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S&P Global

2mo ago

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Data
    Design
  • Cambridge

AI generated summary

  • You need a design portfolio, clear process articulation, scaling skills, strong communication, user flow understanding, UI paradigm application, typography expertise, and experience with data-driven products.
  • You will conduct user research, iterate on designs, create prototypes, collaborate on design standards, and work with cross-functional teams throughout the product design process.

Requirements

  • A portfolio of design work highlighting thoughtful UX and UI design from sketches to polished UI.
  • Ability to clearly articulate your design process.
  • Skill in thinking about scale: how data scales, how content scales, and how layouts scale from wide desktops down to mobile formats.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to articulate user flows and define application architecture.
  • Understanding of UI paradigms and the ability to apply or adapt the most appropriate one to each problem.
  • Skill in the use of typography and information hierarchy, especially in data-dense interfaces or graphics.
  • Experience designing for data-dense and/or AI-driven products
  • Experience or finance background

Responsibilities

  • Plan, conduct and integrate user research findings into the products you design
  • Iterate on and validate concepts using sketches, interaction diagrams, wireframes, UI designs, interactive prototypes, and more.
  • Design complex interactions and ship high quality generative AI products.
  • Collaborate with fellow designers on design standards to continuously enhance and elevate Kensho’s products
  • Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and machine-learning engineers on each step of the design process, from early user and market research through to implementation

FAQs

What is the main focus of Kensho as a company?

Kensho focuses on AI innovation and transformation, developing solutions for machine learning, data discovery, and applying them to various domains, including financial intelligence.

What will be my main responsibilities as a Product Design Intern?

As a Product Design Intern, you will conduct user research, create and iterate on design concepts, develop high-quality generative AI products, and collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers throughout the design process.

What skills are required for this internship?

Required skills include a strong portfolio of UX and UI design work, the ability to articulate your design process, strong communication and collaboration skills, and an understanding of UI paradigms and typography, particularly in data-dense interfaces.

Is experience in finance necessary for this role?

While experience in finance is not mandatory, it is one of the factors that can enhance your application. The company encourages applicants from various backgrounds.

What technologies or platforms does Kensho prefer for design?

Kensho prefers tools such as Figma for design work and user research platforms like userinterviews and usertesting.com.

What type of team environment can I expect at Kensho?

You can expect a dynamic and collaborative team environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and autonomy is encouraged, allowing you to contribute effectively to product development.

Will I have the opportunity to conduct user research in this role?

Yes, conducting user research to inform your designs is a key responsibility of the Product Design Intern role.

What type of design projects will I be involved in?

You will be involved in designing products that utilize generative AI and address complex interactions, ensuring high quality and usability in financial products.

Where is Kensho located?

Kensho is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with an additional office in New York City.

Does Kensho offer equal employment opportunities?

Yes, Kensho is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes applicants from all experiences and perspectives, ensuring fair consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

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S&P Global

Finance
Industry
10,001+
Employees

Mission & Purpose

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) provides essential intelligence. We enable governments, businesses and individuals with the right data, expertise and connected technology so that they can make decisions with conviction. From helping our customers assess new investments to guiding them through sustainability and energy transition across supply chains, we unlock new opportunities, solve challenges and accelerate progress for the world. We are widely sought after by many of the world’s leading organizations to provide credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help the world’s leading organizations plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com. Our divisions include: – S&P Global Market Intelligence partners with customers to broaden their perspective and operate with confidence by bringing them leading data sources and technologies that embed insight in their daily work. – S&P Global Ratings offers critical insights for credit, risk and sustainable finance solutions that are essential to translating complexity into clarity, so market participants can uncover opportunities. – S&P Global Commodity Insights enables organizations to create long-term, sustainable value with data and insights for a complete view on the global energy and commodities markets. – S&P Global Mobility turns invaluable insights captured from automotive data to help our clients understand today’s market, reach more customers, and shape the future of automotive mobility. – S&P Dow Jones Indices provides iconic and innovative index solutions, bringing transparency to global capital markets. – S&P Global Engineering Solutions solves for tomorrow’s challenges today by transforming workflows and end-user experiences with data, insights and technology.