Synergy UX Internship
Session: Group session 1 – 1:30 pm
Speaker: Eimear Corrigan
Topic: Eimear will recount her experience as a UX intern. Eimear is now working full time as a UX developer.
- She was able to be a UX designer and developer – a hybrid role.
- In 2019 she stayed part time with synergy learning – something they do if they see your potential within the company. They were very flexible
- In final year they were flexible and gave her time off so she could focus on her studies
- There was a lot of progressing and opportunity within the company.
It is a very fast paced environment.
They are experts in creating learning with impact. They create engaging, intuitive and accessible learning platforms that deliver meaningful, measurable results.
What they do
- learning management platform
- Bespoke development
- UX design – understanding users, their needs and creating a result that will be useful and meaningful to them
Applying for the role
- Prepare your knowledge in your area
- Be ready to talk about you. Sell your self
- Learn a bit about SASS, Mustache templates with PHP
- have an interesting and personal cover letter in your application – have interesting answers to questions: these things will give you a better chance
- research our company. Understand what we do.
- Show that you are keen to learn and develop – they will want to help you with that
Apply online
1st interview
- Technical section – could be a technical scenario or general questions
- Typical interview questions
- Knowledge of company values
- Prepare questions to ask – show interest
Beginning the role of an intern:
- assigned a buddy – continuous learning, mentoring to enhance you skills and help with your learning
- get used to the systems they use: Atlassian, Slack, Asana, Moodle. Learn their platform: totara.academy
Day to day as UX developer:
- team meetings
- daily stand up – quick catch up of projects (around9;30)
- Git – learn this and SAS and JavaScript
- Client communications
- Support
Perks
- perkbox (get this after being there 6months)
Current opportunities:
- Intern UX developer
- Intern QA Analyst
- Intern Support
Where will I work? Remote/flexible
There is potential for a future career with Synergy Learning
You will be provided by the hardware and software needed to do your work.
Synergy is looking for…
Personal, engaging, tailored for the role and application. Show you have researched the company, that you know the role and that you are interested in it. Show A LOT of interest into the company . Look up their website and blog.
They do a lot of projects for charity – maybe include the fact that you like this?
They might ask you which ones of their values you can relate to most – Eimer said passionate and
Who to contact:
- Mandy for anything to do with the company – Can get a 1:1 with her to ask more about the application process.
- Dylan for how its like working while studying
How to submit your portfolio when applying:
- web portfolio would be preferred – add as a link. If its not online yet try Google drive