User Researcher - (St Louis, MO)

Position: User Researcher Location: St. Louis Starts: Beginning of February Duration: 12+ Months (40/hours/week) Status: Freelance; ONSITE Rate: Up to $40/hour Our corporate client is in need of a freelance User Researcher for a twelve month assignment to facilitate/moderate user-centered design research activities such as: interviews, usability testing, focus groups, card sorting, contextual inquiry, ethnography, discovery sessions and/or surveys. User Researcher Responsibilities: - A continued curiosity in subjects related to design and technology - Identify target user and associated criteria needed for recruiting - Expertise to effectively take direction and work somewhat autonomously while staying on task - Communicate ideas via design (i.e., whiteboard drawings, paper sketches, etc.) User Researcher Skills: - Agile background is a huge plus - Act as the main liaison with external research or design vendors - Coordinate and conduct all user recruiting research activities