UI/UX Development Intern

What You Will Do:

The UI/UX Development Intern will assist IT Department.

Role and Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Understand the UX design concepts at Rent-A-Center
• As a part of UI development team, take up UI coding tasks as assigned by the manager
• Study the current state of the website and suggest improvements utilizing the academic knowledge from the college coursework

What You Will Gain:

As an intern with Upbound, you have a unique opportunity to learn and work with IT professionals. This will be a great opportunity to gain technical and strategic knowledge from multiple experts and to collaborate with several teams across the organization.

What We Are Looking For:

• Must be a rising Senior or recent graduate of an accredited four-year college or university.
• Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher

• Previous work or classroom experience in one of the following is preferred: Marketing
• Employer immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.
• Must be able to work M-F; 8 am – 5 pm onsite at Upbound’s Corporate office in Plano.

Summer 2023 Internship candidates will take part in a ten week program onsite at our corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas, running from June 5 to August 11, 2023. After your application and initial screening discussion, candidates will be aligned to interview and receive offers to the specific areas that suit their skillset and interests. In addition to your day-to-day tasks, RAC interns will participate in volunteer initiatives, C-Suite Roundtable Q&A, Coworker Resource Group networking events & more!

We are excited you have expressed interest in joining us this summer. Once your application has been reviewed, a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out to schedule a call, where they intend to learn more about you, and share additional details about the opportunity. If selected to move forward, they will reach back out with additional steps in the process.

About RAC:

At Rent-A-Center, we're passionate about what we do and who we serve. We all work hard to create the best possible life for ourselves and our families – to enjoy the American dream – and we empower our customers with the ability to enjoy that same dream. We put the buying power in our customers’ hands through flexible payment options so they can enjoy big-ticket items the way they want, when they want.

Our coworkers embody our family values and play an individual role in making our customers’ dreams come true.  With the opportunity to make a difference from day one, our coworkers enjoy rewarding careers and the ability to advance quickly.  Our commitment to a better life for our customers and coworkers has kept us at the top of the rent-to-own industry, and we're looking for people who share our passion.

Today, Rent-A-Center employs nearly 14,000 people nationwide who serve more than one million customers. Rent-A-Center owns and operates 2400 stores in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Canada, and Puerto Rico and has over 200 franchise locations. We are headquartered in Plano, Texas, and have several other companies under our umbrella: AcceptanceNOW, Get It Now! and Home Choice.

EEO INFO:

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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