Job Description

Job Title: UX Researcher

Client Location: Burlingame, CA

Starting: ASAP

Salary/Pay Rate: DOE + Benefits

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 1-year

Location: Onsite in Burlingame, CA.

As a UX researcher on this AR/VR Social Experiences team, you’ll have the opportunity to partner with other researchers and cross-functional stakeholders on projects to make VR more social for our users. Research is paramount to this organization’s success - foundational research is needed to identify the right user needs and people problems to tackle with product/feature solutions and iterative evaluative research with testable prototypes is needed to provide impactful insights to the design and development teams. You are guaranteed to be pushing the boundaries of VR and AR and work with the technology of tomorrow.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with researchers, designers, PMs & engineers to identify, define and deliver meaningful social VR products and features for the platform

• Collaboratively and independently develop and execute research projects

• Lead various research studies throughout all the phases of the research cycle and contextualize insights for stakeholders

• Work with stakeholders to influence product roadmaps and strategy based on research insights

• Manage research vendors to help augment the work of the research team

Skills:

• Strong qualitative research skills, especially with conducting in-depth interviews, moderated prototype evaluation, thematic analysis of feedback, and generating clear narratives from user feedback.

• Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.

• Quantitative data analysis and ability to triangulate data from quantitative and qualitative sources

• Experience with storytelling to get traction with various audience

• Experience with autonomy and decision-making to balance demands and prioritization

Education/Experience:

• BA/BS in a human behavior-related field, such as human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, communication, information science, media studies, or computer science

• At least 2 years of UX Research experience working on a shipped product, conducting formative and evaluative research

• Experience with using VR/AR/MR devices and apps is desired but not mandatory

Client Description:

Based in Menlo Park, California, this top social media company builds technologies that help people connect. Its mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.

With a culture of constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to connect people all over the world, it’s important that their workforce reflects the diversity of the people they serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and points of view helps make better decisions, build better products and create better experiences for everyone.

Working here, you’ll:

• Be part of their mission of community building

• Work on the most visible apps and services in the social media industry

• Work in an Agile environment, in constant iteration and problem-solving mode

• Have a hand in developing products that empower more than 3 billion people around the world to share ideas, offer support and make a difference

Why work with AQUENT? Check out our awesome benefits: https://aquent.com/find-work/talent-benefits

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.