Design & Research Operations Associate

ADIB is hiring a Design & Research Operations Associate. Level rates it ; you can apply on ADIB.

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Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Microsoft 365, Figma and operations.
Level classifies it as an internship.
Level lists 117 other open roles at ADIB.
The role was posted within the past week.

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Support design and research operations by managing research participant recruitment, repositories, tools, and workflows.

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Role: Design & Research Operations Associate

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

The Design & Research Ops Associate supports the smooth running of the design and research function, ensuring teams have the tools, systems, and processes they need to do their best work. This is an entry-level role, ideal for a recent graduate eager to build a career in design operations.

The associate helps maintain design systems and research repositories, coordinates the logistics of user research, organizes documentation, and supports the day-to-day operational tasks that keep design and research activities organized, consistent, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities:

Recruit, screen, and schedule research participants, managing consent forms, incentives, and follow-up communications.
Maintain and organise the team’s research repository so insights, recordings, and reports are easy to find and reuse.
Manage design and UX research tools — licenses, subscriptions, user access, and onboarding/offboarding of team members.
Coordinate the logistics of user research sessions, including booking rooms or video calls, preparing equipment, and setting up testing tools.
Maintain participant databases and panels, keeping records accurate, compliant, and up to date.
Track and triage incoming design and research requests, routing them to the right people and monitoring turnaround times.
Maintain documentation, templates, and standard operating procedures that keep design and research workflows running smoothly.

Technical knowledge and skills:

Comfortable using everyday productivity tools such as Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
Good written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic is an advantage.
A genuine interest in design, research, and digital products and how they are created.
A proactive, can-do attitude and eagerness to learn new tools and ways of working.
Able to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Any exposure to design or prototyping tools (e.g., Figma) is a plus, but not required — full training and support will be provided.

How we rate this

Design & Research Operations Associate at ADIB rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
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Key facts

Design & Research Operations Associate is an open job at ADIB.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in United Arab Emirates.
The job was posted on October 28, 2026.
Seniority: intern.
Applications are handled by ADIB. Apply on ADIB

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

OperationsParticipant RecruitmentDocumentationSchedulingUX Research SupportMicrosoft 365Figma

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Tell me about a project where operations was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where participant recruitment was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where documentation was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where scheduling was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where ux research support was part of your work. What did you do?

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