Kauffman Foundation Internship program 2018

2018 Internship Program

The Kauffman Foundation Internship program will engage a diverse group of 15-20 college students (undergraduate and graduate level) in a paid summer internship experience with three components: meaningful project work, civic engagement and professional development.

We seek college students who are intellectually curious and passionate about our mission. Specifically, we seek interns who want to partner with us to eliminate barriers so that every person – regardless of their background – can take risks, achieve success and give back to their communities.

We know that diverse teams are high-performing teams; therefore, we seek college students with different perspectives and life experiences.

Eligibility requirements:

• Available for full time, paid work June 4-July 28 (all interns will be onsite at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri).
• Currently enrolled in college courses, undergraduate or graduate level (enrolled and/or completing courses in Spring 2018).
• Committed to completing substantive projects in the areas of entrepreneurship, education and/or Kansas City Civic. (More information is available about our mission and priorities on our website.)
• Committed to professional development, network development and civic engagement experiences (these experiences will be part of the Kauffman internship program).

How to apply:

• Send a cover letter indicating which intern position you are interested in applying for, your resume and a 1 minute video that answers 3 questions (you will not be judged on the quality of your video):
  • Who are you?
  • What do you care about?
  • Why are you interested in an internship at the Kauffman Foundation?
• Applications that do not indicate interest in one specific internship position will not be considered.
• Send to internresumes@kauffman.org

Deadline to apply is January 31, 2018.

Visual Design Intern - Spring 2016

Visual Design Intern - Spring 2016 - UX Team

 

New York, NY

 

Job Description

 

MaxPoint is seeking a passionate Visual Design Intern to join our multidisciplinary UX team in the New York office. The ideal candidate has experience combining typography, iconography, color, and texture to craft visually appealing designs that help our users successfully navigate MaxPoint’s product suite.

 

Are you eager to explore a career in Visual Design? Do you regularly obsess over the design details and aesthetics of the apps, products, and brands that you experience day to day? Are you interested in joining an energetic multidisciplinary team? Our UX Researchers, Interaction Designers, and Visual Designers inspire each other on a daily basis by sharing ideas, articles, interaction examples, and product designs. We are driven by our collective passion for innovation within the UX realm. We want another individual with a creative spark to fuel our enthusiasm.

 

 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our UX team to visually conceptualize, refine, and implement consistent patterns across multiple products.
• Explore typographic hierarchy, iconography, imagery, color, and texture to solve problems in elegant and beautiful ways.
• Actively participate in team brainstorming and solution generation by collaborating with other Visual Designers, Interaction Designers, and UX Researchers.
• Present and communicate ideas to fellow UX teammates, Product Managers, and Engineers
• Assist with solutions from ideation to completion while utilizing visual design skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to work 16 to 30 hours per week during Spring 2016 semester; we can be flexible depending on your schedule
• Online portfolio or work examples of your visual design thought process.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite or Sketch.
• Interest in responsive design, touch, and mobile interfaces.
• Basic understanding of personas, user interviews, usability testing, prototyping and interaction design.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback in order to refine designs and improve skillsets.
• Superior communication and presentation skills.
• Team player with an ability to work as a contributing member of a multi-disciplinary team. 

http://www.maxpoint.com/ 

2014 Summer analysts hiring practices@Investment banks

Source: CNBC; article by Michael J. Moore, Date: 24th June 2014

Topic: 2014 Investment banking Summer analyst practices.

Undergrad summer analysts and Associates: The title of analyst typically is used for undergraduate students who intern for the summer who are different from research analysts who recommend stocks to investors. Associates are usually graduate school students.

Wall street industry programs: Wall Street firms have been touting the selectivity of their programs for recruiting junior talent to counter worries that they’re less attractive employers in the wake of the financial crisis. The acceptance rate of less than 2 percent is lower than Harvard College’s 5.9 percent for the coming year’s freshman class.

Firms: Morgan Stanley (MS), owner of the world’s largest brokerage, received about 90,000 applications for its summer program for analysts and associates. More than 1,000 people, or roughly 80 percent who received offers, accepted a spot and began working in the past few weeks. Morgan Stanley’s 2014 summer class hails from more than 275 schools. The number of applicants is higher than last year.

More than 80 percent of those who were offered a spot for its summer program for analysts and associates had accepted. 

Goldman Sachs - In 2013 its investment-banking division, selected 350 summer analysts from a pool of more than 17,000 applicants.