Intern – Visual Design
Posted on 9/23/2025

Autodesk
Compensation Overview
$23 - $46/hr
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
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Position Overview
The Design Enablement team inGET XD works horizontally across design, product management, and engineering teams to ensure that seamless, on-brand, and highly usable experiences are easy to design and build. We do this by providing systems, guidance, governance, and project-level work.
As a Visual DesignIntern, you will audit, enhance and expand an existing design system, focusing on scalability, usability and consistency. The project will result in updated design guidelines, a refreshed component library, and a proposal for continuous improvement to sustain the design system over time. The intern will collaborate with various teams, conduct usability tests, and ensure smooth design-to-development handoffs.
Responsibilities
Auditing existing design system of component, patterns and templates
With guidance from leadership and data from the wider organization, identifying opportunities for enhancements or refinements to the system
Proposed changes and have these validated by visual design, content design, and engineering
Document and deliver updates and improvements
Minimum Qualifications
Must be currently enrolled in a full-time, degree seeking program with an expected graduation date in 2027
Familiarity with design systems
Interest in applying your design, communication, or business process education to our real-worldstrategy and execution
Curiosity about multidisciplinary work, openness and eagerness to collaborate with others
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity working with Figma design application
Portfolio of visual work
About the US Intern Program
The 2026 U.S. program runs for 12 weeks (May 18 – August 7 or June 15 – September 4). All internships are paid. As an intern, you will contribute to meaningful projects, be mentored by industry leaders, and participate in tech talks and other activities designed to support your personal and professional development. Our internships align with Autodesk’s Flexible Workplace approach, which is designed to meet the needs of our business while providing flexibility in support of office, remote and hybrid work preferences.
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About Autodesk
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
Salary Transparency
Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience, educational level, and geographic location, and can exceed this range.
For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting annualized intern base salary to be between:
- $47,840 and $95,680 (undergraduate students)
- $72,800 and $118,500 (Masters/MBA students)
- $118,560 and $162,240 (PhD students)
Equal Employment Opportunity
At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
Diversity & Belonging
We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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