Email-Focused Privacy Feature Integration,
Email-Focused Privacy Feature Integration,
Email-Focused Privacy Feature Integration,
Timeline
Timeline
13 weeks
Role
Role
User Experience Design Intern
Skills
Skills
Interaction Design, Visual Design, Product Thinking, Product Design
Team
Team
Product Manager, Visual Designer, Content Designer, Researcher, Interaction Designers
Overview
During my Summer 2025 internship at Google, I worked as a UX Design Intern on the Privacy Sandbox (now part of Google Chrome) team, leading the designs for a new email-focused privacy feature integration on the Sign in with Google experiences.
Over 13 weeks, I partnered with cross-functional teams to navigate complex product challenges, explore strategic design opportunities, and contribute to product decisions through research, prototyping, and iterative design.
While this project has since been sunsetted and the details of my work is under NDA, this case study highlights my process, key learnings, and approach to designing within a large-scale product ecosystem that I am excited to bring to any future org :)
If you have the password, access the case study here!
If you are a Googler, access my case at go/antran_intern_portfolio!
The UX Challenge
How might we introduce an unreleased email-focused privacy feature into the Sign in with Google flows without adding friction or confusion, while still helping users feel confident and in control of their privacy?
My intern project scope was centered around Sign in with Google authentication experiences, which was an incredibly rewarding privacy space to think about. I was able to consider high-stakes security touchpoints, trust metrics, and user-facing privacy frameworks on Chrome, and work with a design org that guided me to dive deep on complex systems-level problems.
My Contributions
So what did I work on? ☁️
Owned the research, design and handoff of the privacy integration project, currently in active backlog!
Conducted an extensive UX audit across Sign in with Google authentication flows, identifying opportunities to integrate privacy messaging at 3 key user touchpoints
Planned and facilitated cross-team ideation workshops with designers, leadership, and stakeholders
Pitched concepts to leadership that have contributed to the product roadmap by ensuring parity with competitors and considering users' behavioral evidence
A whole lot of other miscellaneous tasks, such as owning urgent design tasks from the PM, presenting team-wide knowledge sharing session, facilitating UX intern event …
So what did I work on? ☁️
Owned the research, design and handoff of a new feature for Classroom, currently in development!
Conducted an extensive UX audit across Sign in with Google authentication flows, identifying opportunities to integrate privacy messaging at 3 key user touchpoints
Planned and facilitated cross-team ideation workshops with designers, leadership, and stakeholders
Pitched concepts to leadership that have contributed to the product roadmap by ensuring parity with competitors and considering users' behavioral points
A whole lot of other miscellaneous tasks, such as owning urgent design tasks from the PM, presenting team-wide knowledge sharing session, facilitating UX intern event …
Key learnings
📝 How to give and receive feedback
I can confidently say that I became a better storyteller by the end of my internship! Presenting my work in UX crits and syncs was super helpful to get feedback from the team, convince stakeholders of the value in my work, and communicate my vision.
💻 Be a best friend with ambiguity
In a large company with many product levels, a project's scope will always be evolving. I've learned that instead of waiting for perfect clarity, me as a designer should navigate this ambiguity by asking the right questions, relying on my intuition to form a testable hypothesis, and validating it with data and strong rationales.
🕶️ Apply systems thinking within a large corporate project
I’ve learned the ins and outs of working within an established design system and thinking broader about the interactions and their scalability across platforms before thinking about choosing the right components to use.
Thanks for a great summer!
Email-Focused Privacy Feature Integration,
Email-Focused Privacy Feature Integration,
Email-Focused Privacy Feature Integration,
Timeline
Timeline
13 weeks
Role
Role
User Experience Design Intern
Skills
Skills
Interaction Design, Visual Design, Product Thinking, Product Design
Team
Team
Product Manager, Visual Designer, Content Designer, Researcher, Interaction Designers
Overview
During my Summer 2025 internship at Google, I worked as a UX Design Intern on the Privacy Sandbox (now part of Google Chrome) team, leading the designs for a new email-focused privacy feature integration on the Sign in with Google experiences.
Over 13 weeks, I partnered with cross-functional teams to navigate complex product challenges, explore strategic design opportunities, and contribute to product decisions through research, prototyping, and iterative design.
While this project has since been sunsetted and the details of my work is under NDA, this case study highlights my process, key learnings, and approach to designing within a large-scale product ecosystem that I am excited to bring to any future org :)
If you have the password, access the case study here!
If you are a Googler, access my case at go/antran_intern_portfolio!
The UX Challenge
How might we introduce an unreleased email-focused privacy feature into the Sign in with Google flows without adding friction or confusion, while still helping users feel confident and in control of their privacy?
My intern project scope was centered around Sign in with Google authentication experiences, which was an incredibly rewarding privacy space to think about. I was able to consider high-stakes security touchpoints, trust metrics, and user-facing privacy frameworks on Chrome, and work with a design org that guided me to dive deep on complex systems-level problems.
My Contributions
So what did I work on? ☁️
Owned the research, design and handoff of the privacy integration project, currently in active backlog!
Conducted an extensive UX audit across Sign in with Google authentication flows, identifying opportunities to integrate privacy messaging at 3 key user touchpoints
Planned and facilitated cross-team ideation workshops with designers, leadership, and stakeholders
Pitched concepts to leadership that have contributed to the product roadmap by ensuring parity with competitors and considering users' behavioral evidence
A whole lot of other miscellaneous tasks, such as owning urgent design tasks from the PM, presenting team-wide knowledge sharing session, facilitating UX intern event …
So what did I work on? ☁️
Owned the research, design and handoff of a new feature for Classroom, currently in development!
Conducted an extensive UX audit across Sign in with Google authentication flows, identifying opportunities to integrate privacy messaging at 3 key user touchpoints
Planned and facilitated cross-team ideation workshops with designers, leadership, and stakeholders
Pitched concepts to leadership that have contributed to the product roadmap by ensuring parity with competitors and considering users' behavioral points
A whole lot of other miscellaneous tasks, such as owning urgent design tasks from the PM, presenting team-wide knowledge sharing session, facilitating UX intern event …
Key learnings
📝 How to give and receive feedback
I can confidently say that I became a better storyteller by the end of my internship! Presenting my work in UX crits and syncs was super helpful to get feedback from the team, convince stakeholders of the value in my work, and communicate my vision.
💻 Be a best friend with ambiguity
In a large company with many product levels, a project's scope will always be evolving. I've learned that instead of waiting for perfect clarity, me as a designer should navigate this ambiguity by asking the right questions, relying on my intuition to form a testable hypothesis, and validating it with data and strong rationales.
🕶️ Apply systems thinking within a large corporate project
I’ve learned the ins and outs of working within an established design system and thinking broader about the interactions and their scalability across platforms before thinking about choosing the right components to use.
Thanks for a great summer!