Job Description

Primary Talent Partners has a User Experience Researcher opening for a client. This is a 12 month contract. This role is Remote. Must be a permanent resident (, Holder) NO C2C

Pay Rate: $45.00-$50.00 per hr W2
7.5 hours per day and 37.5 days per week
No OT or Travel


User Experience Researcher
We are seeking a User Experience (UX) Researcher who is passionate about leading and applying a user-centered approach to product development, with a focus on research. Research insights are the foundation for solutions that ensure student learning. The UX Researcher will help guide product teams to build research-based solutions across print, web, and mobile K-12 curriculum experiences through collaboration with Product Management, UX Design, Product Design, Academic Design, Content and Digital Strategy, and Accessibility teams. A Continuous Discovery framework is the basis for this approach.

This UX Researcher will be expected to:

• Be a change agent evangelizing and bringing awareness to user-centered methodologies and practices across the company, supporting cross-functional product teams at different stages of understanding.
• Align research to strategy and understand how to frame research plans that drive confident decision-making.
• Help teams through the process of developing clear hypotheses and then propose appropriate methods for research and synthesis.
• Build presentations, lead discussions, and facilitate synthesis workshops for different stakeholders throughout the organization focused on results and actionable recommendations from research studies.
• Collaborate with Designers and/or Product teams to translate user needs into tangible solutions.
• Triangulate and collaborate with product analytics and market research.
• Support our Research Operations effort by helping to build and maintain process documentation, adhere to research team best practices, and protect personally identifiable information during all stages of research.
• Consistently deliver on commitments and proactively communicate when competing priorities or unexpected events put a deadline in jeopardy.
• Deliver user research findings to the Research Repository and support connections to the work with cross-functional teams.
• Motivate and manage yourself and your team members and possess a high degree of analytical ability and intellectual curiosity.
• Embody the work ethic and personality that thrives in a fast-paced culture with tight deadlines, shifting priorities and cross-functional teams.
• Develop knowledge of competition and complimentary products, relevant to role.

What it takes:

• Fluency in continuous discovery and human-centered design theory and practice.
• Experience with research methodologies including user interviews, direct observation, ethnography, contextual inquiry, usability studies, etc. knowledge about the appropriate method for different problems.
• Excellent communication skills. Someone who can help lead complex discussions, research sessions and workshops, and present feedback.
• Has a bias to action, moving quickly, even in ambiguous situations
• Ability to define and use metrics to track qualitative data with tools like Excel and Lucidchart.
• Experience with synthesis methodologies including affinity diagrams, experience maps, and opportunity solution trees.
• Understanding of common product development and project management practices.
• Strong project management skills to effectively help organize and manage multiple projects with multiple stakeholders at any given time.
• 2+ years of work experience defining and executing User Experience Research activities as a member of a product/application development team.

What makes you stand out:

• A portfolio of work that demonstrates strong understanding of research processes and storytelling abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate across functional areas.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize research and prototypes to provide insights ahead of production/software builds.

Education

• Bachelor s Degree in Psychology, Sociology, Human Computer Interaction, Data Science, Behavior Science, Market Research, or related discipline.

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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