Ursus Inc
UX Researcher II
Ursus Inc, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
JOB TITLE: UX Researcher IILOCATION: Hybrid in Los Angeles, CADURATION: 12 months with potential to extendRATE RANGE: $54-64/hourTOP 3 SKILLS:Experience moderating user research sessions and usability testingExperience turning qual and quant data into actionable insightsWorking with a diverse set of stakeholdersSUMMARY:
UXR will interact directly with game/app-development teams, turning their needs and goals into research plans which will usually be usability tests/playtests, but sometimes surveys, and result in a better understanding of consumer needs and the user journey. For playtests, they will manage them wholly: writing the plan, working with recruiting to find the right participants, moderating the study, and synthesizing and presenting the findings. For surveys, they will also manage them from end to end: writing them, programming them in our client's internal tools or Qualtrics, pulling potential respondents in SQL (or purchasing them from a vendor), and analyzing the data in R or SPSS (support for this will be available) and writing the report.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Actively collecting dataFocusing on different parts of the studyInteraction with the team as SMESome stakeholder interactionsBeing able to execute research on time and reports being clear and actionableQUALIFICATIONS:
Top 3 Non-Negotiable Skills:
Experience moderating user research sessions and usability testingExperience turning qual and quant data into actionable insightsWorking with a diverse set of stakeholdersBachelors is required, preferably in Psychology or Sociology, any degree plus user research experience (5+ years)Nice to have/Preferred skills:
Video game user research experienceSurvey writing expertiseExperience working in entertainment, media, or music publishing industriesUnderstanding of research agency landscape, especially agencies specializing in the entertainment/media research spaceApp development user researchVR user research experiencePassion for video games and/or VR is sought, but not requiredExperience with analysis and data modeling in R or SPSS
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UXR will interact directly with game/app-development teams, turning their needs and goals into research plans which will usually be usability tests/playtests, but sometimes surveys, and result in a better understanding of consumer needs and the user journey. For playtests, they will manage them wholly: writing the plan, working with recruiting to find the right participants, moderating the study, and synthesizing and presenting the findings. For surveys, they will also manage them from end to end: writing them, programming them in our client's internal tools or Qualtrics, pulling potential respondents in SQL (or purchasing them from a vendor), and analyzing the data in R or SPSS (support for this will be available) and writing the report.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Actively collecting dataFocusing on different parts of the studyInteraction with the team as SMESome stakeholder interactionsBeing able to execute research on time and reports being clear and actionableQUALIFICATIONS:
Top 3 Non-Negotiable Skills:
Experience moderating user research sessions and usability testingExperience turning qual and quant data into actionable insightsWorking with a diverse set of stakeholdersBachelors is required, preferably in Psychology or Sociology, any degree plus user research experience (5+ years)Nice to have/Preferred skills:
Video game user research experienceSurvey writing expertiseExperience working in entertainment, media, or music publishing industriesUnderstanding of research agency landscape, especially agencies specializing in the entertainment/media research spaceApp development user researchVR user research experiencePassion for video games and/or VR is sought, but not requiredExperience with analysis and data modeling in R or SPSS
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