UX Researcher Part Time

Oxford, Oxfordshire
Akkodis

UX Researcher

£45,000 – £60,000 + 10% bonus, training budget, generous pension, health and well being plan to name a few

Hybrid/Oxford

Full Time/Permanent

The Company:

My client is a globally recognised technology leader, specialising in motion capture technology. They develop high-performance software and hardware products for the entertainment, engineering, and life science industries.

The Role:

We seek a driven and experienced UX Researcher to join an expert Software Engineering team and work closely with the Product and QA Teams.

As the UX Researcher, you will work on various interesting technical projects and strive to produce easy-to-use high-quality, robust applications. You will be passionate about designing complex products that solve real user problems.

The primary responsibility of the design team is to ensure that users’ needs, goals, and behaviours are considered in the design process, resulting in intuitive and easy-to-use interfaces. You would also be responsible for planning, conducting, and analysing research to gather insights about users and inform the design process.

This is a hybrid role with the requirement to be on-site at their UK head office in Oxfordshire 2 days per week.

Based on project requirements, travel to customer locations for research activities within the UK and abroad is also required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Determine research objectives and employ appropriate research methodologies based on project requirements at various stages of the design cycle.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in Product, Development, and Design to align research with the overall project plan.
• Identify, screen and recruit participants for the research studies.
• Create a detailed research plan, including the travel logistics, in accordance with the project timelines and budget.
• Conduct research using various methods, such as contextual inquiry, diary studies, field studies, surveys, and usability tests, ensuring that research protocols and ethics guidelines are followed.
• Observe and document user behaviour by taking detailed notes and recording audio/video when appropriate and agreed with the participants.
• Analyse research to understand the needs, goals, and behaviour of the target users to derive meaningful insights from the data.
• Present key research findings and insights that have emerged from the research. Share user stories and pain points to provide a solid understanding of the user perspective.
• Create personas to represent different user archetypes. Create journey maps to showcase the user’s experience across various touchpoints, highlighting pain points and user emotions.
• Document research findings, methodologies, participant profiles and any notable insights. Organise and store research data securely for future reference.

Skills and Experience required:

• Proven experience working on UX research projects for complex software and applications.
• Knowledge of research methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative, and skills in conducting interviews, surveys, usability testing, card sorting, ethnographic research, and data analysis.
• Strong portfolio showcasing research projects, methodologies, and the impact of your work.
• Solid understanding of user-centred design principles and practices.
• Deep empathy for users and a determination to advocate their needs and perspectives.
• Excellent visualisation, communication and presentation skills
• A degree in a related field is preferred but not essential.

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