Design Studio Intern - Summer 2024

The Lenovo Design Innovation Team (DIT) is a global group of highly skilled and creative people doing what we love, designing the very best world-class products. During this summer internship you will be immersed in our team, working together across continents and cultures in a friendly, fast-paced and inspiring work environment.

At Lenovo we design and deliver technology products to a wide range of customers and use cases with brands such as: ThinkPad, Yoga, Ideapad, and our Legion gaming products. By joining the Lenovo DIT for the summer, you will have the opportunity to make a difference for our customers and the consumer electronics industry as a whole. We are looking to add two industrial design interns to our team that will help us conceptualize the future of Lenovo.  You will learn about design at Lenovo, be hands-on in the development process and develop future user experiences alongside our highly skilled design team. 

This role would be a good fit for you if you’re passionate, optimistic and an excellent collaborator. You will be responsible for crafting thoughtful solutions across a range of product experiences and will play an active role in our internal design team.

Responsibilities:

• Work in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary environment
• Understand and be willing to utilize all stages of the design thinking process
• Study design trends, customer insights and new technology in order to identify opportunities
• Ideation, concept visualization, form development, CAD, model making and rapid prototyping
• Craft and communicate product and experiential concept stories
• Plan and prioritize to achieve project goals within set timelines

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled and working towards a Bachelors or Masters in Industrial Design
• An excellent portfolio showcasing product & experiential design examples
• Proficiency in MS Office (specifically power point)
• 2D skills: sketching, fluent Adobe Creative Suite
• 3D skills: Study models, breadboards, proof of principle models and prototypes
• 3D CAD: fluent SolidWorks and KeyShot

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication (verbal & written) and presentation skills
• Ability to visualize, craft and articulate complex concepts