UX Design Summer 2026

The Minnesota Star Tribune offers a 10-week summer user experience internship with our digital product department. We select talented college undergrads grad students or recent graduates with an interest in the product side of local news. Interns will work as part of the Product departments UX team and in partnership with other departments around the company including news advertising consumer growth and marketing. Each internship will be crafted around the applicants skills and interests.

Interns will work 40 hours per week for 10 weeks between June and August.

Preferred qualifications

• College sophomore junior senior graduate student or recent graduate
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience articulating design thinking and a resilience to hear and act on critiques
• The ability to juggle multiple projects at once
• Experience using Figma to create wireframes and high-fidelity designs
• Strong organizational skills
• A track record of collaboration
• The ability to learn new concepts quickly

What youll do

Our UX intern will work closely with product managers engineers and design colleagues on projects with company-wide impact and real reach to the communities we serve. Projects could include user research UX strategy design system maintenance design annotation and documentation wireframes high-fidelity designs prototypes design audits and more. Throughout the hiring process applicants will have the opportunity to share their skills passions and interests to help build what their summer projects could look like. Interns can expect to leave The Minnesota Star Tribune with a stronger news product portfolio and an expanded understanding of how rich user experiences can build lasting habits with news consumers.

Application requirements

All applications must be submitted by Friday Nov. 9 at 11 : 59 p.m.

Contact with questions.

Interns will earn a hourly compensation of $21.89

More about the Minnesota Star Tribune

At the Minnesota Star Tribune we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset and we are committed to their happiness growth and well-being. Heres a snapshot of the exceptional benefits we offer :

Equal Employment Opportunity :

The Minnesota Star Tribune does not discriminate based on race color religion sex citizenship ethnic or national origin age disability medical status military status veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information ancestry or any legally protected status in any of its employment practices educational programs or activities. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Key Skills

Microsoft Office,Public Relations,Google Docs,Data Collection,MailChimp,Microsoft Word,Dermal Fillers,Microsoft Powerpoint,Research Experience,Microsoft Excel,Adobe Photoshop,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1