User Experience Researcher

Hive + Co; Gahanna (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hive + Co seeks a UX Researcher to support strategic customer and employee experience initiatives focused on emerging digital capabilities, AI, and customer-centered product development. You will partner with Product, Technology, Design, and business stakeholders to identify user needs, validate solutions, and deliver insights that inform product decisions.

Responsibilities include planning and conducting interviews, surveys, usability tests, workshops, and concept validation; developing

Qualifications

• 3+ years of UX research experience.
• Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
• Strong research, synthesis, and communication skills.
• Experience working with product, technology, and business stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Industrial Design, HCI, Psychology, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct UX research activities including interviews, surveys, usability testing, workshops, and concept validation.
• Facilitate stakeholder, discovery, and design thinking workshops to identify needs, align teams, and explore solution opportunities.
• Analyze findings and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Develop research deliverables such as personas, journey maps, and research summaries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support customer-centered decision making through evidence-based recommendations.
• Independently conduct research activities while also supporting the UX lead with research planning, participant recruitment, facilitation, analysis, and synthesis efforts.

Skills

UX research

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Stakeholder communication

Product collaboration

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent

Job description

The UX Researcher will support strategic customer and employee experience initiatives focused on emerging digital capabilities, artificial intelligence, and customer-centered product development. This role will partner with Product, Technology, Design, and business stakeholders to identify user needs, validate solutions, and deliver insights that inform product and experience decisions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct UX research activities including interviews, surveys, usability testing, workshops, and concept validation.
• Facilitate stakeholder, discovery, and design thinking workshops to identify needs, align teams, and explore solution opportunities.
• Analyze findings and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Develop research deliverables such as personas, journey maps, and research summaries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support customer-centered decision making through evidence-based recommendations.
• Independently conduct research activities while also supporting the UX lead with research planning, participant recruitment, facilitation, analysis, and synthesis efforts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of UX research experience.
• Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
• Strong research, synthesis, and communication skills.
• Experience working with product, technology, and business stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in UX Design, Industrial Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Psychology, Human Factors, Anthropology, Sociology, Information Science, Design Research, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience preferred.Without an associates degree, at least 4 years experience is required; with a HS Diplioma/GED, at least 6 years experience is required.

Preferred

• Experience with digital products, customer experience, or emerging technologies.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled products and services.

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