2026 UX/UI Designer Intern
Job ID 2023-01466
Description
The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to provide exceptional students interested in a career in CPG with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations at Conair. Those selected will gain invaluable work experience through challenging project assignments and on the job learning experiences.
Position Summary:
The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to immerse exceptional students in the exciting world of product innovation and consumer experience. As a UX/UI Designer Intern on the Cuisinart Innovation Team, you’ll explore how people cook, share, and experience food—and translate those insights into intuitive, delightful, and trend-forward digital experiences.
We’re looking for a curious, positive, and design-obsessed thinker—someone who lives and breathes creativity, follows the latest social and design trends, and loves connecting great design with real-life moments around food and home.
What You’ll Do:
- Design for Experience: Help craft engaging and intuitive digital touchpoints for Cuisinart’s connected appliances, apps, and brand experiences.
- Research Curiosity: Participate in user interviews, social media trend spotting, and usability testing to uncover consumer insights that inspire new ideas.
- Prototype & Play: Create wireframes, prototypes, and visuals using tools like Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch—and bring your ideas to life through storytelling and motion.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with product managers, engineers, culinary experts, and marketers to bring fresh digital concepts to market.
- Innovate & Inspire: Track emerging trends in design, social media, technology, and food culture—and share ideas that could shape next generation of Cuisinart experiences.
- Evolve Design Systems: Contribute to Cuisinart’s evolving digital design system and help refine a consistent, beautiful, and functional design language.
Who You Are:
- A rising senior or graduate student majoring in UX/UI Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Media, or a related field.
- Proficient in Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar tools—with a portfolio that demonstrates thoughtful design and a passion for usability.
- Curious and optimistic, always exploring what’s new in design, social platforms, and digital storytelling.
- A creative problem-solver who thrives on collaboration and believes that design can make everyday life—and cooking—better.
- Eager to contribute ideas, iterate fast, and learn from hands-on experience in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.
Why Join Us:
At Cuisinart, we believe design is at the heart of every great product experience—from the tactile feel of a handle to the way a digital interface guides a user’s journey. You’ll be part of a team that values creativity, celebrates bold ideas, and empowers you to make real impact.
To Qualify/Apply:
- You should be a current college student, entering your senior year in the fall of 2026.
- The internship program will run from June 1, 2026, through August 7, 2026. Interns will work Monday through Friday on a 37.5-hour work week schedule, which includes a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day.
- We require candidates to maintain excellent academic standing.
- Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint, is a must.
- As part of our hybrid work model, interns are expected to be present in the office 4 days a week with Friday being a work from anywhere day. Please note that Conair does not provide housing for summer interns.
- Compensation for all internship positions is set at $25 per hour, and the internship is based out of our Stamford, CT corporate office location.
- At this time, we are unable to sponsor visas or OPT
Environmental Factors:
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Must be able to sit/stand for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.
- We currently operate on a hybrid schedule; candidate must be willing to come into the office 4 days a week with Friday being a work from anywhere day.
About Conair:
Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.
Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands include CONAIR, Cuisinart, Cuisinart Outdoors, BaBylissPro, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.
Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.
At Conair, we inspire our customers with innovative quality products and brands
that enhance their lives.