Tech – Designer: Parents Gateway

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Role

Designer

Division

Central Administration & Social

Level

Undergraduate, Post-Diploma

Internship Duration

6 months, 12 months

Project Description

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Parents Gateway (PG) is a national platform that helps schools communicate with parents. As part of PG 2.0, we’re improving features like parents communication, services and engagement to better support school-home partnerships. The intern will work with the design team on research, design, and feedback gathering for these features.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the internship, the intern will: - Support and conduct user research - Plan and run interviews or surveys, take notes, and help organise feedback into useful insights. - Apply design principles in real projects - Create mockups or prototypes using Figma and the design system, applying concepts like hierarchy, clarity and consistency. - Understand how UX fits into product development - Join team sprint ceremonies like standups, design reviews and sprint planning to see how design and product decisions come together. - Collaborate in a cross-functional team - Work with designers, developers and PMs, and participate in UX syncs like Design Clinics and Labs. - Grow confidence in design and communication - Get weekly check-ins with a UX mentor, and have opportunities to share work and learnings at team huddles.

Prerequisites

- Familiar with Figma and able to create wireframes or prototypes using design components - Able to support user research (e.g. planning, conducting sessions, note-taking, synthesising insights) - Understands key design principles such as hierarchy, clarity, and consistency - Has experience working on UX or design-related school projects - Works independently and follows through on tasks