UX Researcher (W2 only | SharePoint Online, Figma, Adobe Suite )

Title: UX Researcher
Location: Princeton, NJ 08543
Duration: 12 Months (Possible extension)

What Will Make You Stand Out?
• Hands-on experience designing in SharePoint Online, Figma, Adobe Suite and Microsoft 365
• Knowledge of accessibility standards such as W3C WCAG 2.1 A, AA, and AAA as well as Section 508 a plus

Job Description:

Lead research initiatives to identify meaningful and actionable user-centered insights to help the team deliver industry-leading user experiences
• Discover and understand user behavior, motivations, and needs to help teams shape concepts, products, and solutions
• Define, plan, and execute iterative user research activities spanning a broad set of products (hardware and software) and involving multiple types of concurrent user research including but not limited to generative work (e.g. interviews, field studies, ethnography), evaluative work (e.g. usability studies, concept evaluations, benchmarking, heuristic evaluations), to summative or validation research
• Experience with various types of analysis techniques(e.g. synthesizing data, statistics, classification, clustering).
• Understand product roadmaps and plan long-term and short-term research initiatives to inform design decisions
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional project team members and business peers to propose the best experience for our end users
• Educate others outside the User Experience Design team on UX design methodologies and advocate the benefits of good UX research and design. Think creatively and strategically about the end-to-end customer experience and encourage a design way of thinking.
• Establish a technical vitality plan to remain current in fields of user experience, user research, and product design
• Utilize ideation and storytelling skills to effectively communicate research insights and ideas with colleagues, management, and external parties both in the U.S. and other countries
• Design and execute a wide variety of research projects ranging from early ideation through to design validation.

Position Requirements:

BA/BS (Master's preferred) in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology or other equivalent fields
• 5+ years (8+ years preferred) in applied product research (qualitative and quantitative) in an industry setting or equivalent
• In-depth knowledge of various qualitative and quantitative research methods and techniques (e.g. interviews, ethnography, descriptive and inferential stats, classification, clustering, etc.)
• Analytical and synthesis skills with proven ability to drive research that delivers user-centered product insights and design directions
• Detail-oriented with the ability to be pragmatic and keep the ‘big picture' in mind
• Communication experience
• Self-motivated and execution-orientated with the ability to work independently as well as take direction within established strategic and business guidelines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and international multidisciplinary team environment
• Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, SPECTRAFORCE and the assigned client reserve the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, and hospital indemnity insurances. Additional benefits SPECTRAFORCE offers to the eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at NAhr@spectraforce.com if you require a reasonable accommodation.