Aescape is looking for a Product Researcher for Content who can partner closely with our content team to build the world’s most advanced massages. You’ll be an integral member of the Product Research team, reporting to the Director of Product Research, but working primarily with the content team to develop new massages, audio/visual experiences, scent experiences and other elements of the on-table massage experience. This is a unique opportunity for someone early in their research career to work across functions, on a complex hardware and software product, to transform the massage and bodywork industry!

“Content” at Aescape means the massages themselves, meaning this is an opportunity to profoundly shape and influence the core of our product.

This role is based out in our NYC office 3-4 days at the office

Aescape is the NY-based lifestyle robotics company redefining self-care.

We announced the world's first commercially available, fully automated AI-powered massage experience with Equinox in March — and this is only the beginning. We are in a period of rapid growth, launching our category-transforming product throughout 2024 with global leaders in hospitality, wellness, sports and fitness.

Backed by $85M in funding from investors like Valor Equity Partners (an early investor in Tesla and SpaceX), we've assembled a team of top talent across connected hardware and fitness from industry giants like Amazon, Apple, Peloton, Tonal, Uber, The New York Knicks, and more to bring people and robotics together for better living.

In less than 48 hours since announcing our launch and partnership, publications like WIRED, Fast Company, Popular Science, Sports Business Journal, Fortune and Now This News have covered our news, with remarkable enthusiasm.

What You’ll Do

As a Product Researcher for Content you’ll:

• Lead our content research, testing, evaluating and helping to optimize content at the stroke, phase and massage level.

• Evaluate experimental strokes, the building blocks of a massage, on participants with a range of body types, ages, massage experience and fitness levels.

• Evaluate full massages with a range of research participants as a key part of the content production lifecycle.

• Partner with our content team and in-house Licensed Massage Therapists to improve strokes, phases and massages.

• Lead generative and evaluative research into Sensory Input elements of the massage experience, including audio/visual experiences like guided meditations, breathwork and affirmations, as well as scent, light, etc.
  

What You’ll Bring

• 1-3+ years of experience in research, ideally within a consumer technology capacity.

• Previous experience working in a fast-paced environment, ideally in a start-up/scale-up context.

• Outstanding organizational skills.

• A willingness to engage energetically in a primarily in-office role requiring extensive and ongoing in-person testing with research participants.

• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly convey meaningful information verbally and in writing to a wide range of stakeholders.

• A keen willingness to learn something completely new.

• A personal interest in wellness, with past experience with massage or other modalities of bodywork in some capacity as a nice-to-have.

What’s In It For You

• Join a trailblazing tech company anticipated to transform the massage industry

• The chance to make a difference with a product that empowers healthier and happier living

• Team culture driven by passion, ambition, empowerment, inclusion, curiosity, and fun!

• We’ll grow together – your personal and professional growth are equally important

• Free massages in NY and SF office!

• An environment that empowers individuals, emboldens teams, and rewards achievement

• Early stage equity in a company led by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance covered by us

• 401k with 4% company match

• Unlimited vacation, generous parental leave

• Working late? Dinner is on us.

• Competitive pay + bonus + equity plan. The salary range for the role is $80,000-$100,000.

Begin Your Aescape Career Journey

At Aescape, we're on a mission to redefine self-care for a better world, and we're seeking trailblazers to join us on this journey. We're inspired by individuals who are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. We value diverse perspectives and resourceful, determined individuals who are committed to making a difference. At Aescape, we empower people to reach their full potential, just as our product empowers better living. If you're ready to innovate, create, and make a meaningful impact, we want you on our team.

YOUR JOURNEY. YOUR AESCAPE.