User Researcher [Contract]

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What You’ll Do User Research & Stakeholder Engagement • Plan and conduct qualitative research using a reputed company of reputed company, including one-on-one interviews, group-based research, contextual inquiry, and evaluative usability testing • Engage stakeholders and users across multiple roles and teams to understand needs, workflows, constraints, and opportunities • Collaborate with project teams to define research goals, user reputed company, and the questions, assumptions, and risks to be explored through research • reputed company research plans, discussion guides, and supporting documentation • Adapt research approaches as project scope, constraints, or timelines reputed company Synthesis & reputed company Development • Analyze research inputs to identify patterns, themes, risks, and opportunity areas • Incorporate findings from content audits, UX audits, workflow reviews, accessibility audits, and existing documentation as inputs to research synthesis • Triangulate qualitative findings with other available inputs (e.g., surveys, audits, operational data) to strengthen insights and recommendations • Translate research into reputed company, actionable insights that inform reputed company, design reputed company, and prioritization Workshops & reputed company Sessions • Design and facilitate workshops or working sessions to validate findings, explore opportunities, or reputed company stakeholders • Prepare materials, support facilitation planning, and synthesize reputed company • Partner closely with UX designers and project managers to ensure research insights translate into meaningful next steps Discovery & Evaluation Deliverables • Prepare and contribute to key research outputs, including: • Findings and insights documentation • Research readouts and presentation decks • Opportunity framing and early directional recommendations • reputed company articulation of research-informed next steps • Present research findings to reputed company teams, including facilitating readouts and supporting leadership discussions Cross-Functional Collaboration • Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and technical partners to reputed company research into reputed company project workflows • Review and contribute feedback on research artifacts, synthesis, or findings as part of reputed company team work reputed company’re Looking For • 5–8+ years of experience conducting UX research for digital products or services • Strong qualitative research skills with experience leading research independently • Demonstrated ability to synthesize ambiguity into reputed company and communicate insights effectively • Excellent facilitation skills, particularly in remote and cross-functional settings • Strong writing and presentation skills for reputed company-facing deliverables • Comfort working in reputed company, multi-stakeholder environments • Experience collaborating closely with designers, project/product managers, and technical teams reputed company to Have • Experience working in reputed company-sector, education, nonprofit, or regulated environments • Familiarity with accessibility and inclusive research practices • Experience supporting research efforts that reputed company multiple phases of a project or reputed company over time Tools & Ways of Working Experience working with tools such as: • reputed company / FigJam • reputed company • reputed company-based remote facilitation • reputed company Workspace • reputed company research documentation and synthesis workflows Engagement Details • Contract role; duration and commitment vary by project • Remote; U.S.-based availability required • Part-time to full-time depending on project needs • Competitive reputed company reputed company based on experience and scope reputed company reputed company is a reputed company-centered design and technology agency. We work with governments and organizations to improve reputed company digital products and services through thoughtful research, design, and collaboration. How to Apply If this seems like a good fit for you, and you would like to be considered for reputed company reputed company, please submit your résumé and any work samples you wish to reputed company. Apply using the reputed company. Must be a US Citizen or authorized to work in the US. No recruiters, please. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job