UX Researcher
- Employer
- Genesis10
- Location
- Mountain View, California
- Posted
- Jun 20, 2021
- Closes
- Jun 24, 2021
- Ref
- 2256969730
- Position Type
- UX / Design Researcher
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- Business
Genesis10 is seeking a UX Researcher for a 6 month contract position with our client in the SEO industry located in Mountain View, CA.
Summary:
We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: 'Focus on the user and all else will follow.' We're passionately interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their goals and needs, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. Nested in the Hardware team, the Research team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, human factors designers, copywriters and web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with Engineering and Product Management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.
Overall Responsibilities:
Top 3 daily responsibilities:
Additional Responsibilities:
Required:
Desired:
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!
About Genesis10:
Genesis10 is a leading U.S. business and technology consulting firm with hundreds of clients needing proven talent and solutions to power their strategic initiatives. If you are a high performing business or IT professional with solid, referenced experience, we want to meet you. Genesis10 recruiters and delivery professionals are highly accomplished career advocates, who get to know you beyond your resume to position you with the opportunities that fit your skills, experience and aspirations. We have benefit options to fit your needs and a support staff that works with you from placement throughout your engagement project after project. To learn more about Genesis10 and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at www.genesis10.com "Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V
Summary:
We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: 'Focus on the user and all else will follow.' We're passionately interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their goals and needs, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. Nested in the Hardware team, the Research team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, human factors designers, copywriters and web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with Engineering and Product Management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.
Overall Responsibilities:
- As a UX Researcher for WSPV, you'll have the opportunity to support our research activities in developing innovative, user-friendly, best-of-breed products.
- You will play a pivotal role in consumer electronics product development life cycle.
- You will partner with the PM leads to create and run an end to end user experience plan consisting of: surveys, 1:1 interviews and large focus groups / roundtables - owning the creation of materials, as well as the analysis and reporting (both quantitative and qualitative).
- You'll present your findings to the Product Leads to influence the design of the product / experience.
- As a Researcher, the expectation is that you will support your findings with strong verbal and written communications to develop surveys and studies that lead to detailed analysis of the product - helping to shape future iterations.
- You will also go into the field with other researchers in support of user research studies.
Top 3 daily responsibilities:
- User research preparation activities (ex. recruiting participants, lab setup, study planning, etc.)
- Administering questionnaires, surveys, and interviews.
- Running usability testing sessions.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Become a product expert on our product and its release cycles
- Creating findings and recommendation reports from user studies.
- Creating highlight videos/screenshots.
- Analyzing and interpreting both qualitative and quantitative data.
Required:
- Bachelors degree in HCI, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, HCI/Computer Science, Anthropology or other field emphasizing human behavior.
- 3-5 years of work experience in an applied research setting, preferably with hardware and/ or wearables.
- Strong understanding of strengths and shortcomings of different quantitative and statistical methods as well as qualitative and experimental research methods, including when and how to apply them during each part of the product development phase.
- Deep interest and aptitude in product development
- Proven ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects.
- Can work independently, prioritizing time between multiple projects and be flexible by adapting to changing schedules and different projects.
- Experience converting research findings into actionable insights for product design.
- Technical experience (e.g., ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms and vice versa, able to troubleshoot an issue with little guidance and direction)
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities and superior analytical skills
- Excellent observational, interpersonal, oral and written communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to interact with diverse technical and non-technical groups
- Able to work as a W2 employee of Genesis10 (no corp to corp)
Desired:
- Basic working knowledge of statistics (SQL, SPSS or other statistical packages).
- Technical aptitude with basic graphic and video editing tools
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!
About Genesis10:
Genesis10 is a leading U.S. business and technology consulting firm with hundreds of clients needing proven talent and solutions to power their strategic initiatives. If you are a high performing business or IT professional with solid, referenced experience, we want to meet you. Genesis10 recruiters and delivery professionals are highly accomplished career advocates, who get to know you beyond your resume to position you with the opportunities that fit your skills, experience and aspirations. We have benefit options to fit your needs and a support staff that works with you from placement throughout your engagement project after project. To learn more about Genesis10 and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at www.genesis10.com "Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V