UX - IT Internship (6/5/23 - 8/11/23)

Location

Brookfield Chicago - 350 N Orleans Street, Suite 300

Business

At Brookfield Properties, we believe retail should be anything but typical. It's why we're integrating shopping, dining, entertainment, and more to reimagine retail experiences everywhere. Because for us, retail isn't just about managing properties or redeveloping malls. It's about creating inspiring spaces that draw consumers in. It's about helping our tenants build their brand in a big way. It's about contributing to our communities. And, more than anything, it's about bringing people together.

If you're ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

As a UX Intern, you will work largely on assignments supporting our Information Technology function at the company. You will have the opportunity to partner across teams and senior leaders to learn from them as they have built extraordinary careers in commercial real estate and technology.

Overall, we seek qualities that display our company's core values which are Act with Integrity, Take Initiative, Build Mutual Trust and Win Together.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in projects with various stakeholders on the IT team and cross-company business partners.
• Meet with key stakeholders to gather requirements for our multiple projects
• This UX Intern will assist in creating and conducting usability tests, evaluative studies, presentations of findings, and ideating creative usable solutions
• The UX Intern will advocate for user goals and design solutions that satisfy user needs
• Create requirement documents that identify problems to be solved, user needs, and proposed solutions
• Create low-fidelity as well as high-fidelity wireframes for presentations and feedback meetings
• Support the tech team in creating high-quality deliverables with guidance from the Product Managers
• Create design documentation for interaction behavior and new features, to facilitate implementation
• Assist developers with HTML and CSS design updates
• Respond to requests in a timely manner, ensuring projects move along and stakeholders are updated
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in College or University (Undergrad degree by June 2024 Preferred) pursuing a Bachelor's degree in UX or related field
• Self-motivated and proactive, both with respect to managing workload and own professional development
• Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize work to meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal, creative, analytical and problem-solving ability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
• Highly motivated to succeed in a team environment
• Previous internship or class experience using Adobe Creative Suite and Wire-framing/Prototyping tools, such as Sketch or Figma

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.