2026 Early Talent Internship: Digital & Client Experience (Design)

Job description

Intern

Throughout the intensive 10-week summer program, participants engage in a structured professional development curriculum featuring:

This position provides exposure to key business divisions including Actuarial Services, Asset Management, Business Management, Corporate Strategy and Development, Financial Analysis and Accounting, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Law and Policy, Marketing and Communications, Product and Business Development, Retirement Solutions, Risk and Compliance, Technology, and Wealth Management.

Key Roles and Duties

Educational Requirements:

Additional Requirements:

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Career Level
2IC

Design - Agentic AI Experiences

The 10-week summer internship program is designed to challenge students by providing opportunities for hands-on experiences, skills training, and valuable professional networking to assist students with identifying and building on their career interests.

This role gains experience in the emerging field of Agentic AI design by participating inworkshops, delivering presentations, exploring design-specific tasks, and working closely with cross-functional teams to better understand TIAA's approach to human-AI collaboration.

The program includes an onboarding program followed by our ongoing speaker series, lunch-and-learns, and engagement activities, as well as direct access to executive and senior leadership, mentors and previous interns.

About the Role

We are seeking a curious and passionate design intern to explore the future of human-AI collaboration in the era of Agentic AI, where AI can plan, reason, and act on our associates and clients' behalf.

In this role, you will support the creation of new interaction paradigms that help users trust, understand, and collaborate with AI agents.

You'll work alongside senior designers and strategists to learn about designing intuitive, transparent, and ethical AI experiences while contributing to real projects that impact our clients' financial well-being.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Required Skills

Preferred Skills

This isn't just an internship … It's your chance to help define how millions of people will interact with AI in their most important financial decisions.

You'll work on challenges that don't have textbook answers, alongside teams that are literally writing the playbook for responsible AI in financial services.

If you're ready to move beyond theoretical AI discussions and start building the future, we want to hear from you.

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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Company Overview

Every worker deserves a secure retirement.

For more than 100 years, TIAA has delivered it for millions of people.

Founded to help educators retire with dignity, today weʼre a market-leading retirement company fueled by world-class asset management.

But weʼre not just another legacy financial services firm.

Weʼre fighting harder than ever before for our clients and the many Americans who need us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges.

We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission.

Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come.

We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One.

They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day.

We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results.

Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact.

Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

Benefits and Total Rewards

The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates.

That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones.

Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being.

To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.

Equal Opportunity

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

TIAA does not discriminate against any candidate or employee on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status.

Our full EEO & Non-Discrimination statement is on our careers home page, and you can read more about your rights and view government notices here.

Required Skill Profession

Business Operations Specialists