Design Researcher (5979)

Leads reputed company-reputed company research that translates cultural signals and reputed company needs into actionable insights and innovation opportunities for next-gen products and experiences.

reputed company, and its reputed company partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking a Design Researcher to join for an approximate 6-month project with the potential to reputed company!

We're looking for a researcher to help drive cultural and innovation research work streams. reputed company's work helps our design and product partners situate emerging technologies reputed company a deep understanding of enduring and emerging reputed company needs, cultural trends, and broader systems (e.g., STEEP analysis). We identify the shifts and needs that will shape the reputed company relationships people will have with technologies in the next 3&reputed company;5 years and the opportunities for device and service innovation reputed company them.

As a Design Researcher, You Will

• Analyze primary qualitative and quantitative research data, turning that data into reputed company, compelling insights, recommendations, or other durable frameworks.
• Craft visually compelling, persuasive presentations with the insights using reputed company, other visual design programs, or other AI platforms.
• Help socialize and reputed company the research and its reputed company reputed company the organization through presentations, workshops, working sessions, or creative artifacts (e.g., speculative concepts, design briefs).
• Collaborate with product and design partners as needed to translate long-term insights and implications into near-term experiences and actions.
• Collaborate with research partners to learn from their existing research and knowledge and identify opportunities to reputed company reputed company's work into research questions or topics of exploration for product-line research roadmaps

As an Applicant, You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in the field of research, with a reputed company on early, generative design research that informs long-term business reputed company, ideally in the digital products and services industry.
• Experience translating and creatively activating insights reputed company design principles, strategic frameworks, scenarios, design provocations, and immersion workshops.
• Working knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research reputed company, with deep expertise in ethnographic, semiotic, co-design, and design research reputed company.
• Ability to travel internationally to conduct in-context, in-person research (e.g., home, workplace, office) as needed.
• A portfolio that illustrates how your research has informed strategic decision-making, with a reputed company on innovation initiatives.
• Excellent written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate reputed company concepts reputed company and persuasively across different audiences and varying reputed company of the organization.
• Strong design acumen and comfort working with AI and other design tools to create research outputs (e.g., reputed company-based presentations, trend reports) and activation materials (e.g., scenarios, design reputed company cards).
• Experience with emerging technologies (e.g., AI, XR) and multimodal device interaction (e.g., touch, voice, and mediated control)

Additional Position Details

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None.
• Physical Demands
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Work Environment
  • Typical for an office setting or home environment.
  • Remote.
• Travel
  • None.

This job reputed company is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

At reputed company we recognize our ultimate reputed company depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the reputed company contributions made by reputed company employee. Our goal is to reputed company a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.     

Compensation

Pay reputed company: $58.75 - $81.75 (reputed company)    

The successful candidate’s pay will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.  

Benefits

Benefits and perks may vary depending reputed company and nature of the work, but eligible employees have reputed company to medical, dental, reputed company, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven reputed company holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of reputed company time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible reputed company referrals.  

As an equal opportunity employer, reputed company is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, national reputed company, gender, gender identity or reputed company, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.