UI/UX Design Intern (Turkey-based)

Role: UI/UX Design Intern – AI SaaS / Technician Experience

Location: Remote from Turkey (working with NL-based founders & Turkish dev team)

Type: Internship (part-time or full-time, to be agreed) — Unpaid

Future: Strong fit + performance can lead to a paid junior role later (depending on company capacity)

About Manuel AI

Technicians in the Netherlands don’t sit in offices. They are:

• in basements with boilers,
• on roofs with heat pumps,
• in front of angry customers and blinking error codes.

They don’t have time to read 80-page PDF manuals.

Manuel AI is their digital colleague.

They type an error code or a problem into Manuel.

Manuel reads technical documents, uses AI, and returns short, clear steps they can follow on-site.

The product is:

• web and mobile-first,
• used in the field, on phones, often in a hurry,
• backed by a heavy document and AI engine.

Your job is not to make things “pretty”.

Your job is to make stressful situations easier to navigate on a small screen.

Who you’ll work with

• Founding team in the Netherlands (vision, industry, customers).
• Core development team in Turkey (fullstack devs, fully remote).
• Product & Project roles who will give you context and push your thinking.

Small team. Direct feedback. No layers. If you design something, it can actually ship.

What you will do

As a UI/UX Design Intern, you will:

• Work on real screens for Manuel AI:
• technician question/answer flows,
• onboarding and “first-time” experiences,
• simple internal tools when needed.
• Design flows and screens:
• map simple user flows,
• create low-fidelity wireframes,
• turn them into high-fidelity designs in Figma.
• Think mobile-first:
• technicians mostly use phones,
• limited time, limited attention, high stress.
• Build small interactive prototypes in Figma to show how a flow works.
• Iterate with the team:
• explain your thinking,
• take feedback without ego,
• tighten the design until it’s simple and clear.

You will not be making “fake Dribbble shots”.

You will be working on a live product used by real people.

Who you are

Must-haves

• Based in Turkey.
• Student or recent graduate (design, communication, HCI, engineering + self-taught design, etc.).

• You can use Figma comfortably:
• create frames, components and basic prototypes.
• You know the basics of UI/UX: hierarchy, spacing, typography, contrast, mobile layouts.

• You can show some work:
• a Figma link, Behance, PDF, anything that proves you’ve actually designed screens.

• Language:
• Turkish: fluent (daily communication with the team).
• English: enough to read/write UI texts and understand product discussions.

Nice-to-haves

• Any experience (even school projects) with SaaS dashboards or mobile apps.
• Interest in AI tools and chat/assistant interfaces.
• Curiosity about how technicians, field workers or support teams actually work.

How you think

We’re not looking for:

• people who only care about colors and gradients,
• people who disappear for a week and then drop a Figma file.

We’re looking for someone who:

• asks “what problem is this screen solving?”,
• understands that technicians don’t have time for clutter,
• is okay hearing “this is too complicated, simplify it” and trying again.

What we offer

• Real product experience in a focused AI startup.
• Direct feedback from founders, developers and product people.
• Screens that can actually reach real users, not just stay in a portfolio.
• A lot of learning in a short time — if you show up and do the work.
• Potential to grow into a junior role later, if there is mutual fit.

Hiring process

1. Short Typeform (basic info + a few Manuel-specific questions).
2. Portfolio review.
3. 30–45 min call with a founder / designer to walk through your work.
4. Small design exercise on a real Manuel use case.



Apply via LinkedIn. If your profile looks relevant, we’ll send you the Typeform.