Researcher II

Company: Adecco USA
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

The "World's Largest Search Engine" is looking for you!! Project Overview: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. The User Experience team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, copywriters and web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with Engineering and Product Management to create innovative, and usable, products that people love to use.We are seeking a Research Assistant to support the Reach UX Design Systems team (Ads products), which creates meaningful and elegant experiences in the massively high-volume world of our Enterprise. You will conduct and assist in research efforts to promote best design practices across 80+ of our company's products. Overall Responsibilities:

• Support research activities for our enterprise design system team, focusing primarily on qualitative research with employees.
• Synthesize past research reports.
• Support ongoing UX research logistics, including developing timelines and study requirements, organizing research sessions, taking notes during study sessions.
• Plan, observe, and/or moderate usability testing sessions, concept validation, rapid iterative testing, and semi-structured interviews.
• Conduct research that addresses accessibility needs.
• Create, administer, and analyze surveys (primarily in Qualtrics)
• Assist with various user research preparation activities, including sourcing internal research participants through both self-recruitment (including writing study recruitment and email copy) and partnering with our internal recruitment team.
• Assist with data organization, analysis, and synthesis, as well as with building research reports (creating highlight videos, slide decks, etc.).
• Communicate research findings to diverse audiences through written and oral presentations.
• Partner with other researchers, designers, project managers, and engineers in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. Top 3 Daily Responsibilities:
• Planning studies: scoping methods, preparing test materials, recruiting participants, etc.
• Executing studies: wide variety of methods leveraging skillsets including interviews, surveys, concept evaluations, literature reviews, etc.
• Analyzing & Reporting: performing qualitative analyses, and preparing reports on insights and recommendations for xfn stakeholders.Skill/Experience/EducationMandatoryRequired Skills:
• B.A./B.S. (Completed) in Human Factors, Psychology, HCI/Computer Science, or other related fields or equivalent practical experience.
• 1-3 years of professional work experience with one or more of the following user research methods: semi-structured interviews, surveys, usability studies (either live or remote), concept validation, cognitive walkthroughs, surveys (creation and analysis).
• Detail-oriented and ability to work independently on a variety of tasks.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, negotiation and collaboration skills.
• Can prioritize time between multiple projects, and be flexible by adapting to changing schedules and different projects.DesiredNice to have Skills (not required):
• M.A/M.S./Ph.D. (completed) in Human Factors, Social Sciences, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science, Product Design, or other field.
• Strong knowledge of experimental design and statistical analysis
• Technical aptitude, familiarity with basic graphic and video editing tools. This particular client is requiring that all new hires show proof of Covid-19 vaccination. However, accommodation considerations will be reviewed for those that cannot be vaccinated for medical, religious, or other reasons protected by law.
  
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