From May 2021 to April 2022, I was a product design intern at Intuit.
I mainly worked on the in-product experience of TurboTax Canada, crafting the experience that millions of Canadians use to file their taxes.
Specific features I worked on include: a complete redesign of TurboTax Desktop's auto-import feature, spearheading multiple re-designs, provocations for experimental designs, foundational work on platform migration, and communicating new features and product changes to users.
Learnings & Reflections
Here's a tiny fraction of what I learned during my year there:
Learn everything —
I did everything from conducting user interviews to visual design to design QA. I learned about all of the myriad responsibilities of a product designer that you don't learn in school, and found out that I really enjoy writing documentation!
Enter the unknown —
This internship marked a lot of design 'firsts' for me: working closely with content designers, data analysts, developers, and product managers; presenting to stakeholders from sales to engineering, working with a huge design system, and more. I gained a deep understanding of the product life cycle and learned so much about how design works at a large organization.
Enjoy the ride B) —
During my time at Intuit, TurboTax Canada and my team went through a couple of big shifts. I found my responsibilities changing drastically and often, which was challenging. Looking back, however, I learned the most during those times where we needed to move fast and (try not to) break things.
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