The Role

The purpose of the Digital Rotational Program role is to provide a 12-month rotational experience for entry-level Digital Team Members to prepare them for a variety of roles across the business. Each rotation will last for approximately 4 months. Trainees will rotate through relevant areas, with this digital role focused on UX design, research and product management, learning job duties and receiving hands-on, project-based experiences. Trainees will also experience a variety of opportunities such as on-the-job experience, classroom training, leadership development, networking opportunities and mentorship.

Rotation 1: User Experience and Design Track

The User Experience Designer track will allow you to assist the domain design teams in their day-to-day work on the Signet e-commerce platform and the Amor design system. This will be an excellent opportunity to gain experience working in a corporate design environment seeing how creative choices are made and how work gets accomplished.

Rotation 2: User Research Track

The UX Research track will enable generative and evaluative user research and usability studies, with the ability to create research protocols, distill insights and make recommendations with little supervision. You will support multiple projects from challenge definition to insights to usability testing, using Design Thinking and Agile development.

Rotation 3: Product Management Track

You will be responsible for driving Agile product releases and partnering with cross-functional teams, including Business, Design and Analytics, to prepare user stories for each sprint.

Responsibilities

• Learn the jewelry industry, especially as it relates to Signet Jewelers, and assist digital teams in all areas they support

• Responsible for leading and developing a Capstone project to be presented to Senior Leadership that demonstrates innovation and showcases key skills learned during the program.

• Work with an assigned Rotational Program Mentor to deepen business and role knowledge while pursuing professional development through hands-on learning

Required

• Bachelors Degree in human centered design, user experience design, communication design or related field

• Passion for conducting user research and moderating customer interviews

• Working knowledge of Figma (Sketch, Adobe Xd, or InVision may be considered) and Photoshop

• Proficient in Microsoft Office

• Portfolio of personal work including student projects, class projects, passion projects preferred

• Passion to solve visual design problems and the ability to show different solutions

• Familiarity with various digital/mobile research technologies, software and equipment, e.g. UserTesting, Miro, etc.

• Strong social and communication skills

The Ideal Candidate

• Eager to continuously learn

• Able to act independently

• Take a proactive approach

• Able to apply direction and coaching

Anticipated start date is early June

The salary range for this opportunity is $55,000-$60,000. Base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience, among other factors.

Signet Jewelers is the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry and a Great Place to Work –Certified™ company, We’re also ranked #12 on the 2022 Fortune Best Workplaces in Retail. Signet is a people company – this means that we put our customers and our team members at the center of everything we do.