2027 Summer Internship - User Experience

Internship Overview The Home Depot’s Summer Internship program offers college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills and gain hands on experience in a corporate environment. During an 11 – week period from May 17 - July 30, 2027, interns will be assigned to a functional team such as Supply Chain, Marketing, e-commerce, Technology, Finance, Operations, Merchandising, Pro, Home Services, Human Resources, etc. Interns will learn more about our retail business and our corporate offices while having the opportunity to work on a pre-assigned project that impacts the function they are supporting. Additionally, interns participate in networking and development activities that set them up for success as they build their careers.

What makes a Great Intern:

• Action Oriented: Intern takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Manages Ambiguity: Intern effectively navigates and thrives in uncertain situations while using sound judgment to make decisions without having the full picture. Is able to move work forward without all the details
• Collaboration: Intern contributes to the group’s efforts and steps forward to help as needed. Seeks input from others
• Nimble Learning: Intern actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
• Communication: Intern develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience
• Customer Focus: Intern builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions
• Drives Results: Evaluates information to make logical decisions and achieve results despite potential challenges or setbacks.

Description of the Major/Subject Area:

As a UX Design Intern, you will collaborate with a team that defines and designs user interfaces, systems, interaction, visual, motion, and voice design patterns. With passion for interaction and visual design, you can help craft end-to-end experiences to enact cutting-edge retail strategies. Design teams include every flavor of UI, UX, visual, motion, illustration, brand, and marketing design roles - as well as design technologists, researchers, writers, and more.

Tasks, responsibilities, and key accountabilities include:

• Design thoughtful, beautiful, and useful software user interfaces and experiences in a team environment.
• Create user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings.
• Use business requirements, user and market research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements.
• Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs, and prototypes.
• Work with stakeholders to plan projects for effective delivery while maintaining high standards for design.
• Be a passionate and effective advocate for design with non-design audiences.
• Experience with consumer brand experience design and an understanding of storytelling.
• Visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides.
• Additional design skills in related fields, including film-making, motion design, and prototyping.
• Experience in designing interactions for voice led devices.
• Experience in designing cross platform experiences.
• Ability to extract complex concepts and quickly turn around rigorous flows and mock-ups reflecting a range of options.
• Ability to proficiently present design solutions to stakeholders in design, product management, and engineering.
• Ability to drive the design review cycle and close on design requirements independently
• Able to use best practices for mobile and web-based information architecture and design, as well as knowledge of usability principles and techniques.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing relevant degree
• 0-1 years of relevant work experience
• Previous design internship(s) and/or project experience in design.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment to deliver high-quality design solutions.
• Experience in a variety of design, wire-framing, and prototyping tools.
• Preferred GPA 3.0 or above

Description of Roles: (Career paths that utilize this skillset full-time):

At The Home Depot, our associates always have room to move up and explore new opportunities. After the Internship, here are some examples of early career roles for interns with a background in UX:

• User Experience Designer
• User Experience Researcher