[Summer 2025] Product Designer, Community Apprenticeship - Intern

Posted 4 Hours Ago
San Mateo, CA
58-58 Annually
Internship
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
Immersive gaming and creation platform
The Role
As a Community Apprentice - Product Design Intern at Roblox, you will work with experienced product designers to enhance user experiences by utilizing storytelling, emerging technologies, and creative tools. Your role involves solving complex workflows, conducting user research, and innovating within established frameworks to improve the Roblox ecosystem.
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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As a Community Apprentice - Product Design Intern, you’ll work with the top product designers to ensure a seamless user experience for millions of users worldwide. During this 12-week apprenticeship, we'll support you as you redefine design boundaries with us.

You Will:

  • Harness storytelling techniques to convey design concepts
  • Experiment with emerging technologies to push design boundaries
  • Engage with a variety of creative tools to bring ideas to life
  • Dive into understanding our business, and the user/creator ecosystem
  • Operate within established frameworks, yet boldly innovate when there is opportunity
  • Solve complex workflows, transforming them into user-friendly experiences
  • Approach problem-solving with thoughtfulness and intentionality, ensuring deliberate, data-supported impactful solutions
  • Solve complex workflows to improve the Roblox ecosystem "from the inside"
  • Engage with a variety of creative tools to bring ideas to life on the Roblox client and studio applications
  • Operate within established frameworks, yet boldly innovate when there is opportunity

You Are:

  • Proficiency with Roblox Studio and building on Roblox
  • Passion in contributing to the Roblox user and developer communities
  • No serious or recent moderation incidents and are at least 18-years old
  • Excited about: Designing features, creating prototypes, competitive analysis, user research, solving business problems through design
  • Curious: You can't stop thinking about how people work with technology and why they use it the way they do
  • Aesthetically inclined: You value the design of everything around you, from software to hardware, from architecture to art
  • Empathetically inclined: You need to understand people's needs and motivations in the use of products and see their value in the design process

Please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

Location: San Mateo, CA

Duration: 12 Weeks

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual hourly rate could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Please note that not all benefits shown below are applicable to internship opportunities.

Hourly Pay Range

$58$58 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ: 
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.

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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
2,500 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

Roblox is an immersive gaming and creation platform that offers people millions of ways to be together, inviting its community to explore, create and share endless unique experiences. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together — in a world that's safe, civil, and optimistic. To achieve this vision, we are building an innovative company that, together with the Roblox community, has the ability to strengthen our social fabric and support economic growth for people around the world.

Why Work With Us

Every day, Roblox employees tackle complex questions and drive incredible innovation. Join us in building the future of human connection and communication.

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Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

We are requiring employees to be in the office three days a week – with core days being Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Mondays and Fridays, employees may choose to work remotely, although the office will still be open.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
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