User Experience Researcher Job at Adecco in Kennesaw

This range is provided by Adecco. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range Direct message the job poster from Adecco Recruiter | Creative and Marketing Focused | Placing people in their dream jobs with their dream companies is what I do! The Adecco Creative and Marketing Team has partnered with one of the nation's largest banks to hire a UX Researcher. This is a 12 month, W2, onsite (3 days onsite), 8AM-5PM contract in Kennesaw, GA, Pennington, NJ or Chicago, IL. The pay is $50-$80/hr. Position Summary As a UX Researcher, you should have experience in enterprise wide planning and executing of appropriate user research methodologies. A UXR needs to have a foundation in overall user-centered design process along with excellent empathetic user research, data analysis and accessibility skills. A researcher is involved in all aspects of the experience design process from context-based research to presenting to internal clients, senior stakeholders and team members alike. Success depends on close collaboration and partnerships with end-users and subject matter experts, as well as product and technology counterparts. This position is for a researcher with a user-first mindset, who has the passion for stepping in a users’ shoe and understanding their needs and bridging the gap between a user’s mental model and business goals. This individual thrives in a highly collaborative and cross-disciplinary team environment. Responsibilities: You will plan, execute and analyze user research studies with the ability to flexibly scale them across desktop and mobile devices. Collaborate with stakeholders to define & refine research objectives and ensure alignment with strategic, business and user goals. Work closely with UX strategists, designers and fellow researchers to provide research expertise and support during workshops and ongoing UX activities. Collaborate with the design team to conduct design research to enhance UI Standards & the Design Pattern library. Interpret qualitative and quantitative data from web analytics, user research data, trends and patterns to create actionable recommendations at project and portfolio level. Elicit user needs and usability concerns through various research methods, such as interviews, surveys, usability testing, task analysis, contextual inquiries, ethnographic studies, & card sorting. Evaluate and evolve user models (personas, scenarios, profiles). Develop information architecture and content strategy. Perform heuristic evaluation, accessibility reviews and testing of applications and make concrete recommendations for improving their usability. Provide rapid prototyping support to communicate concepts/designs recommendations based on research conducted. Synthesize research data, summarize findings & present results to management and project teams for both strategic and project level insight. Qualifications: Has organizational skills to manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, demands and timelines. Deeply empathetic and passionate about understanding the target audience. Is an enthusiastic, highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic and an intense focus on achieving results. Collaborates and builds trust with design, product, and tech partners. Proactively seeks out partnerships. Owns your schedule and delivers on time. Embraces the opportunity to work in an office while collaborating with teammates and partners in other locations (not remote). Bachelors or Masters in Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience, Usability Engineering, Experimental Psychology or related field, or equivalent education and related training / certification. Financial or similar industry experience. Experience with user-centered design research methodologies and rapid ideation processes such as Lean XD, Design Sprints and Agile methodologies. Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. #J-18808-Ljbffr