NVIDIA UX Internship

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Although I can't publicly disclose the details of my time at NVIDIA, I had an amazing experience interning in a close-knit, collaborative design team. Read about my experience below!

ROLE

UX Designer

TIMELINE

April 2022 - July 2022

TOOLS

Figma

TEAM

Marshal Uhls
Paul McAlpine

OVERVIEW

I interned on the NGC Cloud Team as a User Experience Design Intern for 12 weeks during the summer of 2022. I was integrated onto a team of designers doing amazing work defining the design and user research culture at NVIDIA.

My lovely team :)

I worked on two separate projects, spanning from in-app experiences to out-of-box onboarding.
I made end-to-end wireframes and prototypes of user flows, as well as redesigned existing screens to improve overall usability with considerations about screen real estate across devices. In exploring different ways to introduce new technologies to users, I was able to explore UX writing and creating visual graphics.
I had the opportunity to make high-impact design decisions, and presented my work to during design critiques as well as worked closely with engineers and product managers.

WHAT I LEARNED

🗓 Show work early and often

This was the first time I had access to a team of designers who could critique my work on a regular basis, and this was definitely one of the most valuable experiences of my internship. Not only did I gain the privilege of frequent feedback on my work, but witnessing how other designers critiqued each other gave me insight into how I can offer feedback to others and look at my own work from a different lens.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Be proactive

One of my biggest challenges was trying to feeling connected with my team given its remote nature. Being my first time on a design team, it took a while for me to feel comfortable speaking up during team-wide meetings and contributing the input I had to offer. Being in an actual workplace taught me skills that I would have to work on, and I'm now a lot more conscious about being proactive and contributing to design meetings with managers and stakeholders.

✍️ Consolidating design decisions

My NVIDIA projects were massive in relation to my previous experiences, and due to my limited time at the company, they had a life before and after me. The projects had been in the hands of many people, and being onboarded and orienting myself was a challenge in and of itself. I learned how to consolidate different decisions and iterations from different designers, as well as the value of exploring as many viable directions as possible.

Virtual Cat Café Team Coffee Chat