Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.
As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.
About the role:
As a User Experience (UX) Researcher, you will be a core member of the experience team, tightly partnered with Experience Designers and Managers to focus on digital experiences. You will collaborate with other UX Researchers to conduct the appropriate insights work to reveal consumer needs and expectations from defining new experiences to delivering a solution that satisfies and delights our consumers.
What you will be doing:
- Conduct design research with participants that have disabilities and broadly employ inclusive design best practices and theories in research design and analysis
- Executing insight activities (e.g., front-end experience creation, design refinement in-person and remotely, A/B testing).
- Developing the screening criteria, discussion guide, and activities for each stage of insight.
- Moderating sessions.
- Formulating insights and story-telling.
- Uncovering unexpected insights that drive new experiences as well as the little ‘i’ insights that inform their development.
- Presenting these insights in a compelling way to help stakeholders understand consumer needs and how those needs impact solutions.
- Escalating ongoing needs and issues to the UXR Senior Manager of Product Experience.
- Managing recruiting and facilities firms, as well as remote testing panels and partners.
- Managing the participant experience to ensure they are comfortable, maintain confidentiality, and handle note-taking and video responsibilities amongst the core team.
What you need to be great in this role:
- Knowledge of Inclusive Design, Assistive Technologies, and Accessibility best practices (WCAG 2.1 AA)
- Bachelor's degree or four or more years of related work experience.
- Two or more years of relevant work experience.
- Experience with user research methods (usability testing, user interviews, remote studies, etc.).
Even Better if You Have-
- A Bachelors or Masters in Human Factors, Psychology, HCI/Computer Science, Sociology, or a related field.
- Experience defining and planning the approach and methodologies in the context of project scope and timeline.
- Experience managing the recruitment process with vendors and managing the day-to-day quality of the lab.
- Experience with secondary data, trends, and learnings.
- Experience moderating and planning ethnographies, one-on-ones, panels, and remote testing environments.
- Experience creating discussion guides.
- Experience with qualitative generative research, evaluative methodologies, and usability from concept formation through launch.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Detail-oriented approach and the ability to work fairly independently on a variety of well-defined tasks.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Experience providing insights to inform digital engagement (e.g., website, apps, APIs).
- Ability to ensure the right technology and tools are in place to provide a positive lab experience for consumer participants and viewers.
- Experience bringing insights to life through a narrative that clarifies the needs and desires of consumers and how those insights can be integrated into the designed experience.
- Experience crafting discussion guides and appropriate tools and exercises to reveal consumer needs and desires in close partnership with Experience Design, Management, and Business Partners.
- Partner, vendor, and resource management experience.
- At the time of this posting, the base salary for this position may range from $135,000 to $160,000. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. The range listed is just one component of OLIVER’s total compensation package.Req ID: 10784#LI-midsenior #LI-FD1
Our values shape everything we do:
Be Ambitious to succeed
Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible
Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work
Be always learning and listening to understand
Be Results-focused to exceed expectations
Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations
OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.
OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.
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What We Do
Established in 2004, we are the first and only company to design, build and run bespoke in-house agencies and ecosystems for brands. Today, we create work that delivers business growth, fame and purpose for over 200 clients in 46 countries and counting.
Our unique model moves at the speed of modern business to drive change from the inside out; working smarter to make our clients’ money go further, and helping them build better solutions, systems and brands. Client solutions include Unilever’s U-Studio (a platform used by almost three-quarters of Unilever's brands globally), adidas’ off-shore hub and PepsiCo’s global digital team.
