Usability Researcher

Yoh

(Redmond, Washington)

Full Time Weekends Temp-to-Hire

Job Posting Details

About Yoh

Yoh covers the diverse talent and workforce management needs in the Aviation, Engineering, Health Care, IT, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment and Telecom industries. You can be confident that we have the right talent and managed solution for you. You need it. Yoh has it!

Summary

Usability Researcher needed for a contract to hire opportunity with Yoh's client located in Redmond, WA.

Responsibilities

Gathering customer & competitive insight, translating those insights into design opportunities, then iterating and validating the product direction through research.
Designing your own research; experimental design
Conducting site visit; ethnography gathering customer & competitive insight, translating those insights into design opportunities, then iterating and validating the product direction through research.
Visualize data and customize presentations for various non-research audiences
Delivering usability data to influence interaction, visual and motion design
Collecting and analyzing human behavioral data
Presenting results in PowerPoint

Ideal Candidate

**Top Skills You Should Possess:**

- Usability, Agile UR methodologies
- Experimental research design
- On site visits. Ethnography
- Lab Studies, Academic background

**What You Need to Bring to the Table:**

- Experimental research design
- Experience translating user data into actionable product insights
- Experience delivering usability data to influence interaction, visual and motion design
- Ability to visualize data and customize presentations for various non-research audiences
- Ability to inventory and evaluate the competitive landscape for a product
- Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team with limited supervision
- Strong oral and written communication skills, strong PowerPoint
- Work related experience in Human Machine Interaction or Usability required. Demonstrated skill in collecting and analyzing human behavioral data required.
- Excellent communication skills required. Must be able to work independently or as part of a team.
- Experience designing and running original experimental research
- BSc. in Social, Cognitive, Behavioral or Experimental Psychology or equivalent industry experience.

**Bonus Points!**

- Experience in project management preferred
- Agile UR methodologies

Top Skills You Should Possess:

Usability, Agile UR methodologies
Experimental research design
On site visits. Ethnography
Lab Studies, Academic background

What You Need to Bring to the Table:

Experimental research design
Experience translating user data into actionable product insights
Experience delivering usability data to influence interaction, visual and motion design
Ability to visualize data and customize presentations for various non-research audiences
Ability to inventory and evaluate the competitive landscape for a product
Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team with limited supervision
Strong oral and written communication skills, strong PowerPoint
Work related experience in Human Machine Interaction or Usability required. Demonstrated skill in collecting and analyzing human behavioral data required.
Excellent communication skills required. Must be able to work independently or as part of a team.
Experience designing and running original experimental research
BSc. in Social, Cognitive, Behavioral or Experimental Psychology or equivalent industry experience.