Design Intern

Empatica

Empatica is a full-stack digital healthcare company and a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI. Our platform consists of medical-grade smartwatches, software, physiological and behavioral digital biomarkers. Together they enable the continuous remote monitoring of human health across a range of conditions, through clinical-quality digital measurements.

Your ultimate call is to improve lives around the world, as part of a cross-functional team who share knowledge and are eager to keep learning and pushing to create top-notch products that have a meaningful impact.

If you are looking to join a fast-paced growth environment and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, then keep reading.

About the role

We’re searching for a passionate and talented Design Intern to join our Design team in Milan. You will be joining at an exciting time in the company as we scale up to be the leader in remote health monitoring through AI platforms and state-of-the-art medical wearables, for countless conditions. This is a pivotal moment for the Empatica brand, and as a Design Intern, you will get the opportunity to design this change and shape our future.

The role reports to the Director of Design, however, as we are a full-stack company with a pretty flat hierarchy, you will often find yourself working closely with our Product and Marketing teams.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to shadow, learn, and assist the design team in:

• Reimagining medical experiences following the consumer patterns
• Supporting the entire design process, from gathering user insights to creating wireframes, mockups, prototypes, testing, and iterating.
• Guarantee a strong and consistent experience throughout the Empatica physical and digital touchpoints, including packaging system, material system, etc
• Supporting teams & stakeholders with service design tools and best practise, in order to smooth and keep alignment between different teams and stakeholders
• Working on the design and overall UX of the Empatica website.

Some important details:

• Empatica is an international environment with offices in Europe, the US, and Korea; therefore, we conduct all our work in English.
• The Intern should be able to work from our Milan office. 
• The role is full-time and requires availability for 3 to 12 months.
• Please submit your portfolio alongside your application - we’d love to see your work.

You are the ideal person for the Design Internship role if you have:

• A completed degree in Design, Visual Arts, or a relevant field, with a strong focus on graphic and communications design
• Basic understanding of design principles, user experience methods, and tools such as Figma and Adobe suite 
• Good design and aesthetic skills as well as analytical mindset. You are able to apply good design practices across a wide range of projects, from web to print
• Strong interest in UI/UX design, digital products, and user-centered design principles.
• An inherent ability to think in systems
• A passion for Empatica’s products and mission
• Resilience, a get-things-done attitude, and an innate desire to do great work
• Excellent communication skills in English (Italian not needed)
• Nice-to-have: Some video experience
• Some previous experience as a designer is appreciated

Life at Empatica

You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 80+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people that built the business and our products.

If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.

Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

Inclusion & Diversity

At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion. We have colleagues from 21 different countries, while 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!) We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone’s opinion and thoughts matter.

🧠 Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech

💰 Competitive compensation

🥗 Free healthy lunch every day

🍌 Fresh fruit & snacks at the office 

💻 Your personal MacBook