2025 Summer Intern: Software & Advisory UX Intern

At UL, we know why we come to work.

Thousands of us around the world wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

As our global footprint continues to spread across the world, we are looking for a User Experience Intern to join our team in Northbrook, IL or Chicago, IL .

What you'll learn & achieve:

• Understand and advocate for client and end user needs. Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements, user scenarios, and use cases.

• Create UX and design assets including process flows, site maps, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and mockups to effectively communicate high-level design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors.

• Present design concepts to the larger team in a clear and organized fashion.

• Work closely with product stakeholders to ensure a full understanding of the product teams needs and priorities.

• Participate in weekly team meetings and design reviews.

• Work within project timelines, deliver design assets based on product roadmap.

• Evangelize user experience and user-centered design throughout the company.

What you'll experience working at UL:

• Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 125 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.

• People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.

• Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.

• Grow & achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.

• Total Rewards: A Your internship will consist of a 10-12 week project, networking opportunities, learning the UL Solutions business, and provide you with the opportunity to make a real world impact.

What makes you a great fit:

• Rising senior currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in: UX, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology or relevant field

• Knowledge of modern design/prototyping tools.

• Demonstrated ability in one more additional areas of user-centered design such as; content strategy, information architecture, or visual design.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience working in modern research, prototyping, and design tools.

• Strong practical knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability principles, information architecture and interaction design.

• Take ownership for self-development, stay current with design patterns, best practices, and tools in the field of UX.

• Accept feedback and coaching from senior teammates.

• Must have the indefinite right to work in the United States.

UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.