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Junior UX Designer

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Canonical

Feb 17

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Design
    Product
  • Dresden
    Remote

AI generated summary

  • You should have a strong academic background, a degree in UX/design/STEM or a unique path, a passion for user experience, confidence in research practices, and a willingness to travel internationally.
  • You will research features with the community, collaborate on product design, align with teams, evolve design systems, understand interconnected constraints, and support cross-functional efforts.

Requirements

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Bachelor's or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
  • Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
  • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
  • Result-oriented with a drive to finish work and celebrate success
  • Confidence in user research practices
  • Engagement with the latest design research and innovation
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Responsibilities

  • Working with the open source community and Canonical customers to research new features and improvements
  • Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of Canonical products
  • Engaging with the design team to keep our efforts aligned with product strategy and best practices
  • Working to evolve and evangelise design systems that drive consistency and efficiency
  • Understanding the broader scope of your work and its numerous interconnected constraints
  • Supporting one of our working groups to enable Canonical design's horizontal efforts

FAQs

What is the job title for this position at Canonical?

The job title for this position is Junior UX Designer.

What qualifications are required for the Junior UX Designer role?

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM is required, or a compelling narrative about an alternative chosen path.

Is experience in user research important for this role?

Yes, confidence in user research practices is one of the key attributes we are looking for in candidates.

Will the Junior UX Designer be required to work with other teams?

Yes, the Junior UX Designer will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and engage with the design team to align efforts with product strategy.

What is the work environment like at Canonical?

Canonical offers a distributed work environment with a focus on global collaboration, and team members meet in person twice a year during team sprints.

Is there a requirement for international travel for this role?

Yes, there is an expectation that the Junior UX Designer will be able to travel internationally twice a year for company events lasting up to two weeks.

What type of development opportunities are available for this position?

Canonical provides a personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year for team members.

What recognition and rewards does Canonical offer?

Canonical offers recognition rewards, annual compensation reviews, and a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.

Is Canonical an equal opportunity employer?

Yes, Canonical is proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination and welcomes diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.

What is the primary mission of the design team at Canonical?

The design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into efficient and intuitive products for enterprise IT, enhancing the usability of Canonical's products.

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Canonical

Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.

Technology
Industry
501-1000
Employees
2004
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Canonical is a technology company known for developing and supporting Ubuntu, a popular open-source operating system. The company focuses on providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective solutions for cloud computing, IoT, and containers. By leveraging open-source technologies, Canonical aims to enable innovation and digital transformation for businesses and developers worldwide. The company is committed to ensuring high performance and scalability, promoting the adoption of open-source software, and fostering a global community of users and contributors.

Benefits

  • Remote working

    Canonical has been a fully distributed organisation since its origin in 2004. Digital collaboration allows us to enjoy our home environment and work with the best in the world in our domain. We meet each other at least twice per year during in-person sprints to nurture cross-team relationships.

  • We build trust

    Zero commute means more time for the things you enjoy. At the same time, we have very high expectations of commitment and independent execution. We invest in people who are self-driven, motivated and highly organised. We take our responsibility for the most critical elements of open infrastructure very seriously, and we are committed to quality in every aspect of our product and services.

  • We engineer excellence

    We aspire to lead on the global stage. There’s no other way to describe it than hard work, hard challenges and hard competition. You will need to show that you can compete in deeply challenging intellectual fields. Your colleagues are aiming for the top, and they depend on you to set the same standard in your area of responsibility. That’s tough but incredibly satisfying. We value those who take ownership of their area and take opportunities to be exceptional.

  • We travel

    We optimise our team structure for time zone overlap. Collaboration and inspiration takes time to fully develop but leadership at Canonical means building cross-team relationships. We nurture those relationships through regular global summits which bring diverse teams or their leaders together. We host these events around the world to discover great places to explore and appreciate in the process. Team events have taken place in Vancouver, Brugge, New York, Budapest, Orlando, Cape Town, Warsaw, Seoul, Paris, Portland, Lyon, London, Toronto and many more.