UX Researcher
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary (USD):
$50.84 - $56.49 Hourly
Start Date:
11.27.2023
Our client is seeking a UX Researcher for an 8-month engagement. The majority of research projects will focus on evaluating new designs, product concepts, and usability testing.
Top Daily Responsibilities:
- Design usability and concept studies based on a solid understanding of strengths and shortcomings of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase.
- Partner with cross-functional team members as you plan and execute your studies, ensuring your research aligns with top priorities.
- Articulate key insights through clear and comprehensive written reports, compelling visuals, frameworks, decks, and documentary style video clips. Present findings to a diverse audience, including senior leaders.
- Contribute to research operations and research team tooling by helping to stand-up and own process, projects, and tools that further our best practices
Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:
- 3-5+ years industry experience conducting user research in a professional context and has worked directly with users (e.g., lab studies, field studies, surveys, competitive analyses)
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a research-focused field and/or sufficient experience to demonstrate qualifications for the tasks above
- Ability to work independently on a variety of tasks and adapt to changing priorities and schedules
- Product development lifecycle: Knowledge of the overall process for developing products. This includes knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of engineering and other functions, major phases, checkpoints, and deliverables. This also includes the ability to identify common issues and considerations for delivering a product.
- Outstanding portfolio highlighting multiple projects and your direct contributions
Non-Essential Skills/Qualifications:
- Strong Quantitative UXR skills
Skill/Experience/Education:
- Mandatory- 3-5+ years industry experience conducting user research in a professional context and has worked directly with users (e.g., lab studies, field studies, surveys, competitive analyses)
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a research-focused field and/or sufficient experience to demonstrate qualifications for the tasks above
- Ability to work independently on a variety of tasks and adapt to changing priorities and schedules
- Product development lifecycle: Knowledge of the overall process for developing products. This includes knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of engineering and other functions, major phases, checkpoints, and deliverables. This also includes the ability to identify common issues and considerations for delivering a product.
- Outstanding portfolio highlighting multiple projects and your direct contributions
Desired- Strong Quantitative UXR skills
The target hiring compensation range for this role is the equivalent of $50.84 – $56.49 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match.
Client Description
A giant in the Tech Industry, this company’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. This company is committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything they do—from how they build their products to how they build their workforce. Consistently named one of Forbes top employers, this company works hard to attract, retain and progress the best Talent.
A career here gives you the opportunity to be part of something bigger:
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Expanding Opportunity – Providing people with information, tools and services to help them build knowledge, fuel curiosity, and unlock opportunity.
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Protecting Users – Keeping billions of people safer online.
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Including all Voices – Building a world where progress, equitable outcomes, diversity, and inclusion can be realities both inside and outside our workplace.
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Responding to Crisis – Helping those affected by crisis through products, people and partners.
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Advancing Sustainability – Unifying practices, partnerships, and products around a single mission — to foster sustainability at scale.
Are you ready to join the journey?
Why work with AQUENT? Check out our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/find-work/talent-benefits
Aquent is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.