I spent an amazing 12 weeks as a UX design intern at YouTube Gaming. I ideated and designed new features based on YouTube Gaming’s user and product needs, using components from YouTube’s design system. If you work at Google, you can find my work at: go/williamsinternship and go/skilledplay!
I look back at the experience as an amazing learning journey. I entered classically trained as a game designer, not feeling confident in my skills in UX design. Should I do what I think is right? Or follow what everyone else does? It was hard. However, everyone I reached out to was so willing to help and share their own journey. Step by step, slowly by slowly, I built up confidence in my design and communication skills. By the end, I was finally comfortable, able to balance my personal touch with Google’s design standard.
You can also view my internship design challenge here, a mobile application to help find student orientation events.
