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KPMG Internship

 
 
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 KPMG UI/UX Design Internship:
Designing and refining web-based B2B products.

 
 
 

Duration: Nov 2020 - Feb 2021 Team: KPMG Lighthouse Role: UI Design Intern

 
 
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Internship
Overview

Context:

In the winter of 2020, I interned at KPMG Digital Ignition Center (Nanjing Office) as a user interface design intern in the Lighthouse team (Data, AI & Emerging Technologies). We own products such as KPMG Intelligent Interaction Solution, KPMG Risk e-Platform, Smart Online Test System, and Intelligent Training Partner Robot (highlighted are the projects I mainly worked on).

outcome:

  • Designed two main pages of the KPMG risk management platform: the homepage and the portal to all functions. Responsibilities include wireframes, Lo-Fi & Hi-Fi prototypes, and design handover.

  • Designed 11 pages (final UI) for KPMG’s supplier’s risk control system

  • Invented 3 new features for Smart Online Test System. Responsibilities include needs assessment, prototype, and design handover;

  • Side Projects: Refined a few UI for other projects such as enterprise tag page, Intelligent Training Partner Robot (Web & WeChat Mini-program), etc.

 
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Learning
Takeaways

My intern at KPMG is a journey that would benefit me for more than just three months. During this journey, I honed delicate design crafts, gained precious experiences, and made my own impact. Below are the key learning takeaways from this journey.

Know the constraints

Real-world experience design is about trade-offs between different constraints such as aesthetics, user needs, technical issues, and business goals. I’ve learned to be mindful of these constraints when I design to come up with a more realistic and better solution.

Communication, communication, and communication

I learned that communication is the key to collaboration. No matter which design phase I am in, whether it’s defining requirements, wireframing, or prototyping, communications keep me in the right direction and the design outcome aligned with the goals.

Show, don’t tell

Expressing ideas in a visual format rather than words makes ideas more compelling, helps us see problems and opportunities that discussion may not reveal, it helps teams come to design decision agreement.