Emily OBrien

UX Researcher at Reddit · User research

Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)

8+ years experience

Georgia Tech

English

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Overview

8 years in product design, the last 1 at Reddit, where I work on the research team. Shipped the research redesign that lifted task completion 31%. Most at home with user research and interviews. I read too many books about cities.

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interviewsjobs to be doneusability testinguser researchsynthesis

Experience

UX Researcher
Dec 2025 - Present
Reddit · 10 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
- Brought the research flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
- Ran 116 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
- Cut support tickets about research by 45% with clearer copy and states.
Product Designer
Feb 2022 - Dec 2025
Snowflake · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
- Cut support tickets about research by 48% with clearer copy and states.
Product Designer
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
Qualcomm · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
- Shipped the research redesign that lifted task completion 20%.
- Ran 137 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.

Projects

Open-source usability testing toolkit

2026

A small library for user research that 166 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

Georgia Tech
BS, Industrial Design
2014 - 2018

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