🚀 Junior Experience Designer - Maternity Leave Cover

RINA is currently recruiting for a Junior Experience Designer - Maternity Leave Cover to join its office in Genova within the Digital Technology and Cybersecurity Division.

Mission

As a Junior Experience Designer, you will contribute to the creation of intuitive and engaging digital experiences by supporting the design team in research, prototyping, and the development of user-centered solutions. You’ll work closely with designers or senior and cross‑functional teams, learning how to turn insights into effective interfaces. This position is offered as a maternity leave replacement .

Key Accountabilities

• User Research
  • Assist in planning and conducting user research activities (interviews, surveys, usability testing).
  • Collaborate in synthesizing collected data to identify needs, behaviors, and pain points.
  • Help create user personas and journey maps under team guidance.
• Design Contribution
  • Participate in workshops and brainstorming sessions, contributing ideas and creative solutions.
  • Work with designers or senior to understand product goals and align design proposals.
  • Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices.
• Prototyping and Testing
  • Create low‑fidelity wireframes and prototypes to visualize initial concepts.
  • Support usability testing preparation and execution.
  • Help analyze feedback and iterate on design solutions.
• Collaboration
  • Support cross‑functional teams (e.g., product managers, developers, marketing) by helping facilitate communication across functions and ensuring design solutions are understandable and feasible.
  • Actively participate in workshops and brainstorming sessions, contributing ideas and gathering input from colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Assist the design team during project meetings by helping represent user needs and promoting alignment with design principles, under the guidance of more senior team members.
• Growth and Learning
  • Receive ongoing feedback from designers or senior to improve skills and design approach.
  • Take part in internal training and team activities to develop capabilities.
  • Contribute to project documentation and design processes.
• Design Systems
  • Help maintain the design system by contributing reusable components.
  • Document patterns and guidelines under team supervision.
  • Support the implementation of design standards in collaboration with developers.
• Stakeholder Communication
  • Prepare simple presentations of concepts and prototypes for the team and stakeholders.
  • Welcome and integrate feedback constructively.
  • Promote a user‑centered approach throughout the project lifecycle.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Design Drafting or Other

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Cognitive Psychology, Digital Humanities or related fields or equivalent experience demonstrated through a portfolio.
• Experience: 0–2 years in UX/Experience Design (internships and relevant academic/personal projects count). Portfolio with 2–3 case studies showing an end‑to‑end process (problem, approach, prototype, results/lessons learned).
• Skills: Wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, information architecture, basic accessibility (WCAG), and basic usability measurement; confidence with Figma (Auto Layout, Variants, prototyping) and FigJam/Miro; familiarity with handoff/collaboration tools (Jira/Trello, Confluence/Notion).
• Knowledge: Principles of human‑centered design; foundations of research methods (interviews, surveys, basic analytics); understanding of core product/usability metrics (task success rate, error rate, time on task).
• Communication: Ability to explain decisions and trade‑offs to diverse audiences, clear written communication, active listening; English B2 or higher for documentation and team interactions.
• Teamwork: Collaborative mindset, openness to feedback, time management, and attention to detail.

Competencies

• ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
• BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
• CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
• EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
• MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
• MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
• PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
• PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
• THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the energy, marine, certification, infrastructure & mobility, industry, research & development sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.