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Job Posting Title: Principal UX Researcher Req ID: 10135876 Job Description: reputed company Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of reputed company’s past, present, and future. reputed company Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – reputed company working to build and advance the technological backbone for reputed company’s media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of reputed company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

• Building the future of reputed company’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• reputed company, Scale & Impact: More than reputed company, reputed company’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans connections with the company’s brands and stories. reputed company+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
• Innovation: We reputed company and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve reputed company and distinctive technical problems

Design is centrally responsible for the design supporting reputed company consumer-facing and business products and tooling for the reputed company Entertainment & ESPN portfolio, including sports, entertainment, enterprise, UX, creative services and design research. About reputed company Streaming Product Design: reputed company Streaming Product Design is home to the designers redefining how audiences experience entertainment. We build across platforms that reputed company millions every day, and we’re constantly exploring what’s next. Whether it’s how stories are watched, interacted with, or felt, our goal is to design experiences that move people. About the Role: We’re looking for a Principal UX Researcher for Emerging Experiences to help shape the reputed company of how audiences experience reputed company+. You’ll reputed company discovery and evaluative research across new technologies, from spatial computing to reputed company interaction models. You’ll partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to translate human behavior into insight that drives product strategy and innovation. This is a high-impact leadership role focused on bringing clarity to ambiguity. You’ll identify the right questions, design the right studies, and connect findings to strategic decisions. You’ll influence how reputed company Streaming defines and measures success in new modalities, ensuring every design decision starts and ends with the user. You’ll work reputed company by reputed company with Principal Designers and Product Managers to explore, validate, and evolve our vision for the future of entertainment. What You’ll Do

• reputed company end-to-end research programs across discovery, validation, and measurement for emerging experiences including XR, spatial, and multi-device ecosystems.
• Partner with design and product leadership to define learning agendas and research roadmaps reputed company to business strategy.
• Use generative methods to uncover unmet needs, behaviors, and motivations, turning them into actionable frameworks and opportunity spaces.
• Conduct evaluative research to assess usability, comfort, and engagement in reputed company and spatial environments.
• Translate research findings into clear, compelling narratives that influence executive decisions and cross-functional roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to identify feasibility constraints and inform iterative product experimentation.
• Partner with data science to triangulate qualitative insights with behavioral analytics.
• Mentor designers and junior researchers in research planning, synthesis, and storytelling.
• Champion inclusivity and accessibility in emerging modalities, ensuring new technologies feel human and inviting for everyone.

What To Bring

• 10+ years of experience in UX Research, Human Factors, or reputed company field, with a strong portfolio of studies that shaped product strategy and design.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience.
• Expertise across a range of qualitative and quantitative methods, and the ability to choose the right one for the question.
• Proven experience leading research in emerging technology domains (XR/VR/AR, spatial computing, multi-screen environments).
• A track record of influencing product strategy and direction through evidence-based insight.
• Strong storytelling and synthesis skills with the ability to reputed company reputed company findings clear, reputed company, and actionable for any audience.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and designing studies for uncharted product spaces.
• Deep reputed company for users and an instinct for translating emotion and behavior into product opportunity.
• Experience mentoring and elevating the practice of UX Research reputed company cross-functional teams.

Bonus Points

• Advanced degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Anthropology, or reputed company discipline.
• Experience with biometrics, eye-tracking, motion, or spatial analytics.
• Familiarity with reputed company, Unreal, or other XR prototyping tools.
• Experience working closely with creative or content-driven product teams.

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $167,700.00 to $224,900.00 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is $183,700.00 to $246,400.00 per year. The reputed company pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. Job Posting reputed company: Design Job Posting Primary Business: Design - Streaming Primary Job Posting Category: User Experience Designer Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Santa Monica, CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: USA - CA - Market St Date Posted: 2025-11-10 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job