UX Researcher

We are looking for a talented UX Researcher to join our dedicated 50-person design studio. Our team has a diverse set of skills and expertise coming from all kinds of backgrounds. As a researcher at UX studio, you’ll be able to work with international brands from all over the world, from industry giants to innovative startups in diverse fields.

What you bring

• You are curious about what kind of challenges people face when using digital devices, and you understand when to apply specific research methods.

• You have strong attention to detail and objective observation skills.

• You are not afraid of making decisions at any point in a project, and presenting the findings to others.

• You want to learn and evolve, and are ready to push yourself to develop your skills.

• You are a team player and ready to exchange ideas, learn from others, and share your knowledge with your team members.

• You can handle unexpected problems or technical difficulties that may come up.

• You have great communication skills and are fluent in English.

• You live in Hungary, and could come in twice a week to our Budapest office.

• A degree in Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology or HCI can be an advantage.

What you’ll do

• Understanding client requirements and facilitating kick-off meetings.

• Creating project and research plans.

• Recruiting for research studies (e.g. interviews, user tests).

• Creating guides for research studies.

• Conducting quantitative and qualitative research.

• Analysing data: organizing and synthesizing data from your research.

• Synthesizing and communicating research insights to the client and team members.

• Coming up with innovative ideas and solutions to real-life problems in close collaboration with your designer partner.

• Keeping up with industry trends, and making sure we are using the latest best practices.

• Ability to communicate in a clear manner with clients, direct teams, and manage multiple cases.

• Leading and facilitating workshops to boost collaboration with client teams.

• Managing smooth project handovers to clients.

Skills

• At least 2 years of experience conducting UX research for digital products, ideally in a tech, startup, or agency environment.

• Comfortable leading the full research process: from defining goals and planning studies to recruiting, running sessions, analyzing results, synthetising and sharing insights with the team.

• Strong proficiency in qualitative research methods such as user interviews, usability testing, and contextual inquiry.

• Experience with quantitative approaches such as survey design and execution, basic statistics, data analysis, and integrating quantitative measures with qualitative insights to inform product decisions.

• Familiar with tools like Figma, FigJam, Miro, Google Forms, Alchemer, Surveysparrow, Dovetail, Condens, UserTesting, User Interviews, Respondent or Lyssna.

• Bonus if you’ve worked with analytics tools (like Google Analytics or Mixpanel), advanced research methods (such as diary studies, or A/B testing), or have an interest in using tools like Python, or R.

• Ability to clearly document and communicate research insights for both design teams and stakeholders.

• Experience collaborating closely with designers, PMs, and developers.

• Confidence in facilitating workshops with teams and stakeholders to support alignment, ideation, and decision-making.

• You work well independently, but you’re also great at taking feedback and keeping others in the loop.

• Fluency in German and the ability to conduct research in German is a strong advantage, but not a requirement.