UX Researcher

User Experience (UX) Researchers work to answer the most challenging questions in design.

They reveal what users need from our products by conducting primary research, exploring behaviors and motivations, and working with teams of designers, product managers, engineers, and others to develop new features. They inspire change by delivering exciting presentations about their findings. Most importantly, researchers help the UX team understand what makes a user’s experiences feel more intuitive, accessible, and even magical.

Jennifer Fernquist, UX Researcher

Q: What is the most interesting project you’ve worked on at Google?
A: I currently lead User Research for Android Wear. It's so much fun to work on software and hardware in parallel and help define the future of the product.

Q: What excites you most about working at Google?
A: Getting the opportunity to work on all new devices and interaction paradigms with amazingly talented people. It's very humbling.

Q: What advice would you have for other researchers?
A: You've got to have a passion for wanting to understand users and their motivations.

Q: What does it mean to be Googley?
A: To be bold, to give a damn, to go beyond expectations, to always ask questions, to have and be fun.

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