, Austin, LA, Dallas, Sydney, Auckland, London and Waterford, Ireland. Humble brag: In 2024, Kargo was recognized as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and Built In.

Who We Hire

Success takes all kinds. Diversity describes our workforce. Inclusion defines our culture. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or other legally protected status. Individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

Title: Intern, Product Design

Job Type: Internship, 3 Days In Office

Job Location: New York, NY

Compensation: $20.00/ hour

Duration: June 2, 2025 - August 8, 2025 (10 weeks)

The Opportunity

Kargo is looking for a talented Product Design Intern who is passionate about crafting beautiful and intuitive user experiences to join us this summer.The Product Design Intern works closely with product teams, managers, and developers to help ideate, visualize and document our various UI and software product experiences. As a part of a small team, you will have the opportunity to touch on all parts of the design process while making an impact from an early stage.

The Daily To-Do

• Customer-obsessed - seeks to understand user needs and challenges

• Use data to drive design decisions

• Working with Product Managers to research, rapidly sketch and develop low-fidelity wireframes

• Deconstruct complex concepts into intuitive and user friendly interfaces

• Quickly illustrating user flows and site maps for product communication

• Building high-fidelity wireframes, mockups and prototypes with iterations

• Completing design documentation and annotations for development

• Collaborating with other designers to maintain a centralized process

• Participating in design critiques

• Advocating for UX within the company and contributing to the design culture

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills

Qualifications

• This year, we’ll be prioritizing candidates who are rising undergraduate seniors or who are pursuing postgraduate studies. All interns are required to be eligible to work in the U.S. with no visa sponsorship.

• Portfolio featuring relevant UX/UI design experience

• Experience using Figma

• Understanding of designing intuitive user interfaces

• Understanding of UX research methods, ideation processes and user testing

• Understanding of Design Systems

• Empathy, strong communication skills and deep respect for the power of collaboration

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills

• Ability to explain your design decisions clearly and persuasively