Rapid Researcher (6 Month Contract)

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
5-7 Years Experience
Information Technology • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Social Media
The Role
As a Rapid Researcher at Reddit, you'll lead usability-focused research studies to understand user behavior and improve product design. You will conduct evaluations during product development, turning findings into actionable recommendations for cross-functional teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 82M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

This is a six-month contract position.

Team Description: 

As a member of the user experience team, you’ll drive the understanding of user behavior, motivations and experiences with Reddit. You'll partner with our product and design teams to understand users and how we can improve their experiences. As a usability, you’ll be responsible for leading usability-focused research studies across the consumer and international teams that drive changes in product design and strategy. 

Role Description:

In this role you’ll conduct evaluative research to gather feedback throughout the product development process, working in quick sprints. You’ll turn these research findings into actionable recommendations and present them to cross-functional partners and leadership.

Responsibilities:

  • Synthesize stakeholder needs into research questions.
  • Design and execute on unmoderated and moderated usability testing.
  • Lead communication and collaboration with cross-functional partners, including consumer insights, data science, design, product/program management, etc.
  • Develop research deliverables that achieve business and product impact.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of professional experience conducting user research
  • BA/BS in Psychology, Sociology, Statistics, Behavioral Science, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, related fields, or equivalent experience within a product-centric environment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Previous experience conducting remote research.
  • Previous experience with UserTesting or other user testing platforms.
  • Understanding of strengths and shortcomings of different qualitative and usability research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase.
  • Detail-oriented and ability to work fairly independently on a variety of tasks.
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to work quickly to turn around high-quality research insights; can prioritize time between multiple projects, and be flexible, adapting to changing schedules and different projects.

The pay range for this position is:

77.5 USD /hour - 81.50 USD / hour

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,900 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Reddit is a community of millions of users engaging in the creation of content and the sharing of conversation across tens of thousands of topics. Our mission is to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world.

Why Work With Us

At Reddit, you’ll help build something that encourages millions around the world to think more, do more, learn more, feel more– and maybe even laugh more.

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