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Role Description

As the Design Systems Intern at BetterHelp, you’ll join a diverse team of licensed clinicians, engineers, product pros, creatives, marketers, and business leaders who share a passion for expanding access to therapy.

• Conduct a comprehensive audit of our existing design system
• Refactor and update components using the newest tokens and variant structures
• Improve component flexibility and scalability while maintaining usability
• Partner with engineers to ensure component logic aligns with implementation
• Engage in constructive feedback loops, both giving and receiving, to elevate design standards
• Contribute to documentation and usage guidelines that improve team adoption

By the end of the internship, you will have contributed measurable improvements to a production design system used across multiple product surfaces.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Figma for UI/UX design, prototyping, and collaboration
• Strong visual design skills, with an eye for layout, typography, and hierarchy
• Collaborative mindset, able to work effectively with designers, product managers, and engineers
• Demonstrated interest in design systems, scalability, or structured problem-solving
• Comfortable working within constraints, iterating based on feedback and balancing user needs with business goals
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback to improve design outcomes
• Experience from a bootcamp, design course, or relevant college coursework
• Strong communication skills, able to articulate design decisions clearly
• Curious and eager to learn, with a proactive approach to tackling challenges
• Portfolio showcasing thoughtful design process (design system work is a plus, but not required)

Requirements

• Familiarity with tokens, accessibility standards, or responsive design principles (bonus)
• Curiosity about how design systems support experimentation and growth (bonus)

Benefits

• The chance to build something that changes lives – and that people love
• An awesome community of co-workers
• Meaningful projects: Apply your education to real-world challenges through hands-on, impactful work that is both rigorous and rewarding
• Growth & development: Expand your skills through mentoring, job shadowing, lunch & learns, and hands-on project work that supports your personal and professional growth
• Dedicated support: Benefit from a manager and mentor who will provide ongoing guidance and support throughout your internship
• The hourly rate for this position is $25 - $30 per hour