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Intern / Working Student / Trainee / Thesis (f/m/x)

Stuttgart, Berlin

zigzag is an independent, international design agency with a focus on user experience and digital product design. We accompany and guide our clients through the entire product development process, from strategy, user research, interaction, and visual design, to prototype and software development.

Since our foundation in 2012, our team has been working for Fortune 500 companies and start-ups in various industries such as financial services, transportation, automotive, health care, and more. Awards including the iF Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, and the German Design Award testify to the excellence of our work. We believe this excellence is rooted in collaboration, trust, curiosity, passion, and diverse teams based on mutual respect. That is why zigzag is all about people; people who share our values and jointly strive to bridge user needs, business, technology, community, and the planet. We're continuously searching for talented interns, working students and trainees (Design, Technology, Marketing & HR) to gather experience in our multidisciplinary team in Stuttgart or Berlin, Germany. In addition, we offer students the opportunity to write their bachelor's or master's thesis with us.

ROLES

What We Are Looking For

  • Interns (Design, Technology, Marketing & HR), 6-months mandatory internship
  • Working Students (Design, Technology, Marketing & HR), 16-20 hours per week
  • Trainees (Design, Technology, HR & Business Operations), 1-year program
  • Students writing their bachelor's or master's thesis (Design, Technology, HR & Business Operations)
  • School Interns (e.g. "BOGY")

SKILLS

What You Must Have

  • Curiosity, creativity and passion for design, technology, or business
  • Proactive team player with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Mandatory if you want to apply for an internship or thesis:You must be enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master's program in Europe in a relevant field, which requires a mandatory internship of six months or a bachelor's or master's thesis written in cooperation with a company.
  • Mandatory if you want to apply for a working student position: You must be enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master’s program in Europe in a relevant field. You should be available to work 16–20 hours per week during the semester. During semester breaks, you can workup to 40 hours per week.
  • Mandatory if you want to apply for an traineeship: bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
  • You must be eligible to legally work and live in Germany, as we cannot support VISA needs for internship or working student roles.
  • We are always glad to provide interns, students and trainees the possibility in gathering working experience in our agency and to support students with their bachelor’s or master’s thesis. In doing so, most important for us is the close support for which we like to invest a lot of time and effort. For this reason, the amount of internship, working student, and trainee positions which we can offer is limited to 1-2 per department (Design, Technology, Business Operations) at the same time. However, positions open up regularly & applications are appreciated.

BENEFITS

What We Offer

  • Work within a dedicated team of multidisciplinary and international professionals
  • Challenging projects for global clients in a surrounding without hierarchies and restraints
  • Opportunity to pursue your interests and to implement own ideas
  • Work in a modern and welcoming studio atmosphere, located in the heart of Stuttgart or Berlin
  • Competitive and fair financial compensation (EUR 1,200.00 for intern positions) (except school internships)
  • State-of-the-art hardware and equipment
  • Regular team events, joint fitness sessions, free drinks, coffee, snacks, and fresh fruit

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