Job Description

Job Summary:

For this position, we are looking for a mixed-methods researcher, with strong skills in qualitative methods and survey design. The ideal candidate would also have experience with conducting large-scale benchmarking studies. The right candidates will be excellent communicators, knowledgeable about UX design, comfortable in a flat, fast-moving organization, excited to collaborate, and focused squarely on impacting the design of VR.

Minimum Skills and Experiences:

• BA/BS degree in a human behavior-related field (marketing, human-computer interaction, Psychology, Linguistics, Anthropology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.)
• 3-4+ years of experience working in UX Research, market research, or a related field
• Work closely with product teams to define research topics
• Design studies that address both user behavior and attitudes
• Generate insights that both fuel ideation and evaluate designs
• Conduct research using a wide variety of qualitative methods (e.g., individual interviews, focus groups, in-person and online) and a subset of quantitative methods, such as surveys
• Work cross-functionally with design, product management, content strategy, engineering, and marketing
• Communicate results and illustrate suggestions in compelling and creative ways

Preferred Experiences:

• Experiences in conducting large scale benchmarking studies
• Experiences in Accessibility research
• Experiences in conducting research with emergent technologies such as VR headsets, AR glasses

Hard Skills:

• Mixed Methods background
• Qualitative background
• Quantitative background
• Designing Surveys
• Analyzing Surveys
• Cross-Functional

Ideal/Good to Have:

• Research experience in Accessibility
• Experience in Large Scale benchMarking
• Running programs
• Background in AR/VR