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Poughkeepsie, NY

Entry Level Designer 2026

No experience
Technology & Digital
Design
Posted:
December 29, 2025

IBM

Global technology company
72.1
Palpable Score
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Introduction

IBM has a rich history of design that continues to evolve across IBM Z and LinuxONE, our systems powering the world’s most important industries. Join us as we continue innovating across enterprise products to deliver solutions that drive our clients’ missions forward.

As designers, you’ll collaborate with a cross-functional team to solve complex business challenges. You may also work directly with clients and users to co-create meaningful solutions that address real-world needs.

Your role and responsibilities

UX/Research Designer

- Contribute to user research efforts focused on deeply technical domains like firmware, infrastructure tooling, and Linux-based systems, helping uncover user needs and mental models.

- Translate insights into design artifacts—user flows, journey maps, wireframes, and conceptual models—that clarify complex system interactions and support cross-functional understanding.

- Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and clients to co-design solutions, troubleshoot edge cases, and ensure designs align with the realities of complex, Linux-based infrastructure and firmware systems.

Content Designer

- Apply systematic thinking to understand the big picture and critical details as it applies to internal and external audiences.

- Partner with designers and researchers to support a cohesive user experience across our enterprise of products.

- Develop clear, consistent content, guidance and messaging that shapes a unified way of working.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

- Familiarity in design thinking/human-centered design

- Experience within a relevant design discipline (User-Experience Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Content and Communications Design)

- Strong written and verbal communication skills (i.e. storytelling and documentation)

- Proficiency with design tools such as Mural, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, research survey tools, AI tools, and other design software tools.

- Entry level literacy with AI

Preferred technical and professional experience

Degree in in Design, including Design & Technology, UX Design, Software Product & Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), UX Research, Information Experience Design, Game Design, Human Factors, Usability, or Ethnography, or a Software or Computer Systems Engineering degree with a minor in Design or completion of a certificate program in Design.

About the company

IBM

Company overview
IBM is a global technology company that sells software, consulting services, and infrastructure products to large organisations. IBM’s current focus areas include hybrid cloud, AI, cybersecurity, automation, and enterprise IT modernisation. IBM also operates a large consulting arm that delivers transformation programmes for clients across industries. IBM works with customers worldwide, from governments and banks to retailers and manufacturers.

Locations and presence

IBM operates globally with offices and client sites across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. Working patterns vary by role and business unit, and public reporting shows IBM has required in-office or client-site presence (often at least three days a week) for some groups such as US managers and parts of the sales organisation.

Palpable Score

72.1
/ 100
IBM is a strong early-career option for people who want multiple entry doors, because IBM runs internships, apprenticeships, and named entry-level programmes alongside “entry level” job hiring. IBM is also more transparent than many large tech employers about the steps in the hiring process and how assessments work, including accommodations and asking for feedback. The main constraints are uneven pay transparency by country and role, plus limited public outcome data (conversion rates, promotion timelines) for early-career cohorts.
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