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UX Researcher
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Menlo Park, CA Menlo Park, California |
About this job
Location: Menlo Park, California
Duties:
Come join a diverse and collaborative team of researchers who work directly with product design to make the best social platform for a billion plus users. The team's mission is to be the most valuable online presence for a business. For this contract position, we are looking for a qualitative/design researcher who is passionate about building easy-to-use interfaces, with broad skills in both qualitative and design research methods as well as experience in holistically evaluating the user experience. The right candidates will be excellent communicators, knowledgeable about UI design, be able to both execute research and turn around deliverables quickly, excited to collaborate with cross-functional partners, and focused squarely on impacting the design of The Platform.
Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
BA/BS degree in marketing, or a human behavior related field (HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.) MA / PhD preferred. Experience in applied product research
Client Description
This TOP social media company, headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, was built to help people connect and share. Over the last decade their tools have played a critical part in changing how people around the world communicate. With over two billion people using the service and more than fifty offices around the globe, a career at this company offers countless ways to make an impact in a fast growing organization.
Working here, you'll:
Additionally, check out all you'd have at your fingertips:
Paid Time Off:
Transportation:
Eats:
Roof Deck:
Duties:
Come join a diverse and collaborative team of researchers who work directly with product design to make the best social platform for a billion plus users. The team's mission is to be the most valuable online presence for a business. For this contract position, we are looking for a qualitative/design researcher who is passionate about building easy-to-use interfaces, with broad skills in both qualitative and design research methods as well as experience in holistically evaluating the user experience. The right candidates will be excellent communicators, knowledgeable about UI design, be able to both execute research and turn around deliverables quickly, excited to collaborate with cross-functional partners, and focused squarely on impacting the design of The Platform.
Responsibilities
- Execute research for a "rolling research" program
- Generate insights that both fuel ideation and evaluate designs
- Conduct research using a wide variety of qualitative and design methods
- Work cross-functionally with design, product management, content strategy, engineering and marketing
- Communicate results and illustrate suggestions in clear, compelling and creative ways
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years experience in applied product research
- Knowledge of a set of qualitative and user-centered design methods
- Ability to ask, as well as answer questions
- Communication + stakeholder management skills
- Experience running evaluative/benchmarking user testing programs
- Basic knowledge of statistical concepts and survey design
Education:
BA/BS degree in marketing, or a human behavior related field (HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.) MA / PhD preferred. Experience in applied product research
Client Description
This TOP social media company, headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, was built to help people connect and share. Over the last decade their tools have played a critical part in changing how people around the world communicate. With over two billion people using the service and more than fifty offices around the globe, a career at this company offers countless ways to make an impact in a fast growing organization.
Working here, you'll:
- Be part of their mission of community building
- Work on the most visible apps and services in the social media industry
- Work in an Agile environment, in constant iteration and problem solving mode
- Take part in global internal conversations that are happening with stakeholders, wherever they may be located, who are the best at what they do
Additionally, check out all you'd have at your fingertips:
Paid Time Off:
- Freelancers are eligible to accrue up to 15 days of PTO per 12-month period. Accrual begins on your first day of assignment thereafter. Non-exempt workers (hourly) accrue 1 hour of PTO for every 16.67 hours. Accrued PTO can be used after your 91st day on assignment. PTO can be used for holidays, personal time off, vacation, and sick time.
Transportation:
- Transportation to and from San Francisco/Oakland to their campus in Menlo Park CA.
- Communal beach cruisers are parked everywhere, making it easy to get across the 57 acre, 11 building campus.
- Bike Repair Shop.
Eats:
- Meals are provided (and we're not talking about a small cafeteria)! It is like Disneyland with all of the amazing options you have available. You will never get bored with all of the restaurants you have to choose from.
Roof Deck:
- The football field-sized grass roof deck is available for you to use at your leisure! With beautiful views and tons of space, it is great place to relax and enjoy your lunch every day.