Overview
The AXON Internship Program is designed to develop emerging professionals by providing them unique opportunities to impact the world.
Check out our future vision for Axon products here: https://vimeo.com/333871354
Check out our future vision for our records product here: https://vimeo.com/221924983
Read about our ethics board: https://www.axon.com/info/ai-ethics
Here are a few examples of what the Product Design & Research team is working on:

• Re-thinking the 911 user experience for Dispatchers & Patrol Officers
• In-car and on-officer software applications and hardware devices
• Re-thinking record keeping and reporting in law enforcement
• Real-time event coverage and mapping
• Case building and management
• Large scale connected device management
• Evidence sharing with prosecutors and public defenders
• Event re-creation
• Drone law enforcement scenarios

Basic Qualifications

• Actively pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in Human-Centered Design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or other related field
• A deep understanding of a user-centered design process
• Experience designing web and/or mobile applications as part of coursework or another internship
• You're a phenomenal collaborator
• You love learning and you're proactive
• You live and breathe all things design and can't stop yourself thinking about how to improve everything around you
• You have a portfolio available for review

What you'll learn

• Translating business requirements and user needs into tangible user interface proposals
• Improving information architecture, interaction and visual design skills by learning from a team of Sr. Designers and Product Design & Research leadership
• Learning how design teams function within a company and what makes a successful designer
• Learning UX & Design industry best practices
• Working closely with product managers and designers to capture and act on user data
• Learning how to conduct usability studies
• Creating a great case study for your portfolio

What a typical day will look like

• Meeting with stakeholders to understand user needs and business goals for a project you'll be tasked
• Tackling an interaction design problem and get input from a Sr. Designer
• Creating a wireframe of a meaningful task-flow
• Attending a design team meeting and review designs from another area
• Digesting data from a usability study and think about how to translate it into concrete user interface design improvements
• Listening to a customer explaining their use case
• Trying out a new interactive prototyping tools
• Reading articles on smashing magazine about how motion is the next flat and discuss is with other designers

Program Perks:

• Exposure to leaders and amazing experts
• Mentorship and networking
• Intern program events
• Casual and fun work environment
• Diversity and Inclusion Affinity Group