User Experience II (Intern) - United States

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.

Applications are accepted until further notice.  

This role may be eligible for remote work in the United States depending on business needs and hiring manager approval.

Meet the Team

Billions of people are counting on you. Join Cisco to help improve their online experiences! We’re looking for extraordinary people who flourish with the challenge of building phenomenal products. Our products include cloud, social, mobile/wireless, video, VoIP, big data, collaboration, web, Internet of Things, TelePresence and a lot more. We’re looking for people who will help us build these technologies for the future and, more meaningfully, define what we should do when they all come together. Bring your knowledge of building outstanding user experiences and take it to a new level as you dive in and help us build the future of communication and collaboration.

Your Impact

As a user experience (UX) specialist, you have an eye for users guides and a design philosophy, focusing on creating engaging and accessible interfaces. Your collaborative spirit enables you to work seamlessly with teams, articulating user needs and design solutions effectively. With an eye for detail and a dedication to inclusive design, you ensure that your work resonates with a diverse audience. Your curiosity keeps you at the forefront of design innovation, while your leadership skills allow you to advocate for user-centric approaches and mentor others. In your role, you are not just a designer but a strategic problem solver, using UX to enhance customer satisfaction and drive business success.

• Interaction Designer - Design end to end user experiences through brainstorming, conceptual models, use cases and scenarios, personas, wireframe mock-ups, interactions flows, low-fidelity prototypes, and specification documents.
• Visual Designer - Design end to end user experiences through conceptual design, visual systems and language, mood boards, low- and medium-fidelity prototypes, final comps, and visual specification documents.
• User Research -Plan and complete research studies with mentorship from the User Research Lead.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a graduate degree. Relevant fields include: Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Information Sciences, Interaction Design, Visual Arts or a related field or other academic certification. Deep understanding of user-centered design based on HCI, visual, or industrial design foundations.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design based on HCI, visual, or industrial design foundations.  
• UI/UX Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of version control
• Project Management skills
• Basic coding skills: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. For Quota-based Incentive Pay, Cisco Typically Pays As Follows

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area

$44,000.00 - $185,000.00

Non-Metro New York State & Washington State

$44,000.00 - $185,000.00

• For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
• Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.