Category: Analytics BI & AI

Employment Type: Contract

Reference: BH-375589

Yoh has an immediate, 10 month contract opportunity, as a User Research Assistant- Tester II within the Entertainment & Media- Gaming Industry to jour client, hybrid to report to their office Kirkland, WA

• Max Hourly Rate $30.55/hr.
• This is an Entry Level Opportunity- those currently pursuing PHD or Masters Degree is acceptable
• Must be able to command a room, you will be hosting

• Assist lead researchers in all tasks, including preparing and executing research studies.
• Ensure smooth operation of studies, such as recruiting research participants, setting up the lab, troubleshooting hardware and software, and executing the study.
• Moderate each playtest in a non-biased manner .
• Regularly submit notes/observations for each test.
• Assist the operations lead in maintaining the research participant database and inventory of gratuities (games and gift cards).
• Possibly support special projects, such as qualitative data entry and analysis, presentations to stakeholders, recruiting events, game teardowns, basic statistical analysis, telemetry integration, visual dashboards/graphs creation, etc.

• Education
  • Pursuing or completed a relevant college degree (e.g., social sciences, human-computer interaction [HCI], human factors, or related field). Graduate degrees preferred.
• Essential knowledge or skills:
  • Comfortable speaking authoritatively in front of groups.
  • Experience moderating large groups effectively without supervision
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office Software (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Able to adapt and quickly learn when faced with a large variety of problems.
• Genuinely enjoy gaming in all forms!
• Preferred knowledge and skills:
  • Knowledge of research design in qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research.
  • Basic proficiency with statistical tests and scripting languages, such as R or similar.
  • Familiarity with data visualization tools like Looker or similar.
  • Understanding of game design theory and the development process for video games.