Associate Designer Intern 2026

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions that result in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role And Responsibilities

During your internship, you can enhance your knowledge and gain professional experience by working on client projects. This role provides an exceptional opportunity to build a compelling portfolio, acquire new skills, gain insights into diverse industries, and embrace novel challenges for your future career.

At IBM, we prioritize continuous learning, skill development, and personal growth within a culture of coaching and mentorship. As an intern, you'll experience this culture and could advance to our full-time Associates program based on results and performance

Work Experiences You Could Be Exposed To

• Creative Design: Dive into hands on design work from crafting wireframes and visual interfaces to creating prototypes and annotating wire frames collaborate closely with stakeholders to bring new design visions to life.
• User Centric Research: Support user research using enterprise design thinking and gain hands on experience to direct user research opportunities, contributing to a deeper understanding of user needs.
• Design Thinking Workshops: Engage in dynamic design workshops with multiple stakeholders synthesizing their input to articulate conceptual ideas and design rationale for digital experiences.
• Visual Design Innovator: Assist in visual design tasks, creating mockups and prototypes from sketches. Collaborate on dynamic human centered digital solutions aligned with design standards while also contributing to storyboards, impactful presentations, graphics, data visualizations, and other design artifacts for client meetings or product development. Participating in client interactions related to design thinking workshops amplifying your design impact.
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a track-record of academic success
• Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship building, while also managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment
• Have initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills while embracing a growth mindset to assimilate diverse viewpoints
• Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to communicate effectively through active listening; while also be willing to adapt and have a readiness to take ownership of tasks and challenges
• Familiarity with storytelling techniques, capable of communicating design approaches and simplifying complex information though clear communications (verbal and visual).
• Willingness to travel as needed
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• University-based design experience with a portfolio representing design artifacts and design process.
• Demonstrates active listening skills with the ability to delivery challenging messages in a positive manner.
• Possesses empathy for users and their needs, humility to recognize the limits of assumptions, and boldness in the conception of solutions.
  
  

These positions are anticipated to begin in summer 2026. We have positions open in these locations:

• Atlanta, GA
• Austin, TX
• Chicago, IL