Games User Research Jobs
The most up-to-date user research and UX jobs in the games industry
Getting a job in the games industry is hard, and competition can be fierce. Here’s how to get ahead of everyone else and start your new career in games user research today.
The latest games user research jobs
The games industry is full of passionate and inspired people, and can be a fantastic industry for running interesting, relevant and fun UX + user research studies, and professional quality playtests.
Grow your games career and discover a new role in the industry. See the latest games UX + user research roles for every stage of your career below:
- Principal User Researcher – Sharkmob – Malmö, Sweden · Onsite
- UX Researcher – Games – Embark – Stockholm
- Research Data Analyst – Naughty Dog – Los Ángeles, EE. UU.
- UX Researcher – Wargaming – Austin
- Manager, Player Experience Research – Warner Bros. – Montréal
- Senior User Researcher – Tencent – Sweden
- Activision 2027 Summer Internships – User Research Data Analytics – Activision – Location:Sherman Oaks, California, United States of America
- User Researcher – Dambuster Studios – 122 Canal Street NG1 7HG
- Director, Consumer & Market Insights – Square Enix – London, England, United Kingdom
- Midlevel User Researcher – Paradoxs – Stockholm, Sweden
- Consumer Insights Manager – Zynga – Barcelona, Spain; Berlin, Germany; Dublin, Ireland; Helsinki, Finland; Istanbul, Turkey
- User Researcher – Roblox – San Mateo, CA, United States
- Research Data Analyst – Naughty Dog – United States, Santa Monica, CA
- UX Research Manager, Play Games – Google – London, UK
- Director, Market & Consumer Insights – Pokémon Company International – Bellevue, Washington, United States
- Consumer Insights Manager – SEGA – London, W4 5AN
- Research Project Manager – Beta Hat – Santa Mónica, CA
- Chercheur·euse sénior·e, recherche et perspectives (sports) / Senior Researcher, Research and Insights (Sports) – 2K Games – Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Participant Recruitment Coordinator, Montréal – Player Research – Canada/Montréal
- User Research Assistant (FTC – 18 months) – Warner Bros – Montréal
- Game User Research Intern – Tencent – United Kindom-London
- User Research Co-op – Kabam – Vancouver
- Senior Xbox Researcher – XBOX – United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
- Midlevel User Researcher – Paradox – Stockholm, Sweden
- Games Researcher – PikPok – Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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