At Squarespace, we make beautiful tools to help people with creative ideas succeed. UX Researchers work closely with product owners across our product lineup to guide the direction and influence of research - staying involved with the product teams and training their colleagues to maximize their ability to understand and act upon customer needs.

We are looking for a UX Researcher passionate about understanding user behaviors, needs, and motivations by applying several research techniques to highlight the customer across the organization. You’ll study our user base of approximately two million entrepreneurs, artists, and creative professionals, who inspire us every day. You will work with a Senior UX Researcher or Lead UX Researcher for daily guidance and report into the UX Research Manager.

At this time, all Squarespace employees are working remotely until June 2021. We are closely monitoring the status of COVID-19 to determine if and when it is safe to return to our offices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a Senior Researcher or Lead Researcher around a major area of the business to collaborate on opportunities, execute prioritized briefs, and ensure that the products we ship bring meaningful value to both the user and the business
• Support high impact user research ranging in scale from feature releases to concept explorations and complete iterative usability/concept testing
• Learn how to build and nurture partnerships with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers from the Leads on the team
• Advocate for research within the organization and find compelling ways to illustrate your research findings through storytelling
• Conduct iterative research and communicate findings in a systematic way to partners
• Identify and answer questions that inspire product change

Qualifications

• 2 years of UX Research work experience. Previous education and training taken into consideration
• Understanding of UX/Design Research methods (with a solid handle on usability and concept testing), and a experience with knowing when and how to apply different methods
• Comfortable presenting to groups, creating compelling stories from user data, and building relationships across interdisciplinary stakeholders
• Experience navigating ambiguity with stakeholders and working with a team of UX Researchers
• Basic familiarity with analytics and quantitative research

About Squarespace

Squarespace makes beautiful products to help people with creative ideas succeed. By blending elegant design and sophisticated engineering, we empower millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world’s most iconic businesses — to share their stories with the world. Squarespace’s team of more than 1,200 is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin and Portland. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com/about.

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered for you and your dependent children
• Flexible vacation & paid time off
• Up to 20 weeks of paid family leave
• Equity plan for all employees
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Free lunch and snacks at all offices
• Education reimbursement
• Dog-friendly workplace in New York office
• Commuter benefit in the form of reduced tax (Ireland) and pretax (US)

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.