Student Ambassador (UX Research)

Most students pick a career path knowing almost nothing about what the work actually feels like. VOKU fixes that. Our app lets high school and college students test-drive real careers in minutes a day: real tasks, real professional dilemmas, and personalized reports that show you what kind of work actually energizes you. We are an early-stage startup built by an experienced team working across three continents (meet us at the bottom of this post), launching our first student cohorts this fall, and this role puts you at the center of it.

This is a paid, part-time, fully remote role open to any high school or college student in the United States. You will recruit fellow students from your school, campus, or network, guide them through short test sessions of the VOKU app, and submit the results. Sessions pay $10 each, up to 10 per ambassador during our pilot, and you set your own schedule.

• Recruit high school and college students through your school, campus, clubs, teams, group chats, and personal network

• Schedule and run test sessions using the VOKU Ambassador Test Session Kit (we provide the full script, setup, and checklist)

• Make sure each participant completes the full session in the app

• Submit results and a short logistics report after each session

• Sync regularly with the founder on numbers and scheduling

• Represent VOKU positively in your school and community

• Current high school or college student located anywhere in the United States

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships with fellow students

• Clear written and verbal communication

• Organized and reliable: sessions start on time and results are submitted the same day

• Comfortable approaching people and guiding them through a structured session

• Familiarity with social media platforms and student group chats is a plus

• Interest in startups, education, or career development is a plus

• No prior work experience required. We provide everything you need.

• $10 for every completed and verified test session, up to 10 paid sessions per ambassador during the pilot

• Independent contractor role with fully flexible hours: work as much or as little as fits your schedule

• Real startup experience working directly with the founders

• Hands-on user research experience for your resume and college or job applications

• Free lifetime access to VOKU Premium

• Top performers get first consideration for expanded paid roles as VOKU grows

• Mac Keck, founder and CEO (USA): earned his degree in mechanical engineering and manufacturing at Ole Miss, exploring careers along the way through internships in global operations at ABB (a Global 500 company) in Canada and the USA, manufacturing engineering at Astra (a Silicon Valley rocket startup), and private equity at Pharos Capital (a healthcare-focused firm). After graduating, he studied applied physics part-time at Johns Hopkins while working full-time as a patent examiner for the federal government, where he has spent the last 6 years reviewing new inventions.

• Mikko Rissanen, co-founder and CTO (Malaysia): grew up in Finland, earned his masters in information processing science at the University of Oulu, then completed his PhD in informatics (virtual reality) at Kyoto University in Japan. He taught virtual reality to masters students at Kyoto University, served as an assistant professor at the University of Oulu, and was a senior research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He spent 4+ years as a principal R&D scientist at ABB working on human-robot interaction, and brings 13 years of startup and CTO experience, today coaching and working with a global network of freelance professionals.

• Lucas Gonzalez, advisor (Spain): earned his masters in physics at Universidad de Granada while also training as a professional piano teacher. Across 20+ years in games, he was product manager of a Google Play Game of the Year with 100M+ downloads, earned a BAFTA nomination, and has consulted for EA, Microsoft Studios, and Disney. He has also been a professor of game design at ESAT, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, and ENTI in Barcelona. Today, Lucas tutors masters students in video game design at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, and consults companies on game design, monetization and retention.

VOKU, Inc. is an equal opportunity company. We welcome applicants of every background.