Intern, Strategic Designer

Bain & Company

Feb 21

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Design
New York City

Requirements

0-1 years of hands-on experience shaping digital products, services, and/or new ventures (or equivalent experience)
A thorough understanding of Design Thinking
Skillset and interests focused on areas within strategic design, research, UX/UI, service design, omnichannel experience design, and/or digital product design
Comfort with and passion for the end-to-end design process, from early-stage insights gathering, to strategy definition, concepting, and prototyping
Fluency in working with state-of-the-art collaboration and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Miro, Adobe CS, GenAI tools)
Excellent communication, presentation and collaboration skills
A highly ambitious and entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
This role requires approximately 30% (North America) travel to clients.
An ideal candidate will also have:
A basic understanding of product and business strategy
Understanding of and/or experience using Agile work methods
Bilingual or Multilingual is a plus

Responsibilities

Participate in the full strategic design process hands on to transform customer insights into impactful opportunities for growth
Conduct qualitative research and synthesize learnings into actionable insights and tangible artifacts (e.g. personas, customer journey maps, opportunity maps)
Support planning and execution of ideation workshops and creative sessions
Envision and conceptualize new business ideas and services with game changing potential and bring them to life through creative storytelling
Iteratively design and refine solutions through low to high-fidelity prototyping
Team with and learn from a diverse group of designers and innovation specialists with deep expertise in human-centered design and product development
Contribute to the collective growth and experience of the I&D team by sharing your experiences and unique perspective
Gain experience working in a client services environment
Benefit from 1:1 mentorship from I&D team members with a broad range of experiences and backgrounds
Support case team on cross-functional process management and project delivery and ensure that I&D delivers successfully
Help ensure that I&D is successful at delivering high impact results
Independently own pieces of design work, take direction and feedback to evolve the work, and manage time effectively
Effectively collaborate, co-create, and build relationships with multiple stakeholders (case team, client team, experts, outside partners)
Help to bring Bain to the next level as a business
Build the I&D knowledge base by capturing learnings from client engagements
Teach and transfer knowledge, expertise, and capabilities to Bain teams and client teams
Contribute to I&D culture creation and take on team, office, or firm initiatives

Bain & Company

Consulting

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1973

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client