UX Researcher
Front end
Hartford, CT
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March 13, 2023
Front end
Hartford, CT
FULL_TIME
Experiences Required for This Role
UX Research – At least 3 years of experience and use cases with the following:
- Conduct primary and secondary user research
- Conduct and evaluate quantitative and qualitative research
- Perform market and ethnographic research
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify and evaluate research topics
- Plan and implement user research strategies and methodologies
- Advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written and oral presentations
- Mentor and coach junior UX researchers on the team
- Perform usability studies with consumers
- Ask questions, gather data, and analyze data
- Use a diverse set of UX research tools
User Acceptance Testing – At least 3 years of experience and use cases with the following:
- Building and running tests (ideally automated) to confirm the service or product meets user and stakeholder needs
- Helping to discover problems while the service is being developed, not once it is live
- Checking the operating environment to make sure test results are valid
- Helping increase user and agency confidence in future service or product delivery
- Helping reduce the risk of reputational damage
- Recruiting and leading testing groups
- Running research sessions with users
- Understanding accessibility issues and engage with team to build with equality
Digital Platforms, Tools, & Discipline – At least 3 years of experience and use cases with the following:
- Working with enterprise scale digital platforms and products
- Using of productivity and analysis tools to manage iterative delivery, such as JIRA, Google Analytics, Git Repository, MS Teams, Confluence
Performance in Complex Situations – At least 3 years of experience and user cases with the following:
- Communication and collaboration with state-wide partners
- Encouraging of an interactive, cooperative, collaborative, and customer-focused work environment
- Comfort in blazing a path through an ambiguous work environment
- Judgement fitting to the ever-changing environment
- Government-specific task management
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
UX Research & Testing
- Ability to share research results quickly and effectively
- Ability to perform all research-related tasks including research, planning, evaluating, and iteration
- Ability to formulate specific, answerable, and practical questions
- Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and act as a strategic partner in product decisions
- Experience with remote testing tools
- A strong desire for creative problem-solving with a positive attitude
- Excellent time-management skills
- Knowledge of best practices for user experience research and testing
- Willingness to participate ethnographic research and interviews
Performance in Complex Situations
- Ability to distill complex concepts into simple ideas
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards
- Comfort in blazing a path through an ambiguous work environment
- Prioritization, organization, and triage in an independent environment
- Understanding of the Agile development process
Team Player
- Supporting teammates’ skills and behaviors development and delivery
- Communication and collaboration with state-wide partners
- Creative and analytical thinking with strong problem-solving skills
- Judgement in dealing effectively and diplomatically with government staff
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Other Desirable Skills
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in graphic design, marketing, communications, or related field
- 2 years professional experience in design, communications, management, or testing
- 1 year of user-centered design
- 1 year of user research and analytics
Job Type: Contract
Salary: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Application Question(s):
- Please share your email address and best time to speak?
Experience:
- UX: 5 years (Preferred)
- UAT: 4 years (Preferred)
- Jira: 3 years (Preferred)
- Confluence: 3 years (Preferred)
- design: 3 years (Preferred)
- Git: 3 years (Preferred)
- user-centered: 1 year (Preferred)
- User research: 1 year (Preferred)
- Analytics: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: One location
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