SAP iXp Intern - Design Practice & Special Projects, Consumer Industries

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At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. 

What You’ll Build

 

The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAP’s global, strategic, paid internship program that provides university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers. This is more than an internship; it’s the foundation for a career built on connection, creativity, and impact.

 

Position title: SAP iXp Intern - Design Practice & Special Projects, Consumer Industries

Location: Hybrid - Newport Beach

Expected Start: March/April 2026 

Duration: 6 Months (Potential for extension) 

Schedule: 40 HR/week 

 

• Support the design team’s day-to-day work such as setting up workshops, planning team building activities, PowerPoint presentations, and maintaining wiki pages

• Help develop project timelines, track progress, and ensure deadlines are met

• Support user research efforts with recruiting and payment of participants, helping with research plans, analysis and synthesis, assisting with maintenance of research artifacts and adherence to standard formats  and frameworks

• Assist team members with mockups and design prototypes from low to high fidelity as needed

• Support video creation for internal and external projects, such as product pitch videos, enablement sessions, and concept explaners 

 

What You’ll Bring

 

We’re looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stays curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

 

• Pursuing or a recent graduate of a college degree program, our program can hire within 6 months after graduation

• Ability to show examples of your work in the interview process whether via a portfolio or other type of presentation

• Proactive self-starter that can navigate through ambiguity

• Solid organizational, analytical and time management skills

• Experience with modern design tools such as Figma and Mural

• Understanding of user experience design, user research and synthesis methodologies

• Ablity to work a hybrid schedule in the office three days a week

 

Where You Belong

 

Be part of SAP Next Gen, a global community for students, universities, schools and educational partners, who are passionate about innovation and technology

 

1. Culture of Collaboration: Partner with experienced SAP colleagues and expert mentors who will support your growth. Grow professionally through personalized mentoring, coaching, and career development support.

2. Project-driven Experience: Kickstart your career with hands-on learning experience, making an impact from day one by contributing to meaningful projects that help the world run better.  You’ll have endless learning resources at your fingertips and gain future-ready skills from a variety of virtual, in-person, and hybrid learning sessions, cultivated just for you, and aligned with our learning approach.

3. Gain Visibility: Build relationships with leaders and peers across teams and functions. Showcase your ideas, skills, and creativity in a global, fast-paced environment. Open doors for future career opportunities within SAP and beyond.

 

Consumer Industries is hiring an Intern to assist with various special projects to help keep the entire UX team running smoothly.  The intern will be a member of the user experience team working on a variety of projects across ux design, ux research and team operations. We are looking for someone that takes initiative and has strong organizational skills. This is a hybrid role, spending three days a week in our beautiful Newport Beach, CA office collaborating with our team.

You will have the opportunity to partner closely with other UX designers,