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UX Researcher
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Mountain View, CA Mountain View, California |
About this job
Location: Mountain View, California
Position Description:
This is a temporary contract role for an initial duration of 6 months with the possibility of extending longer. Under general direction, performs moderately complex research and experimentation following and suggesting improvements to best practices. Assists with projects and may perform independent research or various clerical and editorial duties; compiles, processes and analyzes data.
Key Areas of Responsibility (Training Provided):
Skill/Experience/Education:
Mandatory:
Desired:
Position Description:
This is a temporary contract role for an initial duration of 6 months with the possibility of extending longer. Under general direction, performs moderately complex research and experimentation following and suggesting improvements to best practices. Assists with projects and may perform independent research or various clerical and editorial duties; compiles, processes and analyzes data.
Key Areas of Responsibility (Training Provided):
- Sets up and operates user research lab equipment
- Assist with user testing preparation activities
- Assist with data collection activities from a variety of research methods
- Observe usability testing sessions, taking notes, reporting out and providing detailed transcripts for the team on a weekly cadence
- Moderate studies
- Executes planned experiments in a repeatable manner
- Conducts experiments in the lab
- Conducts experiments in the field
- Provide suggestions to improve current best practices
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Travel is expected (within the country and possibly internationally)
Skill/Experience/Education:
Mandatory:
- B.S or graduate degree in HCI, psychology, anthropology, human factors or other relevant field
- Open to new grads with internship experience or master's projects
- Passion for communications and messaging apps
- Understands basic (user experience) research methods
- Skilled at conducting in-person interviews
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Comfortable with and skilled at analyzing large qualitative datasets (e.g., interview videos, transcripts, open-ended survey responses)
- Understands basic statistical concepts
Desired:
- Preference for a degree (in-progress or completed) in Human Factors, Psychology, HCI/Computer Science, Social Science, Anthropology, or other field focusing on human behavior and/or human computer interaction
- Experience with video editing
- Experience running and analyzing surveys (along with other quantitative methods) is a plus
- Excellent people skills
- Flexible working style
- Strong desire to learn
- Detail-oriented
- Excited to work in a fast-paced team environment
- Can work independently and be flexible by adapting to changing schedules and different projects