UX Research Specialist

Your role as a UX researcher will be to deliver the best possible experience for the users of a website, making the website as straightforward to use as possible.

As well as researching user behaviour and preference, you'll also look at the content of websites and consider design elements such as colours and images. With some companies you may be given a more technical IT role.

UX researcher roles cross over with that of UX analyst, UX designerand UX architect, and you may be known by any of these titles.

Responsibilities

As a UX researcher, you'll need to:

• meet clients to gather information about their requirements and to find out what needs researching, designing or usability testing
• be involved in sketching, prototyping and on occasion user testing, before passing the design onto the development team
• understand qualitative research methods
• have an awareness of costs and budgets
• put users at the centre of a design to make it simple, easy to use and good looking
• be confident in your presentation skills in order to present the stages of the design development to business users
• work closely within a multidisciplinary team, including web developers and programmers
• have technical knowledge to be able to explain what needs doing, to programmers
• ensure websites comply with the law and equal opportunities policies.

Salary

• Starting salaries for UX researchers are in the region of £20,000 to £25,000.
• With experience you can earn between £28,000 and £32,000.
• With ten or more years' experience in this position you could earn £42,000 to £47,000.

Depending on your level of experience, you could expect to earn between £250 and £500 per day as a freelancer.

Income figures are intended as a guide only.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $3,500.00-$4,500.00 per month

Benefits:

• Dental care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Tips

Experience:

• UX Research Specialist: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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