UX Designer

As our HCI / User Experience Analyst, you will be part of a dynamic small team consisting of developers, researchers, architects, and trainers.

The ideal candidate will be a champion for our users, most notably those in government, education (K-12 and pedagogy based), healthcare by bringing their perspective to the table through sound research and knowledge. Most of our projects follow a heuristic, expert, cognitive walkthrough, think aloud, and benchmarking-based methodology. Some of our customers prefer interview and focus groups, and we'd love if you have this expertise too!

What we are looking for:
We are looking for individuals with strong skills in qualitative and mixed methods. As the HCI/UX expert, we need someone who is passionate about product-focused studies, usability evaluation, contextual inquiry, surveys, interviews, and card sorts, as well as working with others outside of HyerTek.

• Work closely with our team to collaborate on the full product lifecycle.
• Work with the technical and design team to develop studies that address both user behavior and attitudes
• Assist with conducting research using a wide variety of methods, and help to interpret analysis through the lens of UX, HCI, and social science
• Conduct heuristic evaluations of products, services and processes
• Communicate results and illustrate suggestions in compelling and creative ways

Qualifications:

• Degree in human-computer interaction, anthropology, sociology, communication, market research, information science, or a related field
• Passionate about and experience with executing hands-on, primary research
• Experience with survey research (questionnaire design, sampling, analysis)
• Experience conducting cross-cultural research
• Experience with user research related to accessibility preferred
• Ability to ask, as well as answer, meaningful and impactful questions
• Ability to clearly communicate complex, research-informed data analytics to a lay audience
• Information Architecture background a plus

COMPENSATION

The likely salary range for this position is $70000 - $95000, this is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Total Rewards at HyerTek:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, HyerTek offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

HyerTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

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