Entry Level UX Research Apprenticeship
UX Woman
New York, NYFresher45m agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year
- Must know
- Project managementRecruitingStakeholder management
- Work
- On-site in New York
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Stakeholder management40%Recruiting16%Project management12%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 6, 2026 · still open
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About the Program
- 7-month remote UX apprenticeship program.
- Open to new grads and UX career changers.
- Focuses on the end-to-end UX design and UX research process for a chosen startup idea.
- Apprentices complete the program for free and receive 1:1 mentorship.
- Alumni have gone on to secure roles in UX design, product design, UX research, or service design with salaries between $85,000 - $130,000.
- Committed to supporting women, immigrants, POC, and LGBTQ+ individuals in breaking into tech and landing 6-figure UX jobs.
Apprenticeship Requirements
- Interest in creative career paths: UX research, UX design, product design, or service design.
- Commitment of 5-10 hours per week.
- Willingness to attend 2-3 hour weekend lectures on the end-to-end design process OR complete online video course modules.
- Openness to feedback and demonstrated willingness to revise design work.
Apprenticeship Program Learnings
- Build digital products and services from scratch.
- Lead the end-to-end design process for a chosen startup idea.
- Lead product/feature scoping and project management.
- Identify target markets and position products for launch success.
- Incorporate AI tools into the UX design process.
- Design AI features and products, considering AI-specific design parameters and heuristics.
- Understand AI functionality and advocate for ethical AI design.
- Develop a business model for products/services and demonstrate scalability.
- Lead discovery research, including user recruitment, research plans, interview guides, discovery interviews (8-16), and insight synthesis.
- Deliver compelling UX design and business pitches, supported by qualitative and quantitative data.
- Create visual deliverables such as user types, personas, stakeholder maps, journey maps, process maps, service blueprints, ideation matrixes, sketches, wireframes, UX workflows, and prototypes.
- Lead user testing of wireframes and prototypes to improve usability and iterate on startup ideas.
- Design a unique design system from scratch, including components, a style guide, and branding.
- Analyze direct and indirect competitors to articulate solution differentiators.
- Consult with startups to create scopes of work and fulfill UX research, UX design, product design, and service design tasks.
How to Apply
- Complete the application form.
- Application requires LinkedIn profile, resume, and interest statement.
- No prior UX resume or portfolio is required.
- Applicants will receive UX tips and challenges via email.
- Selected applicants will be contacted for a brief interview process.
- Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
- If no interview is received within 2 months, consider the application closed.