Design Intern

Design Intern - Laerdal Medical

The Company

Laerdal Medical is an international market leader in training and therapy products for emergency medicine and critical care. Our products and services are used by hospitals, ambulance services, first aid organizations, educational institutions and others around the world. We are a dynamic and energetic organization consisting of people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds. By 2030, we have a goal of helping save 1.000.000 more lives. Every year.

Are you interested in working on cutting edge solutions that can help save lives? Are you passionate for user-centered design and great user and customer experience? Then you could be our new design intern!

We offer internship opportunities in various design fields – may it be service design, user research, interaction design or industrial design.

The job

As a design intern at Laerdal, you will work in the intersection of education and healthcare, and design integrated in physical products, digital products or service experiences. You may participate in all stages of the design process, from early phase user- and market research, ideation and concept development, detailed design and specification, and final product testing and validation. Everything we do happens in close loops with our users: Nurses, paramedics, doctors, medical instructors, and others. You'll work in an energetic and cross disciplinary team and have a solid and award-winning design group for support. Typical tasks will vary depending on your background and expertise:

• Conduct Research to deeply and holistically understand user needs.
• Visualize and communicate findings and insights to the development team.
• Organize and facilitate workshops with internal / external stakeholders.
• Design, prototype, develop and specify holistic user or customer experience and products.
• Plan, perform and document design validation activities.
  
  

You

You are a talented design student within the field of industrial design, interaction design, UX/UI, service design or design research. Please note that we offer intern positions exclusively to students pursuing a design education. Design professionals already holding a degree will not be considered. You should have:

• Profound insight and experience in design methodologies.
• Good abilities in understanding user needs and transferring this to product / experience concepts.
• Strong prototyping and visualization skills.
• Enthusiasm for creating the best possible and holistic user experiences.
• Strong communication skills, fluent English, written and spoken.
  
  

You also enjoy and are able to plan and conduct workshops with users. Start date is flexible. Apply now by sending your CV and link to portfolio.