Product Design Intern

Guild is hiring a Product Design Intern. Guild is building the infrastructure that helps working adults access affordable education and coaching, changing the trajectory of their careers. This summer, you will join our product design team for a 12-week internship (June 1 through August 21, 2026) and work on real problems that impact real people. AI is reshaping how products are built, and you will help us reinvent what product design looks like in an AI-native environment: using AI-powered tools to generate and iterate on design work at speed, bridging design and front-end code, all while being embedded in a working design practice where strong fundamentals still matter. Strong performers will be considered for a full-time Associate Product Designer role at the end of the summer.

This internship requires three days per week in-office at our Denver headquarters (parking and lunch are subsidized). If you’re not based in the Denver metro area but are still interested, a modest stipend will be available to help offset housing and travel costs. This role is not open to candidates on F1 or OPT Visa’s. 

As a Product Design Intern, you will:

•   Use AI-powered design tools (Claude, Cursor, Figma, Gemini, Replit) to generate, explore, and iterate on design concepts, developing your own point of view on when and how to use them effectively.
•   Translate design work into front-end implementations or high-fidelity prototypes that engineers can build from, working as close to code as your skills allow.
•   Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and product designers to understand real user and business problems, then design and validate solutions grounded in that understanding.
•   Participate in design critiques, standups, and sprint ceremonies, bringing a clear perspective and contributing actively.
•   Seek feedback proactively, guide your work with research and data, document your decisions, and show visible growth across the summer in both craft and judgment.

You are a strong fit for this role if you have:

•   Designed or built something because you saw a problem worth solving, not because it was assigned: a side project, a redesign, a prototype you shipped yourself.
•   Started experimenting with AI tools in your design workflow and have opinions about where they help and where they fall short.
•   Made something interactive: a coded prototype, a high-fidelity Figma flow, or a front-end component, and can walk through the decisions you made.
•   Worked on a team or class project where you had to explain a design rationale or navigate disagreement.

Preferred Competencies:

•   Design craft: a working visual and interaction design sensibility. You understand hierarchy, flow, and feedback. AI tools can accelerate your output, but your taste and judgment are what make the output good.
•   AI fluency: comfort using AI-powered tools in a design workflow, with the judgment to evaluate output critically and the curiosity to keep learning as the tools evolve.
•   Front-end proximity: willingness to learn HTML and CSS to iterate on component libraries and understand how your designs will be built.
•   Communication: strong verbal and written skills, including the ability to present design decisions clearly for both design and non-design audiences.
•   Ownership and resourcefulness: you take initiative when stuck, ask good questions, and treat ambiguity as something to resolve rather than wait out.
•   Business curiosity: an interest in how design decisions connect to user outcomes and business goals, with the instinct to ask 'why' before 'how'.

We are committed to equal pay for equal work and believe in compensation transparency. All salary ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region. This role offers a competitive total compensation package, including a base rate of $37 - $43 / hour. Compensation offered will be based on a combination of factors such as experience, competencies, and internal equity.

Posting Date: March 20, 2026

*This role will remain open for a minimum of 3 days.