Design Intern

Who We Are

True Markets is building the next generation of digital asset trading. We empower traders with powerful tools, real-time intelligence, and a secure, intuitive platform.

Founded by the team who launched USDC and scaled the Coinbase exchange business, we've built foundational financial infrastructure at global scale. Now we're re-architecting global markets through stablecoin-powered settlement, cross-border liquidity, and institution-grade trading systems.

Job Description

The Design intern works across everything we ship and everything we say: product screens for the trading app, brand and marketing assets for launches, and the visual system that holds both together. You'll take real work end to end, from a rough brief to a shipped screen or a live campaign, with direct mentorship from the product and marketing teams. This is a small team, so the work is real and it goes out fast.

Responsibilities

• Design product screens and flows for the True Markets app and web surfaces, from wireframe through high-fidelity mockup and prototype.
• Produce marketing and brand assets: social graphics, landing pages, decks, event collateral, and app store creative.
• Contribute components, tokens, and documentation to the design system, and keep it consistent as it grows.
• Turn dense market and product concepts into clear visual explanations: charts, diagrams, and data displays.
• Iterate quickly on feedback from product, engineering, and marketing, and ship revisions in hours not days.
• Prepare and hand off assets to engineering, and check the built result against the design.
• Maintain the asset library and keep files organized so anyone on the team can find and reuse work.

Required Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, or graduated within the past 12 months.
• A portfolio that shows both interface work and brand or marketing work. We care more about how you think than where the project came from.
• Fluent in Figma: components, auto layout, variables, prototyping.
• Strong visual fundamentals: typography, layout, hierarchy, color.
• AI-native: uses Claude or comparable tools daily, with strong instincts for when to trust output and when to verify it.
• Takes an edit without ego and can defend a choice when it matters.
• Reliable and self-directed, and asks early rather than stalling.

Ideal Qualifications

• Motion and animation work in After Effects, Rive, Lottie, or similar.
• Comfort with front-end basics, enough HTML and CSS to know what is cheap to build and what is not.
• Experience designing data-dense interfaces: charts, tables, trading or analytics screens.
• Interest in crypto, trading, or fintech, from coursework or personal use.
• Has contributed to or maintained a design system.
• Short-form video or social creative editing.
• Coursework in design, HCI, fine arts, or a self-taught equivalent with the work to show for it.

Compensation & Benefits

• Hourly rate: $25 – $35 per hour
• Based in our New York City office
• Direct mentorship from the product and marketing teams

How to Apply

Send a portfolio or a link to your work. Include at least one project where you can explain what you changed and why.

Disclaimer

True Markets is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative, and diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable law.

Specific details regarding equity, bonuses, and health benefits will be provided during the interview process. We are committed to ensuring competitive compensation packages based on local market conditions.

True Markets complies with all applicable state and local laws, including those related to accommodations for candidates with disabilities or other needs.