Usability Specialist

Since 2007, RUN Studios has created world-class creative content for prominent and emerging brands, bringing together talented artists, savvy producers, authentic storytelling, and business intelligence to tell compelling brand stories that evoke inspiration and engagement. With deep roots in video production and motion design, RUN Studios creates media across all channels, and serves as a strategic resourcing partner to build robust, agile, and inspired creative teams.

RUN Studios, and its client partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking a Usability Specialistto join for an approximate3-month project!

This position requires 5 days onsitein Santa Clara. Candidates must be local to the Santa Clara/San Josearea to be considered for this position.

We are seeking a Usability Specialist to be a part of the design team building easy, simple, and efficient user interfaces and physical environments for our health customers and members. Focusing on the customer/member experience and a strong passion to advocate on the customer/members' behalf is an absolute must. You will also responsible for coordinating usability activities in a prototype environment and communicating the findings with the other team members to help specify usability activities to meet product development needs.

As a Usability Specialist, You Will

• Document best practices for conducting user research and help create a usability toolkit for conducting formal and informal digital and environmental user studies.
• Promote usability best practices within the organization, not just the design team.
• Conduct variety of user experience studies appropriate to the business objective, e.g., competitive reviews, focus groups, field studies, usability tests, surveys, cognitive walkthroughs, paired comparisons, structured interviews, contextual inquiry, task analysis, field studies, heuristic review, remote testing, and card sorting.
• Create tasks and materials needed for testing and define success criteria for each study.
• Presents usability study results and make actionable research-based recommendations to product team members.
• Observe user session, making notes for analysis and communicating the findings with the design team to ensure that usability findings are implemented correctly.
• Work with designers to analyze and refine wire frames and environmental mockups prior to development to promote greater ease of use and positive consumer experience.

As an Applicant, You Bring

• Advanced degree in Cognitive or Social Psychology, Design, Human Computer Interaction, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 7 years experience doing user research and conducting formal usability studies.
• Demonstrated history of conducting usability studies and user research, including contextual inquiry, screening questions, plans, and reports.
• Skill and desire to promote user centered design to technical teams.
• Strong interest in users everyday needs and workflow.
• Teamwork and collaboration-oriented in a very dynamic group.
• Detail oriented and able to take on self-directed projects.
• Communicate complex subject matter verbally or in written form.

Additional Position Details

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None.
• Physical Demands
  • Physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Work Environment
  • Typical for an office setting or home environment.
  • Requires 5days onsite in Santa Clara/San Jose.
• Travel
  • None.

This job description 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 RUN Studios we recognize our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the invaluable contributions made by each employee. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.

Compensation

Pay Range:$80.00- $100.00(Hourly)

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

Benefits:

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

As an equal opportunity employer,RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminateon the basis ofrace, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.