Product Design Intern 4 Months - Winter 2025

Job Title: Product Design Intern

Department: Product & Technology

Work Term: Winter 2025*

Duration: 4 months (January 2025 – April 2025)

Location: Virtual

Roles available: 1

• Full time availability of 37.5 – 40 hours weekly required to be eligible for this opportunity.
  
  

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity, and compliance for the global workforce.

Our brand promise - Makes Work Life BetterTM - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Benefits For Students

• Experience working for one of the fastest growing Human Capital Management technology companies in the world Access to Dayforce’s development programs and resources
• Ability to work with as well as create relationships with members across the globe
• Autonomy to bring forth new ideas and optimize existing structures within the organization
• Meaningful responsibilities, enabling you to obtain ‘real-world’ experience
• Dynamic hands-on exposure to multiple business-units and stakeholders across Dayforce
  
  

Summary Of Opportunity

We are looking for a self-starting, passionate individual to be the Accessibility and Inclusive Design team's first intern. Digital accessibility is a journey, and it is essential to bring a collective voice as we shape a digitally accessible workforce. HR and workforce management tools should demonstrate the same care and craft as consumer software, designed with contemporary user- and human-centered practices. We are looking for individuals with knowledge of assistive technologies to collaborate with us in reaching this goal. Together, we can make a difference.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work directly with our Product and Technology Platform Accessibility Team to explore different solutions for improving the platform’s accessible user experience.
• Participate in prototype reviews to practice giving and receiving feedback in a supportive environment.
• Support the creation of workshops and presentations that are accessible for users using assistive technologies.
• Practice skills to understand compliance with accessibility standards.
• Advocate and improve digital accessibility experiences across our digital platforms.
• Be part of a fast-growing, fun Design Team!
  
  

Qualifications

• Embrace ambiguity and aren’t afraid to ask tough questions with a growth mindset.
• Familiarity with assistive technologies, adaptive strategies, and how they improve access.
• A passion for user-centered design and the ability to work through user flows with senior designers and identify gaps.
• Working knowledge of remote communication tools (Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Office suites).
• Familiarity with describing and documenting web and native mobile user experiences and presenting to the team (Microsoft Office, Confluence, or video recording).
• Comfortable with a remote work environment.
  
  

Nice To Have

• Familiarity with Figma as a design tool.
• Familiarity with WCAG guidelines and theoretical models of disabilities.
• Personal experience as a native user of a screen reader or other assistive technologies.
• Awareness of how language choice can reflect respect and empowerment within the disability community.
  
  

We understand that no matter where you are, choosing a new employer is always one of life’s most stressful events. We encourage you to check us out at Dayforce.com or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about how we are impacting the world of work for our customers, employees and you!

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