Staff User Experience Researcher, YouTube Ads

Google's YouTube Ads team is seeking a Staff User Experience Researcher to join their mission of powering the YouTube ecosystem. This role is crucial in understanding user needs and behaviors to create impactful advertising products. As a UXR, you'll work with multi-disciplinary teams including UX Designers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers to gather insights about user needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors.

The position involves conducting primary research through various methodologies including field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. You'll collaborate closely with stakeholders across functions and levels, having impact at all stages of product development.

The role is part of Google Ads, which powers the open internet by connecting people, publishers, and advertisers through effective advertising products. The team builds various advertising solutions including search, display, shopping, travel, and video advertising, along with analytics capabilities.

You'll be joining a unique UXR community at Google with opportunities for regular meetups, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools. The position offers competitive compensation including base salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in applied research, programming skills for data manipulation, and the ability to influence stakeholders with research-based insights.

This role represents an opportunity to impact how YouTube maintains its free platform while creating value for users, creators, and advertisers through effective advertising solutions.