2027 Kleiner Perkins Design Fellow
The Kleiner Perkins (KP) Fellows Program recognizes the importance of providing next-generation leaders with product design opportunities. The KP Fellows program invites students interested in design, technology, and entrepreneurship to contribute to and learn from growing startups that we believe in, while receiving support from a community of peers and industry leaders.
As a KP Fellow, you will work directly with a Kleiner Perkins portfolio company. You’ll have an incredible summer experience which includes a curated founder speaker series, entrepreneurial workshops, and community building events. After the program, you will join an alumni community of 1,000+ up-and-coming technology leaders and successful founders, and receive continual support from KP for your entrepreneurial endeavors.
Applications are now open until 11:59pm PST on January 31. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
What We're Looking For
Experience designing and launching a meaningful product/project from scratch
Self-starters eager to make an impact
Position(s) of influence in campus organization or other programs
Degree in product design, interaction design, HCI, visual design, computer science, or other fields related ot product design.
Candidates available to be in the San Francisco Bay Area during their summer internships
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About Kleiner Perkins
For five decades we have partnered with founders to build iconic companies that made history, including Figma, Rippling, Amazon, DoorDash, EA, Genentech, Google, Intuit, and Slack. Today, Kleiner Perkins continues that legacy, investing in founders with bold ideas that span industries and continents, partnering with them from inception to IPO and beyond to maximize the potential of their ideas, and make history. For more information, visit and follow us @kleinerperkins.
Skills
As published by ashby · 19 questions · 3 written answers
Basics
First Name, Email, Resume
Short answers (11)
- Last Name
- Phone Number
- What university are you currently attending?
- What's your major/discipline?
- What's your GPA?
- LinkedIn Profile
- Portfolio Link
- [Optional] Feel free to submit an additional link to content you've created that is representative of who you are and what you care about. This can be your Twitter handle, GitHub link, Youtube Channel, etc. optional
- How did you first hear about the Fellows Program?
- If yes, what company is your internship offer from? optional
- We’d love to get a sense of how you think and communicate as a designer. Please create a short video walkthrough (no more than 5 minutes) of a project you’re proud of. This can come from a class, internship, personal project, or something you built just for fun.
Pick from a list (5)
- Can you be located in the San Francisco Bay Area for three months this summer?
- What's your expected graduation year?
- Do you have an internship offer yet?
- Which of these best describes your current gender identity? optional
- What race/ethnicity do you identify with? Select all that apply. optional
Written answers (3)
- What’s something you believe about technology that most people don’t? What would you build to capitalize on that belief?
- What’s your outlier achievement that very few people could have done?
- What's the hardest thing you've overcome? This can be personal or professional.