Ux Researcher jobs in Canada

Job Title:UX Researcher/ Design Researcher
Contract Duration: 6+ months (Extension possible)
Pay range: C$60 - 70/hr
Location:Toronto, ON
Work Type: Hybrid, any two days (anchor depends on the project needs)

Summary of day-to-day Responsibilities:

Department Overview:

• The Human Centered Design (HCD) team within the Digital Channels is responsible for the userexperience of customer-facing (and increasingly employee-facing) digital touchpoints for banking,investing, and insurance, across websites, and smartphone, smartwatch, and tablet apps.
• The Design Research team within DCX enables evidence-based strategy and design decisions throughthe execution of human factors research methods and skillful communication of the latest findings.
• The UX Researcher/ Design Researcher conducts user research and evaluation, enabling an exceptional user experienceacross digital touchpoints.

Job Accountabilities:

• Collaboration: working with experienced strategists, designers, and business stakeholders tounderstand and support their research needs
• Research design: defining research questions, creating the research approach, and a participantrecruitment plan, and selecting appropriate methods of data collection and analysis
• Research preparation: creation of participant screeners; recruiting from internal employee panelsor working with vendors to recruit external participants, creating research protocols
• Data collection: conducting design research methods including observation/ethnography, diarystudies, user interviews, usability testing, card sorting, etc.
• Analysis: utilizing qualitative and quantitative approaches to make sense of the data collected
• Reporting: translating findings into easily understandable insights used to drive ideation andinform design, in diverse formats including experience maps, usability test reports, personas, etc.

Must-Haves:

• Deep knowledge of and experience with User-Centered Design and Human Factors researchmethods
• Strong communications skills: written, oral, and graphical
• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance tasks spanning multiple studies
• Undergraduate degree is required in psychology, anthropology, computer science, industrial engineering, human factors, human-computer interaction, or a related field

Nice to Have:

• Graduate degree preferred
• FI industry experience
• Knowledge of inferential statistics and familiarity with statistical analysis software (e.g., R, SAS,SPSS) is an asset

DISQUALIFIERS:– is there any information/experience on the resume that would disqualify them from consideration for this position?

• Not looking for an academic researcher, but an industry researcher

About the Company:
Top 10 bank in Canada and North America offer comprehensive financial solutions. Providing retail, commercial, wealth management, and wholesale banking services, we help clients thrive in today's evolving market.

About GTT:
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity!

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