Senior UX Researcher

Requisition Number: 153263

Position Title: Sr Researcher

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Job Description – Senior UX Researcher 

Description

We are EA—the world’s largest video game publisher. You’re probably familiar with many of our titles— Battlefield, Star Wars, Madden, and The Sims, to name a few. But what does that mean for you? It means more opportunities to unleash your creative genius, be inspired by those around you and ignite your path in any direction you choose.

We are looking for user researchers who have a passion for understanding and evaluating the gaming experience. You are driven and excited to be part of a highly skilled and advanced team shaping the future of EA games. Apply your passion for research and digital entertainment to the development of fun and innovative gaming experiences. Plan and conduct strategic research to help increase the quality of EA’s products, and work closely with talented design and production teams to integrate user research into the development process.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Apply and tailor methods for assessing user engagement, user behavior, meaningful social interactions, and consumption of entertainment products, particularly in the console, mobile and PC space
• Manage stakeholders (Product, Design and Marketing) and work closely with game teams to understand goals and strategies
• Work with design sprint teams to plan, prioritize and execute user research
• Gather and analyze actionable data from a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods (interview, lab studies, heuristics, surveys, telemetry, etc.)
• Effectively communicate research results to game teams (verbal and written reports), provide recommendations and ongoing feedback to design
• Identify research opportunities that will impact users understanding, product design and quality
• Generate new methodologies that will pertain to each product’s unique gameplay and sensibility
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to support broader analytics and insights work that drive business impact

 

Qualifications & Skills

• Candidates should have an advanced degree in experimental psychology (experimental, social, cognitive, etc.), human computer interaction, human factors, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of industry experience in research design and conducting user research studies
• Proven expertise in creative research design, fluent in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies (e.g. field studies, interviewing, contextual inquiry, questionnaire development and survey research, usability studies, competitive benchmarking, etc.) and can quickly and effectively analyze and present data to influence product design and implementation.
• Self-starter - ability to work independently and execute on directives with little direct oversight
• Ability to maintain balance between solid “pragmatism” and “scientific rigor” to meet the needs of a changing business
• Experience in social media, information design, game development and design principles, or consumer or entertainment software industry highly desirable.
• Ability to evangelize new ideas and information quickly, to successfully recommend actions using objective data, and influence the actions taken based on that data
• Experience with research in Agile development environments / design sprints highly desirable
• Experience with self-moderated user research tools such as usertesting
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, persuasiveness, and the ability to make group presentations
• Ability to travel as required

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. ist ein weltweit führender Anbieter interaktiver Unterhaltungssoftware. EA bietet Spiele, Inhalte und Online-Dienste für internetfähige Spielkonsolen, Personalcomputer, Mobiltelefone und Tablets an.

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Days Open: 111

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA engagiert sich für Chancengleichheit und Gleichstellung. Alle Personalentscheidungen werden unabhängig von Ethnie, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Abstammung, Geschlecht, Geschlechtsidentität oder ausgelebtem Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Alter, genetischer Information, Religion, Behinderung, Krankheit, Schwangerschaft, Familienstand oder Veteranenstatus getroffen. EA sorgt außerdem für die durch geltendes Gesetz vorgeschriebenen Anpassungen am Arbeitsplatz für Individuen mit anerkannten Behinderungen.