Empowering product teams with AI: automating workflows for designers, developers, and PMs

Internship • 3 min read

Company

IBM

My role

UX designer

Overview

I'm currently interning with the AI for Product Teams (AI4PT) program (under the AI and Automation division), contributing to an internal platform aimed at improving how product teams collaborate and deliver results. My role involves designing intuitive solutions to help teams seamlessly discover and use AI-powered tools, ensuring they could spend less time searching and more time achieving their goals.

Timeline

Jan 2025 - now

Tools

Figma

Before we start

What is IBM's 'AI for Product Teams'?

AI for Product Teams is IBM’s initiative under the AI and Automation division, created to help product teams—designers, developers, and product managers—work faster and smarter. By using generative AI to automate repetitive tasks, the program simplifies workflows so teams can focus on what they do best.

So far...

What have I worked on?

AI chat interface

Redesigned the chat interface to improve explainability and align with the Carbon Design System.

AI chat onboarding

Designed the onboarding flow to help users quickly understand how to get started with the tool.

'Task accelerator' design

Prompt-engineered foundation models to accelerate product tasks within the AI chat.

2 GenAI site redesign

Led UX strategy and design for two internal GenAI sites used by 13,000+ product employees.

2 AI app icons

Designed official icons for two internal AI tools, now part of their core visual identity.

Patterns design education

First intern to receive Patterns training, usually reserved for full-timers, for high-impact work.

STEM4Girls camp

Organizing a week-long STEM camp with workshops in web design and design thinking.

AI4PT strategy

Helped shape team strategy using service design and IBM’s Universal Experiences framework.

Project highlight

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Case study in the making...

Every good case study starts with a story, and this one’s still unfolding. I’m stitching together the journey, from sticky notes to final screens. Come back soon to see how it all came together.

Under construction đźš§

Case study in the making...

Every good case study starts with a story, and this one’s still unfolding. I’m stitching together the journey, from sticky notes to final screens. Come back soon to see how it all came together.

Key learnings

Designing AI tools with clarity and care 🤖

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Explainability and trust in AI
I learned that designing AI tools isn't just about making things work, it’s about making them understandable. Building the right amount of user trust is key. Users need to know what AI can help with, what it can’t, and when to double-check the output. The goal isn’t to have people rely on it completely, but to use it wisely, with awareness of its limits.
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Service design and enterprise design thinking
I got to apply service design and IBM’s Enterprise Design Thinking framework to real-world challenges. It pushed me to look beyond interfaces and think about the full experience, from team workflows to support systems. It helped me design with more empathy and make sure the work fit into the bigger picture.

Personal reflection

Looking back...

I got to work with some incredibly passionate designers, researchers, developers, and PMs who cared deeply about the work and weren’t afraid to ask hard questions. I learned that designing for AI is a different kind of challenge—there’s so much variability and unknown, and things move fast, especially with all the hype out there. But in the end, it’s still about people: what they need, what they trust, and how we can help them adopt GenAI in a way that truly supports their work. My biggest takeaway is how important explainability and transparency are in AI—we need to help users understand these tools, make the most of them, but not become overly reliant on them.
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