Eniola Abioye

Eniola Abioye is a UX researcher, career coach, public speaker, and founder of UX Outloud, a platform dedicated to helping researchers build successful careers in user experience research. Born and raised in Oakland, California, Eniola has built a career around understanding people, conducting research, and helping other researchers develop the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the UX field.Eniola’s UX research career spans more than a decade and includes experience in technology, healthcare, financial services, and other research environments. Her work has involved conducting user research, developing research strategies, and partnering with product teams to understand users and translate research findings into meaningful product and business decisions. Her professional background also includes experience with organizations such as Kaiser Permanente and Silicon Valley Bank. A major focus of Eniola’s current work is career development for UX researchers. Through UX Outloud, she helps professionals with backgrounds in research and other people-focused disciplines transition into UX research careers, strengthen their research practice, improve their resumes and LinkedIn profiles, develop stronger portfolios, and communicate their professional value more effectively. UX Outloud describes its work as helping customer-focused researchers position their existing skills for technology UX research roles. Eniola has also built a growing community around UX research education and career development. Her work includes career coaching, workshops, research critiques, courses, speaking engagements, and community programming. She regularly shares guidance on topics such as research skills, career growth, job searching, interviewing, promotion, portfolio development, and navigating the UX research profession. Her research and career content also explores the changing role of UX researchers. Eniola frequently discusses the relationship between research, business, technology, and emerging tools such as artificial intelligence. She advocates for researchers to develop a broader understanding of how research connects to business decisions and product development, while maintaining strong research practices and a focus on people. Eniola studied at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2011 to 2015. She also holds professional certifications and training in market research, UX research methods, design thinking, human-centered design, and UX research skills. Her LinkedIn profile lists Spanish as a professional working language. Beyond her professional work, Eniola has also been involved in community-focused initiatives. In 2019, she founded Hella Healed, an Oakland-based initiative focused on reconnecting Black communities with traditional African healing modalities while fostering community and collective wellness.