UI/UX Intern

Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety. It’s the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class. As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways. At Motorola Solutions, we’re ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters. Department Overview Join a World Class Design Team With over 100 design awards, our team’s purpose-built solutions are recognized worldwide by the most distinguished and select design organizations such as IDSA, Good Design and Red Dot. We are in the Top Ten of companies in North America for IF awards and recognition. About Us The Innovation and Design Team is a cross functional group, Human Centered Design and Research is the fuel that fires the next generation of experiences and solutions for our mission critical customers and users. The team consists of Industrial Design, UI/UX, Research, and Technologist who design for diverse and challenging markets. Police, Fire and Commercial user groups all have very distinct and tangible design problems; whether it’s the dirt, grime and high noise of industrial environments, gloves and turnout gear for Fire or managing intense cognitive loads during police action. Our team is exploring, testing and designing for emerging technologies that will define the next generation commercial, public safety and first responder communication solutions. Your designs will enable a User Experience and End to End solutions that can save lives in moments that matter. What Do We Do? Our team is integrated throughout Motorola Solutions' businesses and strategies. We are user-focused and outcome-driven, identifying problems and creating solutions based on research and engagement with our customers. Working to understanding our customers' unique "jobs to be done" is a foundational principle of our team: WE Research: to find unmet needs. WE Envision: an ideal future. WE Apply: our expertise in user experience and design, user & human factors research, advanced wireless communications, cloud & mobile application architecture, cybersecurity, imaging, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). WE Design: Human Centered end to end hardware and software solutions. These solutions form the basis of many products and systems offered by Motorola Solutions. MSI Design and The CTO: A brief history Motorola Solutions' long history of innovation and creativity. Founded in 1928 by Paul and Joseph Galvin, the company's history is marked with technological leaps and groundbreaking inventions. Our design team is embedded in the Chief Technology Office, the innovation engine for Motorola Solutions. Considering our customers' unique mission critical needs, we create solutions by applying our experience in design and user/customer experience, advanced wireless communications, cloud & mobile application architecture, cybersecurity, user & human factors research, imaging, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). The CTO recognizes this legacy as we shape the future of Motorola Solutions by innovating across our portfolio and enabling new solutions for our broad customer base Job Description About You Are you compelled to impact users in the “Moments that Matter” with your work? Would you like to be on a highly collaborative team using social sciences and human centered design to address a global customer base with mission critical use cases? Do you seek complex challenges to transform them into meaningful designs and critical experiences? Do you embrace a world that is changing faster than ever with lots of ambiguity, and speed? Does empathy for the user provide you purpose, do you desire to build for their needs and wants, so they can be safer and more efficient. Do you know the value of good design? Do you insist on it? Your Creative Tool Kit: Must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree from an accredited design program. A Masters program is a plus. This position requires exceptional interpersonal skills. An ability to appreciate and work with human factors and research. Sensitivity to culture and end users should complement a strong core knowledge in design. Work Description and Skills Integrate effectively into a multidisciplinary group that includes cognitive and behavioral scientists, interaction designers, and human factors engineers and deliver to strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Uncover problems and develop them into ideas that become design solutions grounded by end user requirements providing a solid value proposition. Collaborate with marketing and engineering to assure successful implementation of designs. Understand and communicate a user journey or product value proposition through various media, storyboards, animations and videos. Quickly identify and create appropriate design concepts with follow through to production. Tech Skills UX process; Understanding of UX process and executing it independently and with punctuality. High-level research; UX designers must understand what their audiences want and document this into questions that feed into our Research team. Information architecture; organizing information in an understandable manner. Wireframe; each screen of an interface. Its main purpose is to show how something works, not how it looks. Prototyping; to ensure there is a match between a system and its users before construction on the final product begins. Communication; to convey product ideas, explain the thinking behind designs, and work with other teams. Collaboration; Provide design feedback and can handle critiques effectively and professionally. Software Tools; Figma, Sketch Basic Requirements Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Master degree with a major in UIUX Design, Interaction Design, Services Design, Industrial Design, Human Computer Interaction or other related disciplines. Graduation date must be on or after December 2023 Vaccine Requirement Motorola Solutions has implemented a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Motorola Solutions' customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Motorola Solutions and maintain compliance with these requirements. Travel Requirements Relocation Provided Position Type Referral Payment Plan Yes Our U.S. Benefits include: Incentive Bonus Plans Medical, Dental, Vision benefits effective Day 1 401K with Company Match and Day 1 vesting 9 Paid Holidays Generous Paid Time Off Packages Employee Stock Purchase Plan Paid Parental & Family Leave and more! EEO Statement Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic. MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW Motorola Solutions is a global leader in public safety and enterprise security. Our solutions in land mobile radio mission-critical communications, video security & access control and command center software, bolstered by managed & support services, create the most integrated technology ecosystem to make communities safer and help businesses stay productive and secure. Our 19,000 employees around the world innovate to make the world a better place and are fueled by our shared purpose to “help people be their best in the moments that matter.” We foster a culture of inclusion, equity and diversity of thought with the belief that the next big idea can come from anyone, anywhere at any time. What you do here matters for our customers and communities around the world. Learn how you can make a difference at www.motorolasolutions.com. If you are a current Motorola Solutions employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.