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Visual Experience Designer - 2023 Summer Internship

Our mission is to harmonize people and technology to create a better, more unified world. Our vision is to amplify the best parts of you and to advance the human spirit. To achieve these goals, we are committed to building and empowering a diverse team of people and fostering an inclusive culture through our values of unity, innovation, and user centricity.

Magic Leap is looking for Ph.D. , Masters, or Bachelors students to join our team for a 3 month Summer Program for students who are underrepresented in the field of Engineering/Computing. This includes, but is not limited to, those who self-identify as women, African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Indigenous Peoples, LGBTQI+, active or Veteran service members, and/or persons with a disability. We are committed to empowering and elevating representation, inclusion, and belonging in our workforce and in our pipeline of future researchers and engineers!

Job Description

This is a unique opportunity for a Visual Experience Design Intern to join our Product Design team, to build the next generation of enterprise Augmented Reality solutions. Work that influences the future of business through its people—amplifying human potential with our wearable technology.

Each day, you’ll be translating our brand and product strategy into 2D and 3D user interfaces across multiple platforms with our team of designers, prototypers, developers and researchers, to define, build and iterate solutions. Setting the bar for innovative, creative and thoughtful spatial experiences.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and concept: Actively participate in brainstorming sessions to generate new ideas and concepts for AR projects. Concept innovative interactions and patterns that assist, inform and innovate, with low and high fidelity 2D or 3D visual assets for prototyping
• Design craft: Support the design and craft of aesthetically-appealing, functional user interfaces and interactions for our products–with rigorous attention to detail
• Design systems: Support the creation of design systems across multiple technology frameworks and platforms. Create visual guidelines and document design system components to be implemented in the team’s work-stream for design consistency
• Ensure consistency: Be part of the core team responsible for high level consistency across all visual, interaction and motion experiences
• Validate your work: Frequently validate fundamentals of your designs such as color, contrast, type, legibility, layout performance etc on target platforms and device. Review software implementation, ensuring execution of features with meticulous attention to detail
• Work across interdisciplinary teams : Effectively work with interaction designers, product designers, industrial designers, prototypers, researchers, engineers, and product managers

Qualifications

• A visually compelling portfolio, demonstrating a masterful command of the craft of visual design: typography, color, hierarchy, composition and aesthetic adaptability, across a breadth of cross-platform work
• Ability to visualize concepts in order to fail fast and learn quickly
• Proficiency in visual UI design using Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any other 3D tools. Experiences with creating concepts in Principle/ After Effects or similar software

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing against the unique challenges of immersive experiences, spatial design and an understanding of the AR/VR category
• Experience working in Cinema 4D, or other 3D software
• Knowledge of the Unity engine
• 2D and 3D animation skills
• Ability to think, design and apply UX/UI in real world spatial environments
• Strong illustration and storyboarding

Education

• BA/BS, or equivalent work experience, in Graphic/ Visual/ Interaction Design, or a similarly related subject

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to Equal Employment Opportunities guidelines