About Blink

Blink is the user experience firm for the world’s leading companies. We use evidence-driven design to create products that people use, love, and remember. With studios in Austin, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, Blink brings two decades of experience to research, design, and strategy for clients such as Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, NASA, Starbucks, and USAA.

This opportunity is a part of Embedded, a division of Blink, that supports long-term contract opportunities with some of Blink’s largest client partners.

Blink Embedded is looking for a Mid-level UX Researcher to work on a key client account to deliver a best-in-class user experience that creates loyalty, value, and delight.

This role is a 6 month contract, and currently working remotely.

WORK HOURS ARE PST.

Minimum qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Psychology, Social Science, Human-Centered Design, Human Factors or similar
• 1+ years of research experience 
• Demonstrated end-to-end qualitative and quantitative research skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• High standards of detail, excellence, and professionalism
• A research portfolio that includes examples of end-to-end research 

About you

• You have a background in social sciences, psychology, or neuroscience and have conducted research. 
• You have a solid foundation in experimental design and are interested in developing your research skills to understand the UX of our products, key user scenarios and business needs of our customers.
• You are interested in and how people collect, monitor and share insights inside their organizations.
• You work cross-functionally with the disciplines responsible for product development -- data scientists, designers, product managers, and engineers to develop products that are elegant, easy-to-use, effective and successful. 

A day in the life

• As the UX Researcher you are supporting the team with our research panel, recruiting, research support, analysis and reporting.
• You are designing, managing and synthesizing results from our research studies.
• You are working closely with more experienced researchers as you learn and develop your UX research design skills.
• You speak the voice of what users want and help identify our product gaps.
• You are a part of the product team and you collaborate with researchers, data scientists, designers, and product managers to identify customer perceptions about existing products, define key use scenarios and collaborate to develop new or improved product concepts. 
• You are a valued member of the team providing both support for research activities and running your own studies.
• You are a team player who is valued for learning quickly, jumping in when needed, and preparing materials needed for research. 

Blink is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.