Bella Rinne
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Bella Rinne

Product Designer in New York, NY, she/her

nice to meet you!

4 months ago

About

Undergraduate student with 1.5 years of experience designing digital products across multiple industries, including automotive, robotics, retail, and media. I value data-informed decision-making and playful interaction in my work.

Work Experience

2024 — 2024
Associate Product Designer at The New York Times
New York, NY
  • Prototyped an onboarding intervention that allowed 649k+ new subscribers to select topics they are interested in, and created a new component to showcase those topics on story pages.

  • Collaborated with engineers to integrate the onboarding design into the NYT app’s existing personalization hub.

  • Strategically delivered the project ahead of the 2024 Elections to capitalize on high reader traffic.

2024 — 2024
Product Design Intern at The New York Times
New York, NY
  • Designed a user study with UX researchers to test two opposite versions of the Topics in Onboarding flow.

  • Utilized qualitative data from the study to design a topic selection process with a reduced cognitive load.

2024 — 2024
UI Design Co-op at Symbotic
Wilmington, MA
  • Contributed to the maintenance of Symbotic’s Design System by designing and documenting 5 UI patterns for supply-chain robotics products.

  • Achieved a 94% positive feedback rating for improved interface components.

2023 — 2023
Technical Editor Intern, Service Engineering at Tesla
Palo Alto, CA
  • Leveraged usability principles to redesign technical content into 390+ user-friendly troubleshooting articles.

  • Managed a database of over 70,000 vehicle diagnostic articles, applying SQL queries for content audits.

2023 — 2023
Product Design Intern at WillowTree
Charlottesville, VA
  • Utilized Rapid Iterative Testing to guide the redesign of ElectrifyAmerica.com's information architecture, surfacing 91% of content that was originally inaccessible from the landing page.
2022 — 2022
UX Content Strategy Intern at Wayfair
Boston, MA
  • Conducted a usability audit of the Partner Home Help Center to identify weaknesses in UX design and copy.

  • Leveraged these findings to build a 27-page content style guide.

Projects

2024
The New York Times Museum Experience at The New York Times
  • Designed a digital experience of the NYT Museum to make its artifacts accessible to 1000+ remote employees.

  • Prototyped the onboarding flow and facilitated a user flow workshop to inform feature prioritization for MVP.

2023
WillowSeek App: Explore the Office at WillowTree
  • Led end-to-end concept development, UI/UX, and visual design of an interactive scavenger hunt app.

Education

2021 — Now
Bachelor of Arts at Columbia University
New York, NY

English Major

Gap year 2023-2024

2021 — Now
Bachelor of Arts at Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, IE

English Major

Dual BA Program with Columbia University