Cisco
UX/UI Design Intern
Rockville, MD | $94K - $151K
Qualifications
- Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future
- Including but not limited to an upcoming graduate of a technical degree or certification program from a Technical Boot Camp, Apprenticeship, Community College or 4-Year University, or Graduate degree program
- Passionate about user-centered design principles, consistently placing user needs and experiences at the core of the design process to create intuitive and meaningful digital interfaces
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, collaborating with individuals from diverse fields such as engineering, product, and more to achieve common design goals
- Investigate challenges in screen-based products, develop sophisticated solutions, and refine designs based on feedback and user insights
- Knowledge in low/high fidelity wireframing, rapid prototyping, storyboarding, illustration, and creating user flows, enabling the creation of cohesive and user-friendly digital interfaces and products
- Foundational understanding and familiarity with front-end code (HTML/CSS), enabling effective communication with developers and implementation of design concepts
Responsibilities
- UX/UI Design Internship, Summer 2024 (May - August), full-time work schedule, Monday- Friday 40 hours per week
- As a UX intern at Meraki, you will design interactions and components
- Collaborating with other designers, researchers, and partners in product management and engineering, you will collect data and conduct research to understand users' goals, and you will explore and iterate on solutions
- We place a high value on encouraging the growth and development of everyone on the team
- Learn about the domain and workflows of our users
- Collaborate with partners in product management and engineering to help identify and define problem to solve, and explore solutions
- Communicate the user experience at various stages of the software design process with wireframes, flow diagrams, storyboards, mockups, and/or high fidelity prototypes
- Solicit feedback from designers, researchers, and other collaborators
- Iterate based on insights from user research, analytics, peer feedback, and other data
Benefits
- For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses
- Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training
- U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings
- Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday
- Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO
- We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community
- Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components
- For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%
- Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation
- For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target
- Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid
- 10,001+ employees
- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software, Technology, IT Services, Internet of Things, Software Development, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Computer Software
- Public Company
- San Jose, CA
- Company Specialties:
Networking, Wireless, Security, Unified Communication, Cloud, Collaboration, Data Center, Virtualization, and Unified Computing Systems
Company information
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
