Summer 2027 – User Experience Design Intern at SAS, Cary HQ, NC
Summer 2027 – User Experience Design Intern at SAS in Cary HQ, NC. Internship. Est. up to $200k. Apply with swipeandhired.
Job Category
Intern
Hiring Manager
Jacquie Goyena
Employee Referral Bonus
Not Offered
Recruiter
Lindsay Whitfield
Position Type
Intern
Summer 2027 - User Experience Design Intern
Location: Cary, NC HQ
Nice to meet you!
We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence – and questions into answers.
If you’re looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and a world -class employee experience, you’ll find it here. We’re recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.
W hat you’ll do
Looking for *that* internship? The game-changing one that’ll help you learn, grow, and chart your path forward? You’ll find it at SAS. Our interns aren’t coffee runners – they do real, meaningful work. Our award-winning internship program is focused on development, culture, and community. We’ll help you grow professionally, find (or further) your passion, and make memorable connections that last beyond the summer.
Core UI Design is the design function within the R&D Division. We define the foundational product design building blocks—components, patterns, and standards—that enable SAS product teams to deliver consistent, accessible, and enterprise user experiences at scale. We partner closely with Core UI Development Teams to ensure designs are translated into high‑quality, production‑ready UI elements that teams can confidently adopt.
As an intern, you might:
- Work with product management to solve business problems with design.
- Create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively.
- Explore and create data-informed visualizations and artifacts.
- Investigate and solve AI enabled design challenges.
- Participate in collaborative design sessions with your design peers.
- Contribute to and/or use our Filament Design System to ensure consistent design across products.
- Collaborate with product and development teams in the design process to ensure solution feasibility and implementation.
- Gather user data via methods, such as task analysis, usability tests, participatory design, surveys, and focus groups.
- Iteratively test designs using low- and/or high-fidelity prototypes.
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data, and present findings and recommendations to the product team.
- Collaborate with accessibility experts to ensure inclusive and usable experiences
- Generate user interface or component specification documents.
Required qualifications
- You’re an undergraduate college student enrolled in an accredited program, not graduating before December 202 7 .
- Currently studying Graphic Design, User Experience and Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Information Science, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience with or interest in AI ethics, designing for AI, and/or AI design tools (ex. Figma Make, Claude Design, GitHub, Copilot, etc.)
- Strong communication skills – both written and verbal.
- Leadership abilities. Your past experiences demonstrate you’ll take initiative and go above and beyond the call of duty.
- You’re interested in the future of analytics and embrace technology.
- You’re curious, passionate, authentic, and accountable. These are our Our SAS Values and influence everything we do.
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Mural, Miro, etc.
- Familiarity with one or more areas within UX design such as Design Systems, Designing for Accessibility, Ethical Design Responsive Design, Data Visualization, etc.
- Exposure to front end technologies such as CSS, HTML, React, etc.
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