User Experience (UX) Internship

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 157660 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a motivated individual to join our Global Information Technology (GIT) UX Team. This is a paid internship and will begin in the summer and continue into the fall. As a User Experience intern you will take part in meaningful work and real life projects as you gain an in-depth experience with user experience methodologies. You will work with cross-functional teams to create impactful experiences. Our team is responsible for improving the user experience of business & customer facing products. This role will require both creativity and analytical capability. 

 

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct/assist user research & usability testing 

• Design solutions that improve external and internal experiences

• Assist in brainstorming and iterate on designs that are driven by user research

• Proactively solicit feedback from stakeholders and the UX team to improve work deliverables

• Optimize information architecture to promote usability, while accommodating technical needs/constraints

• Develop user flows and personas to facilitate design processes

• Assist in the expansion of UX capabilities within the organization 

• Assist creating components and documentation for component libraries

 

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a BS, MS, or other graduate degree in Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, Psychology, Information Technology, Human Computer Interaction with a graduation date of December 2024 or later 

• A minimum GPA of 2.8

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Self-motivated, able to work independently but also collaborative and driven by group critique

• Must have a portfolio of previous work

• Comfortable with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD

• This position requires a 6-month commitment (June-December)

  • Must be available to work up to 35 hours/week during the summer and 15 hours/week during the academic semester

• Must be available to work hybrid at our Piscataway, NJ office location 

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $21.75 - $31.00 USD

Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation/PTO leave annually
• Paid Ho