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UX Research Associate

Employer
Genesis10
Location
Mountain View, California
Closing date
Feb 22, 2022

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Position Type
UX / Design Researcher
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Business
Genesis10 is currently seeking a UX Research Associate with our client in the SEO industry in their Mountain View, CA location. This is a 12 month + contract position.

Summary:
  • Our Client's store is the online retail destination for hardware made by them and their team is uniquely placed to collaborate with marketing/brand teams as well as product and engineering teams evolving a site already operating in numerous countries.
  • Our Client's Store UX team is co-located with PM, Eng and Retail Marketing in MTV.
  • Our Client is a small close-knit team with a wide remit full of interesting projects.


Responsibilities:
  • As a User Experience Research Assistant your primary objective will be qualitative research.
  • Possible research activities include running research studies like:
    • Usability studies (e.g. task-based methods).
    • User interviews.
    • Competitive Analysis.
    • Literature Reviews.
    • Participatory design activities.
    • Create research study plans in collaboration with other researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers.
    • Work with recruiters to recruit the right research participants and to schedule study sessions.
    • If needed, set up the usability lab, equipment for remote studies, and product prototypes.
    • Moderate research study with users, take notes, videos as appropriate.
    • Perform analysis appropriate for that study (e.g., thematic coding).
    • Present research findings to diverse audiences through written reports (slide deck) and oral presentations.
  • Top three daily responsibilities:
    • Create research questions and study plans in collaboration with the team.
    • Moderate the study with users, gather data, and perform the appropriate analysis.
    • Present research insights to the stakeholders through slide deck and oral presentations.


Qualifications:
  • BA/BS degree in Anthropology, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors, Psychology, Sociology, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of user research experience.
  • Solid understanding of strengths and shortcomings of different qualitative evaluative research methods like user interviews, usability lab studies, cognitive walkthroughs, participatory design activities, card sorting and others.
  • Excellent observation skills.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Detailed oriented and ability to work with minimal supervision on a variety of tasks.
  • Able to work as a W2 employee of Genesis10 (no Corp-to-Corp).


Desired:
  • Experience running foundational user research studies.
  • Experience with quantitative research methods, analyzing large scale open-text data.
  • Experience with Qualtrics, R, Python.


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

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