Job details
Salary $9,000 a month job type full-time contract number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
User research: 3 years (required)
Data analysis skills: 3 years (required)
Creating usability test plans: 3 years (preferred)
Full job description
Join core collective to take on an immediate contract with a top technology company in the seattle area!
We are seeking an experienced user experience research consultant to conduct generative, iterative, and evaluative customer research in the complex product domain of technology products at one of the top technology companiesYou will work closely with ux design, research and project management to understand the specialized needs of the it professional audience and evaluate how the product designs are meeting them.
The ideal candidate will already have experience conducting research in a complex technology domainYou should be comfortable working on an agile team, where feedback needs to be collected, analyzed, and reported on quickly and frequentlyThe ideal candidate will have rigorous research and analysis skills to provide statistically significant findings when neededThe intended end result is a solid basis of user research to assist in product design.
Typical day in the role
Drive user research activities to inform product design, including but not limited to lab usability studies, customer interviews, surveys, scorecard studies, etc.
Deliver actionable research findings to your counterparts on time and with quality.
Communicate, defend, and build consensus around your research and how it informs design.
Understand how our current and future releases are shaped by complex cloud computing infrastructures and enterprise business requirements.
Document and present recommendations based on research and analysis.
Work with the supervising usability engineer or manager in identifying and addressing critical usability issues.
Required experience:
3+ years of industry experience conducting user research and effectively partnering with development teams to improve the user experience based on research results.
High level of experience using varied user research techniques at various stages of the development process (e.g., lab usability studies, heuristic evaluations, surveys, field research/ethnographic techniques).
Creating usability test plans and running large and small tests.
Accurate measurement and precise reporting of usability data.
Excellent collaborations skills, and experience teaming with designers to help prepare designs for testingAs well as turning usability findings into actionable recommendations with the help of designs, post-study.
Strong oral and written communication skillsDemonstrated ability to analyze research data, create results presentations, and deliver them to design and product teams.
Ability to condense complex ideas into succinct thoughts and impactful storytelling.
Great statistical analysis skills, and ideally familiarity with one or more statistical packages used for analysis (spss, statistica, etc)Strong skills using excel to perform basic analyses are acceptable.
Ability to get up to speed with a new area quickly.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Preferred but not required:
Previous research experience with microsoft and/or it users, systems, and services
Experience with remote testing methods and tools
Experience with eye-tracking software
Experience with ovo usability testing software
Experience with large-scale survey tools
Experience with android, ios, and windows mobile os
Experience analyzing and delivering impactful findings based on telemetry data
Previous microsoft work experience
Degrees or certifications required:
Ma/ms or ph.dIn human computer interaction, human factors, or a related field
Core collective benefits include:
Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage
3 weeks of paid time off annually, pro-rated according to contract length
Job types: full-time, contract
Pay: $9,000.00 per month
Benefits:
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Referral program
Vision insurance
Schedule:
Monday to friday
Experience:
User research: 3 years (required)
Creating usability test plans: 3 years (preferred)
Data analysis skills: 3 years (required)
Work location:
Fully remote
Work remotely:
Temporarily due to covid-19
Work location: remote
