Posting Date: 16 Oct 2025
City: Genova
Location:Genova, IT, 16128
Contract Type: Fixed-Term
Division: Digital Technology and Cybersecurity
Level of experience: Junior
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.
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Key Accountabilities
1. User Research
2. Assist in planning and conducting user research activities (interviews, surveys, usability testing).
3. Collaborate in synthesizing collected data to identify needs, behaviors, and pain points.
4. Help create user personas and journey maps under team guidance.
5. Design Contribution
6. Participate in workshops and brainstorming sessions, contributing ideas and creative solutions.
7. Work with designers or senior to understand product goals and align design proposals.
8. Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices.
9. Prototyping and Testing
10. Create low-fidelity wireframes and prototypes to visualize initial concepts.
11. Support usability testing preparation and execution.
12. Help analyze feedback and iterate on design solutions.
13. Collaboration
14. Support cross-functional teams (e.g., product managers, developers, marketing) by helping facilitate communication across functions and ensuring design solutions are understandable and feasible.
15. Actively participate in workshops and brainstorming sessions, contributing ideas and gathering input from colleagues and stakeholders.
16. 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.
17. Growth and Learning
18. Receive ongoing feedback from designers or senior to improve skills and design approach.
19. Take part in internal training and team activities to develop capabilities.
20. Contribute to project documentation and design processes.
21. Design Systems
22. Help maintain the design system by contributing reusable components.
23. Document patterns and guidelines under team supervision.
24. Support the implementation of design standards in collaboration with developers.
25. Stakeholder Communication
26. Prepare simple presentations of concepts and prototypes for the team and stakeholders.
27. Welcome and integrate feedback constructively.
28. 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.