UX Research Trainee

About the role

North is a digital product studio from Barcelona. We partner with bold companies to innovate new services and build digital products. Our values are: show your passion, act as an owner and think rigorously, figure it out & hold the line ⚡️

We are looking for a UX Research Trainee to join our team and work across qualitative user research, market research,and competitive analysis. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the product development process and learn how user and market insights can help identify opportunities, validate ideas,and shape better digital products.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Be To

• Support qualitative user research projects, helping plan and conduct interviews, usability tests,and other research activities to better understand users’ needs, behaviours,and pain points.
• Analyse and synthesise research findings to identify insights, patterns,and opportunities that can inform product decisions.
• Conduct market research to understand trends, emerging opportunities,and the broader context in which our clients and their products operate.
• Perform competitive analysis and benchmarking to understand competitors, comparable products, industry best practices,and relevant market dynamics.
• Support Product Managers and Designers in identifying business and product opportunities and validating hypotheses through research.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Designers, Developers,and client teams, bringing research insights into the product development process.
• Help create research reports, presentations,and other deliverables to clearly communicate findings and recommendations.

You Will Bring to the Table

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, UX/HCI, Business, Psychology, Sociology, Marketing, Economics, or a related field.
• Interest in qualitative research and understanding user behaviour, as well as market and competitive dynamics.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn qualitative and quantitative information into meaningful insights.
• Passion for digital products, technology,and innovation.
• A proactive mindset, attention to detail,and a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal (English and Spanish).
• Familiarity with research and collaboration tools such as Figma, FigJam, Miro, Notion, Excel, or Google Sheets is a plus.

What we will offer you

• A hybrid work from home/office system with a flexible time schedule. When you do happen to come to the office, there will always be fresh fruit, coffee and snacks.
• MacBook Pro 13” or similar.
• Your birthday as an extra paid vacation day.
• Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam.