UX Research Intern
Deltek
Herndon, VAFresher1h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year
- Must know
- Stakeholder managementRecruitingSurveyingFigma
- Work
- On-site in Herndon · internship
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Stakeholder management49%Figma33%Surveying13%Recruiting12%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 5, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
The UX Team at Deltek shapes how customers experience the company's products. This role offers a 10-week remote summer internship where you will execute real research on active business projects, working closely with the team and reporting to a Director of UX. You will learn how a mature research program operates, from participant recruitment to insight synthesis and stakeholder delivery. You will also gain hands-on experience with AI tools that are reshaping research practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute continuous research activities, including participant recruiting, facilitation, and documentation, across high-priority business projects.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into actionable insights ready for stakeholders.
- Maintain and contribute to the UX Research Repository with properly structured and tagged studies.
- Learn and apply AI-augmented research workflows for metadata generation, insight synthesis, and research discovery.
- Support Synthetic Persona development by grounding personas in real customer data.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Curiosity about user behavior and excitement about AI's role in augmenting research.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Collaborative spirit and ability to manage your own work.
- Comfort working remotely with a distributed team.
- Exposure to enterprise or B2B software (as a user, student project, or prior internship).
- Familiarity with tools like Figma/FigJam, Miro, or survey platforms.
- Interest in AI-augmented research workflows.
- Experience with journey mapping, workflow analysis, or information architecture concepts.
- Portfolio or sample work demonstrating research thinking (class projects are acceptable).
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a degree in HCI, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Information Science, or related fields.
- Coursework or project experience in at least two UX research methods (e.g., interviews, usability testing, surveys, contextual inquiry).
- Ability to analyze qualitative or quantitative data and communicate findings clearly.
- Strong writing, documentation, and organizational skills.