UX Research Specialist
16 days ago
Eastleigh
Permanent From 45000 Pension PMI ShareSave 6.6 weeks holiday Hybrid Working Southampton Store Support Office We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores our people and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home theyll love. Join us as a UX Research Specialist and youll be a big part of this. Role Purpose: As a B&Q UX Research Specialist you will use your curiosity empathy and interpretive skills in the delivery of research solutions for a number of digital services products and features. You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of research identifying key insights that will be used to inform the design and strategic direction. With a wide and interesting remit there is the opportunity to work on propositions services and products from conception through to feature and component delivery. • Identifying when research would be valuable setting objectives and advising what methodology would be most appropriate for the needs of the project, • Translate observations into digestible valuable actionable insights, • Participate in knowledge sharing between research team members drive consolidation of insights and building of a shared knowledge bank, • Synthesising existing research from a variety of sources for clear next steps and new lines of enquiry, • Suggest new research areas where richer insight about trends and behaviours could be valuable, • Are the gatekeeper of the products you and your team work on and accountable for the experience / design and how it relates research findings, • Takes ownership and responsibility for their work, • A self-starter who identifies opportunities and potential problems, • Able to adapt and flourish in a rapidly changing environment, • Excellent attention to detail, • Inquisitive and eager to continuously improve and learn staying up to date with new technologies industry and design trends, • Naturally collaborative and curious happy to challenge established thinking and promote new ideas, • A strong storyteller and presenter keen to represent your own thinking, • Who gives and receives quality feedback in equal measures, • Is strategic and systematic when navigating ambiguity, • Work collaboratively with inter-disciplinary teams supporting through research in the development of crafted valuable customer experiences, • Comfortable in customer-facing interview scenarios, • Ability to apply strategic thinking to identify whats important and prioritise recommendations supporting the design lead and product owners to prioritise design work and backlog, • Ability to turn preliminary feedback around quickly with deeper-dive insights as a follow-up, • A strong storyteller and presenter keen to represent your own thinking, • Challenge established perspectives and approaches with sound insights backed up by factual examples, • Support through the design process collaborating with designers helping them to resonate with identified customer problems and needs, • Participate in and contribute to design critiques and post project reviews, • Strong planning organisation and documentation skills, • Contribute to a culture of innovation by sharing new technologies and industry design trends We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme bonus ShareSave options 6.6 weeks holiday payroll giving an Employee Assistance Programme shopping discounts colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more! So we can support you during the application or interview process please contact for any recruitment adjustments. Required Experience: IC Key Skills Laboratory Experience,Spss,Data Collection,Genetics,R,Research Experience,Statistical Software,Cell Culture,Molecular Biology,Microscopy,Research Laboratory Experience,Western Blot Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1