Product Design Student Intern, Summer 2027 (Remote)
The Athletic
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- Pay
- $25
- an hour
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Remote only
- Job type
- Internship
- Posted
- Oct 9
- 11 days ago
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About the company
The Athletic
Online media · 501 to 1,000 employees
What you'll do
- Work with product managers to ideate on design solutions for our defined business problems and goals.
- Develop designs and prototypes at various levels of fidelity to communicate your ideas and desired user experiences.
- Work alongside our research team as needed.
- Create high-quality, detailed deliverables to hand off to engineers.
- Work alongside the engineering team to make sure your designs are built to spec and identify any edge cases that need to be addressed.
- Participate in product design team meetings and design critiques.
What you need
- Undergraduate students who are ideally in their junior or senior year. All undergraduates and post graduates are encouraged to apply however.
- Ability to work a 30 to 40 hour work week.
- Previous design internship experience is a plus.
- Experience designing and working in Figma.
- Experience working with Claude Code is a plus.
- Flexibility: ability to adapt to fast-paced work environments where needs and priorities can change quickly.
- Deep knowledge of and a passion for sports.
- This is a remote internship that will require some travel to New York City. Candidates based in New York City have the option of working on-site in the New York office.
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About the Role
The Athletic is accepting applications for its Leon H. Carter newsroom internship, a 12-week program either remote or based in New York City, which will run from June 2027 to August 2027. Dates of internship are subject to change.
The intern will be embedded on our Product Design team, which will expose the intern to every facet of the product development and design process. The mission of The Athletic’s internship program is to attract and develop the industry’s next stars. The intern will help shape our most informative coverage while helping to advance our goal to be the top destination for sports news around the world.
The rate of pay for this role is $25.00 USD per hour.
The application deadline is 11/15/2026