User Research Intern
About Schneider Innovations
Schneider Innovations is a fast-growing global company focused on building and scaling product brands across consumer health, medical supplies, and personal protective equipment (PPE) categories. Our products are distributed throughout North America through major retail channels, e-commerce platforms, and institutional buyers.
What makes our approach different is how we develop products. Instead of relying purely on intuition, we combine data intelligence, user insight, and rapid market testing to evaluate product opportunities and bring better ideas to market faster.
Our long-term vision is to build a next-generation AI Product Marketing Lab — a system where data, user research, and market feedback continuously inform how products are designed, positioned, and launched.
About the Role
Our team operates an active pipeline of product concepts across multiple categories. Before any idea moves toward development, it must pass through a structured discovery process that combines user research, concept testing, and early market validation.
We are looking for interns to help support this process by conducting structured user interviews and gathering insights from potential users. The role focuses on executing research activities that help the team understand user needs, reactions to product concepts, and potential market signals.
Interns will work with prepared interview frameworks, scripts, and tools provided by the team. The role is primarily execution-focused: conducting interviews, organizing feedback, and summarizing insights that support product and business decisions.
This internship sits at the intersection of user research, product development, and market insight, and provides exposure to how companies evaluate product ideas before bringing them to market.
What You Will Do
Source and recruit potential interview participants based on provided criteria
Conduct structured user interviews using prepared research scripts
Facilitate conversations while ensuring key topics are covered
Capture and document interview responses and observations
Organize qualitative feedback across multiple interviews
Code and categorize responses into recurring themes
Prepare summaries of key insights for the product team
Optionally assist in identifying patterns or signals that inform product decisions
Requirements
Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology, Communication Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Business, Marketing, Economics, Data / Business Analytics, or a related field
Interest in user research, human behavior, product development, or market insight
Comfortable speaking with new people and facilitating structured conversations
Strong listening and note-taking skills with the ability to document information clearly and accurately
Ability to follow a research script while adapting naturally to the flow of a conversation
Organized and detail-oriented when recording responses and observations
Curious and analytical mindset when interpreting qualitative feedback
Preferred but not required:
Experience conducting interviews, surveys, usability studies, or research projects (academic or professional)
Experience working as a Research Assistant or participating in academic research involving human subjects
Familiarity with survey or research tools such as Qualtrics, Google Forms, or similar platforms
Benefits
Paid internship
Hands-on experience conducting real-world user research and product discovery
Exposure to how companies evaluate product ideas and market opportunities
Opportunity to observe how product, marketing, and business strategy decisions are informed by user insight
Experience working within an AI-driven product marketing environment
Location: Monrovia, CA (on-site)
Internship Duration: Expected to run from March 23 to June 3, unless extended or concluded earlier depending on project needs