UX Researcher (Augmented Reality Authoring)

Job Description

Job Title: UX Researcher / AuthoringClient Location: London - Remote (UK)Starting: March 2021Salary/Pay Rate: £ day rate = to£110,000paHours: Full-timeDuration: 12 month contract (potential to extend)We’re looking for a talented researcher to join our Spark AR Research team to provide insights that will help scale the platform, and help the creators who build on Spark to achieve their ambitions. That research will range from foundational studies to inform what we build and how we build it, through to tactical studies to steer product development and drive quality.We believe Augmented Reality will create a seamless combined virtual and real world, enabling people to be present, connected, and richly engaged with people, places and objects they care about.The Spark team is building towards that future by enabling a global community of creators and developers to imagine, create and share augmented reality experiences that reach the billions of people using the family of apps and devices.We do this through Spark AR Studio, our flagship creation software suite, and Spark AR Hub, a powerful tool for publishing, managing and tracking the performance of AR experiences across the family of apps.As a research team, we see our role as advocating for users, and arming our product teams with the insights and inspiration they need to build with confidence.Skills:We are looking for a qualitative or mixed method generalist, with broad skills in design research methods, and a good understanding of basic quantitative methods (e.g. surveys). You’ll be working closely with our product teams to build better authoring tools for our community of AR creators.The right candidates will be strong communicators and relationship builders, deeply knowledgeable about digital design and design research, passionate about AR/VR, and will feel excited by an autonomous position where you’ll be expected to seek out impact and ruthlessly prioritise your own workload, with guidance and support from your manager.Preferred candidates will have experience in conducting impactful research to steer digital creative products, especially if it’s related to AR/VR.Education:3+ years experience in research for HCI, information systems or related fieldBA/BS degree, ideally in a human behavior related field (HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.)Experience working on research for digital product innovationPreferred:MS/PhD in communication, information science, human-computer interaction, psychology, anthropology, sociology, market research or a related fieldExperience conducting research for emerging early-stage technologiesKnowledge of and experience with digital creative tools, e.g. Maya, Blender, PhotoshopClient Description:The Largest Social Media Company in the World.The B2B Solution of the largest Social Media Company in the worldThe Charity and NGO focused solution for the largest Social Media company in the world.We want to make a world of difference, so it matters to us that we hire differently. Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity and is proudly an equal opportunities employer. Required skills

Design Research

Spark

Augmented Reality

User Research

Keyskills :
Design Research Spark Augmented Reality User Research