{"id":23360,"date":"2025-09-15T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=23360"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:13:27","slug":"intern-design-prototyping-intern-ux-ui-rapidprototyping-user-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2025\/09\/15\/intern-design-prototyping-intern-ux-ui-rapidprototyping-user-research\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERN: Design &amp; Prototyping Intern (UX\/UI, RapidPrototyping, User Research)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>About the Company<\/strong>: <br>Empathetic Intelligence is an AI-powered platform bringing empathy to the center of human connection and care. We are starting with a focus on Black men \u2014 an underserved community in emotional health \u2014 to demonstrate impact where it matters most, before scaling more broadly. With paying customers and validated demand, we are preparing for pre-seed fundraising in 2025 and building the foundations for rapid growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Role<\/strong>:<br>As a Design &amp; Prototyping Intern, you\u2019ll help shape the user experience of Empathetic Intelligence\u2019s<br>AI-powered platform. You\u2019ll work closely with our product and engineering teams to design, prototype,<br>and test user experiences that are intuitive, engaging, and human-centered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Responsibilities<\/strong>:<br>\u25cf Create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to explore new ideas.<br>\u25cf Support user research and usability testing to gather insights.<br>\u25cf Assist in maintaining design systems and ensuring visual consistency.<br>\u25cf Collaborate with engineers to bridge design and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Gain<\/strong>:<br>\u25cf Hands-on experience in UX\/UI design at an early-stage startup.<br>\u25cf Exposure to rapid prototyping and human-centered design practices.<br>\u25cf Mentorship and feedback from experienced designers and product leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preferred Skills<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25cf Familiarity with design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD).<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25cf Interest in UX, UI, and digital product design.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25cf Curiosity, creativity, and eagerness to learn.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Remote \/ Hybrid<br><strong>Application Deadline<\/strong>: September 30, 2025<br><strong>Compensation<\/strong>: Unpaid (opportunity to work with a fast-moving startup)<br><strong>Hours<\/strong>: 10 &#8211; 20 hours weekly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f4e7; <strong>How to Apply:<\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> Send your resume, portfolio, and a short note about why you\u2019d like to join Empathetic <strong>Intelligence to careers@empathytech.ai by September 30th, 2025<\/strong>.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Company: Empathetic Intelligence is an AI-powered platform bringing empathy to the center of human connection and care. We are starting with a focus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intern","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23365,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23360\/revisions\/23365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}