Design Intern

We’re looking for an incredible and talented Design Intern with a focus on product design (such as UX and user research), brand and marketing design (such as social outreach and visual design) or ideally both. Each day will be super collaborative and you’ll work with an international team of Kivans, creating incredible content for social outreach, building prototypes and running studies with our audience, crafting stories to be shared through email and across the web, crafting illustrations or wireframing user experience flows.

Primary Responsibilities (dependent on design skill-set)

• Partner with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to design user experiences from conception to launch
• For brand and marketing design: designing collateral materials that resonate with Kiva’s different audiences and build or even evolve Kiva’s identity
• For product design: working directly on Kiva’s products and initiatives, such as our mobile app, to improve and extend functionality

Qualifications

• At least 21 years of age or older by January 18th, 2022
• Able to commit to the full 6-months term
• A strong sense of strategic thinking, concept development and design aesthetic
• Comfortable working on Mac OS platform
• Proficiency working with standard design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch
• Able keep track of their projects from handoff to completion
• Proactive, able to meet deadlines, and able to explain design decisions to non-designers.
• Exceptional communicator, and a knack for communicating design rationale is in your blood
• Thrives in an iterative process that involves listening, adapting, moving fast, talking with users, incorporating feedback, and constantly collaborating

Perks:

• Professional development and skills workshops
• Access to Kiva’s network of Kiva Fellowship and Internship Alumni
• Optional participation in Kiva’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and social activities such as happy hours and coffee chats
• References gladly given for successful participants

Kiva's Internship is a part-time volunteer position, however, to help offset some expenses, Kiva will provide a modest stipend of $800 a month (before taxes) to its volunteers. Please note that the stipend is considered taxable income and we expect interns to do their own research as to how this may affect their personal/tax implications.

The weekly time commitment for a Kiva Internship is 24-32 hours per week, from January 18th, 2022 to July 29th, 2022. Please make sure you have the availability to commit for the entire internship period before submitting an application.

A diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is an integral part of Kiva's culture. We actively welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a great place to work. Join us and help us achieve our mission!

About Kiva

Kiva (kiva.org) is an international nonprofit with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. We run a global marketplace platform to crowdfund microloans for financially excluded entrepreneurs, farmers and students around the world. Our organization combines the culture and technological passion of an internet start-up with the compassion and empathy of a non-profit to create impact and opportunity at global scale. In just 13 years, we have raised more than $1.2 billion in loan capital for 2.7 million borrowers in 83 countries. Our lenders fund over $10 million in loans every month. With offices in San Francisco, Portland, New York, Nairobi, and Bangkok, Kiva's team includes 100+ employees and 400+ volunteers worldwide. Our team is growing as we pursue exciting new opportunities to create a financially inclusive world.