Intro
Microsoft
My Role
Product Designer - UI/UX Design, Interactions, Research & User Testing
Product Designer - UI/UX Design, Interactions, Research & User Testing
Team
Microsoft AI - MSN Experience
Microsoft AI - MSN Experience
Overview
Over the course of 12 weeks I contributed to creating new experiences within MSN in the Edge browser on Windows, focusing on new core features and concepts to be brought to the platform.
Over the course of 12 weeks I contributed to creating new experiences within MSN in the Edge browser on Windows, focusing on new core features and concepts to be brought to the platform.
Summary
Microsoft - Creating New AI Experiences
12 Weeks at Microsoft AI
12 Weeks at Microsoft AI
For this internship I was placed into the MSN team within Microsoft AI. Our core mission is to reimagine the current MSN experience within the Edge browser, as well as how to leverage AI/Copilot to bring a more unique and satisfying experience to users.
During this internship I worked on two projects. One provided the MSN team with a possible design direction for a new core AI feature within MSN, while the second project was a more grounded feature that will be shipped to over 300 million users within the future.
Over the course of these two projects I collaborated with key product partners, PMs, developers, and other designers. I created designs, frameworks, and roadmaps for the MSN team to follow and reference when designing for the future of our core AI feature. I also collaborated with FTE's to design, research, and handoff a new feature to developers to be developed in the coming weeks for MSN.
Due to NDA restrictions I cannot share my processes or final product at this time. Please contact me if you are interested in hearing more about my experience at Microsoft and what I worked on.
For this internship I was placed into the MSN team within Microsoft AI. Our core mission is to reimagine the current MSN experience within the Edge browser, as well as how to leverage AI/Copilot to bring a more unique and satisfying experience to users.
During this internship I worked on two projects. One provided the MSN team with a possible design direction for a new core AI feature within MSN, while the second project was a more grounded feature that will be shipped to over 300 million users within the future.
Over the course of these two projects I collaborated with key product partners, PMs, developers, and other designers. I created designs, frameworks, and roadmaps for the MSN team to follow and reference when designing for the future of our core AI feature. I also collaborated with FTE's to design, research, and handoff a new feature to developers to be developed in the coming weeks for MSN.
Due to NDA restrictions I cannot share my processes or final product at this time. Please contact me if you are interested in hearing more about my experience at Microsoft and what I worked on.
Reflections
My first internship.
Designing for AI moves quick.
Designing for AI moves quick.
Coming into this internship I had heard about how fast organizations were moving to design and build AI centered products and experiences, but I didn't realize just how fast they were moving until I experienced it. During this internship I had to navigate this hectic landscape, from changing business priorities, shortened deadlines, to difficult design challenges. I learned a lot because of this though, and got that first taste of real world experience and how to design for an AI centric future.
Coming into this internship I had heard about how fast organizations were moving to design and build AI centered products and experiences, but I didn't realize just how fast they were moving until I experienced it. During this internship I had to navigate this hectic landscape, from changing business priorities, shortened deadlines, to difficult design challenges. I learned a lot because of this though, and got that first taste of real world experience and how to design for an AI centric future.
Designing for real products.
Designing for real products.
This was the very first time that I was designing features for things that would not only just ship, but ship to millions of users around the world. I asked a lot of questions, shadowed senior designers, and began to build the foundation of what makes a designer a professional designer. I learned a lot about building real world products and what goes into that, and the types of things I should be thinking about when designing for these things.
This was the very first time that I was designing features for things that would not only just ship, but ship to millions of users around the world. I asked a lot of questions, shadowed senior designers, and began to build the foundation of what makes a designer a professional designer. I learned a lot about building real world products and what goes into that, and the types of things I should be thinking about when designing for these things.
Always keep learning.
Always keep learning.
One of my main goals for this internship was to be a sponge for knowledge. I never stopped asking questions and trying new things. I embraced failure, seeing it as a way to learn and grow from the very talented and educated people around me. I learned a ton over this internship, and I'm very greatful to have had this experience.
One of my main goals for this internship was to be a sponge for knowledge. I never stopped asking questions and trying new things. I embraced failure, seeing it as a way to learn and grow from the very talented and educated people around me. I learned a ton over this internship, and I'm very greatful to have had this experience.
Austin de Nijs
Austin de Nijs
Product Designer
Product Designer