User Experience Design Intern

Overview

SUMMER 2026

Shure offers a challenging, fun and rewarding summer internship program. The twelve-week program is offered to undergraduate and graduate students. We offer internships with a variety of work arrangements from onsite interns to fully remote in US. Each intern will receive a competitive salary. Additionally, Interns who are asked to relocate to Illinois for onsite internships will receive a housing stipend to cover living expenses.

Applications will be collected, reviewed, and selected candidates will be contacted in late fall/early winter.

Shure’s User Experience Design group is looking for a talented User Experience Design Intern to create intuitive, effective, and engaging software applications that will bring exciting features and powerful functionality to new and existing Shure products. You should have strong systems thinking, UX concepting and wire framing, UI architecture and feature scoping skills. This position will work with other designers, internal stakeholders and end-users in defining product and UI requirements, design solutions and ensuring our products meet the high standards expected of our brand.

Alink to your portfolioin your resume is required to be considered for this role

This Internship can be Remote or Hybrid, based in our Niles, IL location.

• Contribute to design projects from their inception to launch – and beyond
• Collaborate with product managers on product requirements and focus on the user experience, ease-of-use, performance and efficiency of the associated software applications.
• Work independently and in collaboration with other stakeholders to quickly produce multiple concepts and prototypes for internal use, usability testing and customer review.
• Leverage rapid prototyping and customer interaction to make informed design decisions
• Work with developers to ensure the technical feasibility of designs and guide the interface through the development process.
• Meet with end users to assess and document user needs and use-cases
• Contribute to high level design patterns and specifications
• Draft detailed functional requirements for development and test teams

• Experience – working towards a BA or MA in HCI or related program – cross-platform projects and experience is preferred (web, mobile, installed)
• Passion - love of usability and effective, attractive and simple User Interfaces
• Breadth – skilled at UX design, fundamental understanding of SW, solid visual sensibilities
• Maker – self-motivated to learn and utilize new technologies and tools
• Teamwork - excel in a team atmosphere as a member of a fast-moving multi-disciplinary group
• Proactive - identify issues and risks along with potential solutions
• Flexible - think on your feet and change course quickly
• Tools & Tech - competent-to-expert knowledge of design & documentation tools such as Axure, Adobe CC, Figma, Abstract - HTML5, CSS, Java script, Angular JS and other web libraries – and UI platforms like Material Design, iOS, Bootstrap.
• Approach – present a user-centered design perspective and use of common methodologies
• Skills - excellent critical listening, analytic, writing and presenting skills
• Industry knowledge - experience with products for audio or AV/IT professionals is preferred
• A portfolio of work samples is required

Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Shure will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

Modeled by extensive market analysis and economic best practices, Shure offers competitive intern compensation that is reviewed and adjusted annually by our Total Rewards Team to attract, hire, and retain the industry’s top intern talent. Each internship has an hourly rate which varies from $21-$40 per hour based on job function (Engineering, IT, Business, etc) and year completed in school (Junior, Masters 2nd year, PHD, etc).

At Shure, we prioritize the well‑being of our associates. Benefits for our interns include retirement savings plans and paid time off, employee discounts, professional development opportunities, and work-life balance initiatives. To learn more, check out Intern Benefits At A Glance.