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User Experience Design roles in the United States are available to international professionals through the J-1 visa under the Trainee or Intern program category, depending on your career stage. Securing sponsorship requires a designated sponsor organization to issue your DS-2019, separate from your host employer.
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Roadie, a UPS company, is a leading logistics and delivery platform that helps businesses tackle the complexities of modern retail with unmatched delivery coverage, flexibility and visibility. Reaching 97% of U.S. households across more than 30,000 zip codes — from urban hubs to rural communities — Roadie provides seamless, scalable solutions that meet a variety of delivery needs.
With a network of more than 310,000 independent drivers nationwide, Roadie offers flexible delivery solutions that make complex logistics challenges easy, including solutions for local same-day delivery, delivery of big and bulky items, ship-from-store and DC-to-door.
As a UX Design & Research Intern, you'll work alongside our UX team to help build and grow Baseline, our design system and the foundation of every consistent, thoughtful experience across our platform.
From day one, your work will influence our product experiences. That means researching, designing, and documenting components that help our designers and engineers build with confidence. If you're someone who finds satisfaction in making things clearer, more cohesive, and more human- keep reading.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What You’ll Do:
- Audit existing components and patterns for usability, consistency, and accessibility compliance
- Design and refine components in Figma, working closely with engineers to make sure what you build can ship
- Use various research methods to inform and validate design system decisions
- Turn insights into clear, practical improvements that make the system stronger
- Write clear documentation that helps designers and engineers work more efficiently
- Collaborate with stakeholders across design, product, and engineering to ensure what you design can actually ship
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What You Bring:
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in HCI, ID, CS, or a related field
- Curiosity about how people interact with products
- Hands-on experience with Figma; familiarity with Storybook is a bonus
- Interest in UX research methods and enthusiasm for putting them into practice
- Systems thinking: you enjoy organizing, structuring, and improving how things work
- Genuine interest in accessibility and inclusive design
- Clear communicator who welcomes feedback and uses it to improve
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
What You'll Get:
- Mentorship from senior UX designers
- Hands-on experience with a real, actively used design system
- Portfolio-worthy work you actually shipped
INTRODUCTION
Roadie, a UPS company, is a leading logistics and delivery platform that helps businesses tackle the complexities of modern retail with unmatched delivery coverage, flexibility and visibility. Reaching 97% of U.S. households across more than 30,000 zip codes — from urban hubs to rural communities — Roadie provides seamless, scalable solutions that meet a variety of delivery needs.
With a network of more than 310,000 independent drivers nationwide, Roadie offers flexible delivery solutions that make complex logistics challenges easy, including solutions for local same-day delivery, delivery of big and bulky items, ship-from-store and DC-to-door.
As a UX Design & Research Intern, you'll work alongside our UX team to help build and grow Baseline, our design system and the foundation of every consistent, thoughtful experience across our platform.
From day one, your work will influence our product experiences. That means researching, designing, and documenting components that help our designers and engineers build with confidence. If you're someone who finds satisfaction in making things clearer, more cohesive, and more human- keep reading.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What You’ll Do:
- Audit existing components and patterns for usability, consistency, and accessibility compliance
- Design and refine components in Figma, working closely with engineers to make sure what you build can ship
- Use various research methods to inform and validate design system decisions
- Turn insights into clear, practical improvements that make the system stronger
- Write clear documentation that helps designers and engineers work more efficiently
- Collaborate with stakeholders across design, product, and engineering to ensure what you design can actually ship
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What You Bring:
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in HCI, ID, CS, or a related field
- Curiosity about how people interact with products
- Hands-on experience with Figma; familiarity with Storybook is a bonus
- Interest in UX research methods and enthusiasm for putting them into practice
- Systems thinking: you enjoy organizing, structuring, and improving how things work
- Genuine interest in accessibility and inclusive design
- Clear communicator who welcomes feedback and uses it to improve
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
What You'll Get:
- Mentorship from senior UX designers
- Hands-on experience with a real, actively used design system
- Portfolio-worthy work you actually shipped
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in User Experience Design
Align your portfolio to specialty occupation criteria
UX Design qualifies as a specialty occupation when your work requires applied knowledge of human-computer interaction, information architecture, or cognitive psychology. Document this connection explicitly in your portfolio before approaching any host employer or designated sponsor.
Distinguish Intern from Trainee category early
If you're currently enrolled in a degree program, the Intern category applies. If you've graduated within the past 12 months and hold a relevant degree, Trainee fits your profile. Misidentifying your category delays DS-2019 issuance and stalls the process.
Search for host employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to find U.S. companies actively hosting J-1 exchange visitors in design and product roles. Filtering by J-1 compatibility saves time compared to cold-applying to employers unfamiliar with the designated sponsor structure.
Verify host employer willingness to complete a training plan
Your designated sponsor requires the host employer to co-sign a detailed training plan, called the DS-7002, outlining your UX activities by phase. Confirm the employer has done this before before accepting any offer, since many design teams haven't.
Check your home-country residency requirement status
Some J-1 participants must return home for two years before switching to most U.S. work visas. UX Trainees sponsored by government funding or with skills on the Exchange Visitor Skills List may be subject to this requirement. Verify early to avoid surprises.
Request written confirmation of prevailing wage compliance
Your designated sponsor and host employer must ensure your compensation meets the OFLC Wage Search standard for your UX role and location. Request written confirmation before signing an offer letter to avoid compliance issues that could jeopardize your program.
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Find User Experience Design JobsUser Experience Design J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to User Experience Design roles?
It depends on your career stage. Current students enrolled in a UX, design, or related degree program fall under the Intern category. Recent graduates or early-career professionals with a relevant degree and prior UX work experience qualify under the Trainee category. Both require a designated sponsor to issue your DS-2019 and a host employer to co-sign your training plan.
Who actually sponsors my J-1 visa if a design studio hires me?
The design studio is your host employer, not your visa sponsor. Your J-1 sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, such as Cultural Vistas or AIPT, that issues your DS-2019 form, approves your training plan, and monitors compliance throughout your exchange. The host employer cannot sponsor a J-1 visa directly, so you need both parties in place before your program begins.
How do I find U.S. employers that are open to hosting J-1 UX designers?
Many design teams haven't hired J-1 exchange visitors before and aren't familiar with the DS-7002 training plan requirement. Migrate Mate lets you search for U.S. employers and roles that align with J-1 sponsorship, so you can target companies with relevant hosting experience rather than educating every recruiter you meet about how the program works.
Does the two-year home residency requirement apply to UX Trainees?
It may. The two-year home country physical presence requirement applies when your J-1 program is funded by your home government or the U.S. government, or when your home country has designated your skill on the Exchange Visitor Skills List. UX Design is not broadly listed, but government-funded placements can still trigger the requirement. Confirm your status with your designated sponsor before accepting an offer.
What documents should I prepare before approaching a designated sponsor?
Sponsors evaluating UX Trainee or Intern applicants typically want a current resume, an academic transcript or degree certificate, a portfolio demonstrating applied UX work, and a letter from the host employer describing your proposed activities. Your portfolio should clearly connect your work to a specialty field, such as interaction design or usability research, not just general graphic or visual design.
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