[Keppel Internship Programme 2027] Intern, UX/UI (Jan - May 2027)

Job Description

Keppel is a leading global asset manager and operator with strong capabilities in energy & environment, urban development, and connectivity, creating solutions for a sustainable future.

The intern will be responsible for:

• Designing and prototyping user experiences across consumer-facing platforms (web/mobile) and enterprise/internal systems (admin portals, dashboards).
• Supporting user research and usability testing (e.g., interviews, observations, testing sessions) to understand user needs, motivations, and pain points.
• Collaborating with product managers, engineers, and designers to iterate solutions and ensure alignment with technical feasibility.
• UX Designer track: Translating user insights into user flows, wireframes, and visual concepts.
• UX Engineer track: Supporting prototyping, UI behaviors, or component-based implementation (where applicable).
• Exploring AI-assisted design and prototyping tools where appropriate, with guidance from the team.

Learning Outcomes

• Gain hands-on experience working on real product features or workflows in an IT and digital product environment.
• Develop capability in understanding user behavior and translating insights into intuitive design solutions.
• Learn how design, engineering, and product collaborate to deliver user-facing and enterprise systems.
• Build familiarity with modern tools, including AI-assisted design workflows, and understand responsible usage.
• Receive structured mentorship, feedback, and exposure to design critique practices.

Job Requirements

• Pursuing a diploma/degree in either creative disciplines (e.g., Industrial Design, Product Design, Visual Communication, Media, Fine Arts) or technical disciplines (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering).
• Strong curiosity about users, behaviors, and motivations, with interest in solving real-world problems.
• Comfortable engaging users (e.g., interviews, testing) and translating ideas into tangible outputs (e.g., sketches, flows, or prototypes).
• For UX Designer track: Familiarity with design tools such as Figma (academic or self-taught acceptable).
• For UX Engineer track: Interest in front-end development, prototyping, or design systems (basic coding knowledge is a plus).
• Interest in AI tools, digital products, and emerging technologies, with willingness to learn.

Business Segment

Corporate

Platform

Operating Division