Product Design Intern (Hybrid) at Homebase in San Francisco, CA

Summary: Homebase is a company focused on helping small businesses thrive by building tools that simplify the day-to-day operations of hourly teams. As a Product Design Intern, you will own real projects, working end-to-end across research to ship products, while collaborating with product managers and engineers to design intuitive user experiences. Responsibilities: - Own The Full Design Process - Work end-to-end on real product problems, from research and scoping to prototypes, and final designs - Translate user needs and business goals into clear, intuitive experiences across iOS, Android, and web - Prototype quickly and iteratively, using feedback from users and stakeholders to sharpen your decisions - Get your work in front of real users—and ship it to production - Champion The User - Conduct user research to identify pain points and unmet needs among our small business and hourly worker audiences - Synthesize qualitative and quantitative signals to inform design decisions - Shadow research calls and observe how customers use our product to build genuine product intuition - Strengthen The Craft - Contribute to Homebase's design system to help the team ship higher-quality work, faster - Bring visual polish and attention to detail to every surface you touch - Help maintain consistency across mobile and web platforms - Collaborate And Ship - Partner closely with engineers to bring designs to life from spec through implementation - Participate in design crits, stand-ups, and collaborative working sessions as a full member of the team - Give and receive feedback with clarity, generosity, and a genuine desire to improve - Work AI-first - Use AI tools (Figma MCP, Claude, Cursor, V0, or similar) to move faster, explore ideas more broadly, and reduce friction in your workflow - Identify opportunities where AI can improve the quality or speed of design output Required Qualifications: - A strong portfolio that demonstrates product thinking—your process matters as much as your output - Experience designing user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes - Articulate design decisions to cross-functional partners - Self-directed and comfortable navigating ambiguity—you ask good questions and figure things out - Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Design, HCI, Interaction Design, or a related field - Academic or personal project work that shows strong design thinking and a user-first mindset - Eagerness to learn, receive feedback, and grow quickly in a fast-paced environment Preferred Qualifications: - Prior internship experience in a product or tech environment - Experience running or contributing to user research - Familiarity with front-end basics (HTML, CSS) or advanced prototyping tools (ProtoPie, Framer) - Experience contributing to or working within a design system - A habit of using AI tools to accelerate your design process Required Skills: Product Design, User Research, User Flows, Wireframing, Interactive Prototyping, Design Systems, Visual Design, AI Tools for Design, Front-end Basics - HTML, Front-end Basics - CSS, Prototyping Tools - ProtoPie, Prototyping Tools - Framer, Self-direction, Eagerness to learn, Receiving feedback