Tentek
Games User Research/Experience (GUR/UX)
Tentek, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Games User Research/Experience (GUR/UX)Will moderate groups (4 - 20 participants) through test sessions on various gaming platforms.
Responsibilities
Assist lead researchers in all tasks, including preparing and executing research studies.Ensure smooth operation of studies, such as recruiting research participants, setting up the lab, troubleshooting hardware and software, and executing the study.Moderate each playtest in a non-biased manner .Regularly submit notes/observations for each test.Assist the operations lead in maintaining the research participant database and inventory of gratuities (games and gift cards).Possibly support special projects, such as qualitative data entry and analysis, presentations to stakeholders, recruiting events, game teardowns, basic statistical analysis, telemetry integration, visual dashboards/graphs creation, etc.
Qualifications
Education:
Pursuing or completed a relevant college degree (e.g., social sciences,
human-computer interaction [HCI], human factors, or related field). Graduate degrees preferred .
Essential knowledge or skills:
Comfortable
speaking authoritatively in front of groups .Experience
moderating large groups effectively
without supervisionExcellent organizational and communication skills.Comfortable with Microsoft Office Software (Excel, Word, Outlook).Able to adapt and quickly learn when faced with a large variety of problems.Genuinely enjoy gaming in all forms!
Preferred knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of research design in
qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research .Basic proficiency with
statistical tests and scripting languages, such as R
or similar.Familiarity with
data visualization tools like Looker
or similar.Understanding of
game design theory and the development process for video games .
Responsibilities
Assist lead researchers in all tasks, including preparing and executing research studies.Ensure smooth operation of studies, such as recruiting research participants, setting up the lab, troubleshooting hardware and software, and executing the study.Moderate each playtest in a non-biased manner .Regularly submit notes/observations for each test.Assist the operations lead in maintaining the research participant database and inventory of gratuities (games and gift cards).Possibly support special projects, such as qualitative data entry and analysis, presentations to stakeholders, recruiting events, game teardowns, basic statistical analysis, telemetry integration, visual dashboards/graphs creation, etc.
Qualifications
Education:
Pursuing or completed a relevant college degree (e.g., social sciences,
human-computer interaction [HCI], human factors, or related field). Graduate degrees preferred .
Essential knowledge or skills:
Comfortable
speaking authoritatively in front of groups .Experience
moderating large groups effectively
without supervisionExcellent organizational and communication skills.Comfortable with Microsoft Office Software (Excel, Word, Outlook).Able to adapt and quickly learn when faced with a large variety of problems.Genuinely enjoy gaming in all forms!
Preferred knowledge and skills:
Knowledge of research design in
qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research .Basic proficiency with
statistical tests and scripting languages, such as R
or similar.Familiarity with
data visualization tools like Looker
or similar.Understanding of
game design theory and the development process for video games .