Entry Level Designer 2026
Introduction
IBM has a rich history of design that continues to evolve across IBM Z and LinuxONE, our systems powering the world's most important industries. Join us as we continue innovating across enterprise products to deliver solutions that drive our clients' missions forward.
As designers, you'll collaborate with a cross-functional team to solve complex business challenges. You may also work directly with clients and users to co-create meaningful solutions that address real-world needs.
Your role and responsibilities
UX/Research Designer
- Contribute to user research efforts focused on deeply technical domains like firmware, infrastructure tooling, and Linux-based systems, helping uncover user needs and mental models.
- Translate insights into design artifacts-user flows, journey maps, wireframes, and conceptual models-that clarify complex system interactions and support cross-functional understanding.
- Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and clients to co-design solutions, troubleshoot edge cases, and ensure designs align with the realities of complex, Linux-based infrastructure and firmware systems.
Content Designer
- Apply systematic thinking to understand the big picture and critical details as it applies to internal and external audiences.
- Partner with designers and researchers to support a cohesive user experience across our enterprise of products.
- Develop clear, consistent content, guidance and messaging that shapes a unified way of working.
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Familiarity in design thinking/human-centered design
- Experience within a relevant design discipline (User-Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Content and Communications Design)
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- Strong written and verbal communication skills (i.e. storytelling and documentation)
- Proficiency with design tools such as Mural, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, research survey tools, AI tools, and other design software tools.
- Entry level literacy with AI
Preferred technical and professional experience
Degree in in Design, including Design & Technology, UX Design, Software Product & Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), UX Research, Information Experience Design, Game Design, Human Factors, Usability, or Ethnography, or a Software or Computer Systems Engineering degree with a minor in Design or completion of a certificate program in Design.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
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