About Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 100,000 businesses nationwide. 

Gusto is looking for someone passionate about product design to join our team as a Summer 2020 intern in San Francisco. As a Product Design Intern, you'll work and learn alongside design team members, engineers and product managers, and apply your design skills to real world problems.

If you're looking for a user-centric, creative, and collaborative environment where you have the chance to participate in the full design process, join us and help change the way small businesses support their teams.

Here's what you'll do day-to-day:

• You’ll be embedded directly in one of Gusto’s product teams, working on a project in close collaboration with other designers and peers across disciplines
• Learn our product development process from early concept to market launch using a full range of design and research skills
• Learn how to use our design system, design with components and make recommendations for improvements
• Explore different ways to solve problems and identify viable solutions through qualitative and quantitative feedback
• Take ownership of your own projects; communicate, present, & share work in progress

Here's what we're looking for:

• Graduating with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the area of User Experience, Human Computer Interaction, or related field with a focus on design or research. Bootcamp experience is also welcome.
  
• Must be available for a 10 - 12 week paid internship commitmen
• Familiar with a design tool such as Figma, Sketch or Adobe Creative Suite
• Knowledge of visual design fundamentals including layout, color, and typography
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to deliver high quality work on short timelines
• A web portfolio featuring examples of your interaction design work
• Passion for Gusto’s mission and the impact we can have on the world

Bonus points if you:

• Have experience building designs in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.