Design Intern at Dorsia in New York City, NY

Summary: Dorsia is a hospitality-tech innovation company that is redefining access to premium restaurants and events. They are seeking a design-forward Design Intern to support product and brand design initiatives across mobile, web, and marketing surfaces, contributing to live features and design systems. Responsibilities: - Contribute to product design across mobile and web surfaces, supporting feature launches and UX improvements that affect the core member experience - Rapidly prototype new features and flows in Figma, Framer, or lightweight front-end tools (React/HTML/CSS) to surface testable concepts quickly - Build interactive demos and "vibe coding" experiments for internal review and early user feedback - Create high-fidelity UI mockups and micro-interaction concepts that reflect Dorsia's premium positioning - Assist in evolving and maintaining Dorsia's design system — components, tokens, and motion principles - Ensure visual consistency across product and brand touchpoints, applying Dorsia's identity with taste and precision - Conduct competitive research and synthesize insights into fast design iterations - Develop marketing and launch assets across social, email, landing pages, and campaign visuals - Support design execution for member communications, editorial content, and partner-facing materials - Collaborate with Marketing and Editorial to deliver production-ready assets on tight timelines - Partner closely with Product and Engineering on design handoffs and implementation — ensuring what gets built matches what was designed - Support rapid experimentation cycles to validate UX hypotheses across the product Required Qualifications: - Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field (rising junior/senior preferred) - Strong visual design fundamentals — typography, spacing, hierarchy, color systems — with a portfolio that demonstrates range across product and/or brand contexts - Proficiency in Figma, including components, auto-layout, and prototyping - Comfort with interactive tooling — basic HTML/CSS/React is a meaningful plus; familiarity with Framer or similar prototyping environments is welcome - Genuine interest in vibe coding and building scrappy live prototypes to test ideas quickly - Solid understanding of UX principles and mobile-first product thinking - Strong taste level aligned with premium and luxury brands — you know the difference between clean and cold, elevated and unapproachable - Ability to move from concept to prototype to iteration without losing quality along the way - Passion for hospitality, luxury consumer experience, and the digital products that power them Preferred Qualifications: - Portfolio with product design, interaction design, or brand work demonstrating visual discipline and range - Experience building or contributing to a design system - Familiarity with motion design or micro-interaction principles - Exposure to design research, usability testing, or UX writing Required Skills: Figma, UX principles, Prototyping Important Skills: HTML/CSS/React, Visual design fundamentals, Design system Nice-to-Have Skills: Brand design, Passion for hospitality, Collaboration