User Experience Researcher

Description:

• Want To Work For a Cutting Edge Tech Start-Up Within Blockchain and NFT’s?
• Are you a motivated, results-oriented team player?
• Do You Appreciate the Flexibility of Working From Home?

Join Us:

Virtually Human Studios (VHS) in exploring the fringes of entertainment delivery for the next generation. Founded in 2019, Virtually Human is a gaming and entertainment blockchain startup and proud creators of the viral NFT gaming platform of its time ZED RUN. VHS has partnered with some of the most innovative and leading gaming and sports giants around the world, including Unikn and Atari just to name a few.

Requirements:

VHS is seeking a User Experience Researcher with solid methodological skills and ability to use research to impact decisions in a dynamic, agile environment. As a User Researcher, you will define and execute on the user research program and daily processes for various experiences, using a variety of methods including: user testing, personas, journey maps, surveys, and more to provide insights on requirements definition, content strategy, wireframes, visual and interaction design.

Key Tasks:

• Using a range of exploratory and evaluative qualitative and quantitative research methods in order to help build a rich understanding of the diverse needs of our clients
• Planning and running research projects as a hands-on practitioner across different products
• Analysing data and making recommendations
• Working cross-functionally to help identify user-driven improvements and innovations
• Acting as a UX research consultant by supporting UX and UI designers as a trusted voice on multiple aspects of excellent user experience
• Helping the design team team to democratise research practices and self-service approaches in order to empower our team to conduct their own low-risk research studies
• Presenting findings and holding knowledge share sessions with cross-functional teams
• A strong grasp of recruiting relevant participants successfully.
• Ability to mentor and help designers become better researchers.

Selection Criteria:

• Min 4 years professional experience, with proven success working with product teams and UX designers
• Deep practical experience with qualitative research methods
• Sophisticated ability to articulate and visualize results
• Experience working firsthand with UX design and product teams
• Ability to plan and lead generative research to define new design concepts
• Identify and conduct the highest impact research projects for the design team
• Ability to develop creative, flexible and rapid approaches to user experience problems
• Multi-task across in-house projects and studies and working with outside vendors where required to conduct research
• Strong organisational skills, able to act independently and able to switch quickly between different projects, even within a day
• A thirst for constant growth and improvement both for yourself and our products
• Familiar with Agile development methodologies

Desirable:

• Experience working with sports or gaming industries
• Solid knowledge of research tools such as (Lookback, Fullstory, Usersnap, usertesting.com, etc).

Benefits:

Why Work For VHS?

• Attractive and competitive salary;
• Flexible work from home arrangement;
• A supportive friendly environment of dedicated and passionate co-workers;
• Exposure to the new aged world of Blockchain and NFT’s;
• Make the role your own!