SENIOR DESIGN RESEARCHER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

Published: Oct 18, 2024 - The Senior Design Researcher brings extensive experience in user and design research, effectively managing projects from inception to completion. Demonstrates a strong ability to apply diverse research techniques while balancing rigor with tight deadlines, creating compelling narratives that resonate with client teams. Passionate about human-centered design, proficient in digital product design principles, and skilled in using collaboration tools like GitHub, Trello, or Jira to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Senior Design Researcher Resume
  • User Research
  • Design Research
  • Data Analysis
  • Prototyping
  • Usability Testing
  • Research Methodologies
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Digital Product Design
  • Wireframing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Adaptability
  • Team Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Client Services
  • Time Management
  • Empathy
  • Leadership

Summary of Senior Design Researcher Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume

1. BA in Human-Computer Interaction with 8 Years of Experience

  • Experience contributing to the design of successful digital products and services, with a strong portfolio that illustrates how research contributed to this success.
  • Broad experience with the full range of research methods: qualitative and quantitative, attitudinal and behavioral, with deep expertise in one or more areas.
  • Experience independently designing and running original experimental research on digital products and services.
  • Experience in the utilization of behavioral data and the design and analysis of A-B tests 
  • Skill in use of data analysis, data visualization, and knowledge management tools
  • Skill in developing rapid UI prototypes and data collections tools
  • Solid understanding of the design process and how research is appropriately integrated at each phase.
  • Deep understanding of human motivations, capabilities, and limitations as applied to the design of interactive systems.
  • Facility for uncovering root causes of good or bad research results for a given UI design
  • Able to deconstruct product interfaces from a system-wide view into meaningful and useful component parts, and demonstrate the significance of each part’s relationship to the other parts, and to the system as a whole.

2. BA in Psychology with 6 Years of Experience

  • Experience as a user researcher, design researcher, or design strategist
  • Ability to work independently and manage a research project from start to finish
  • Demonstrated record of applying varied research techniques to complicated problem spaces and telling compelling research stories
  • Ability to balance research rigor with tight deadlines and ambiguous circumstances
  • A passion for human-centered design and the design process, and a willingness to transmit that passion to client teams
  • Strong knowledge of digital product design practices and principles
  • A desire to work on teams that ship high-quality digital products
  • Strong communication, client services, and interpersonal skills
  • Experience working in Research, Design or UX field with a portfolio to demonstrate experience.
  • Demonstrated experience planning and conducting research using the methods described in this job description.
  • Familiarity with collaboration tools such as GitHub, Trello, or Jira.

3. BA in Design Studies with 4 Years of Experience

  • Have thorough understanding of healthcare industry
  • Ability to analyze data using various statistical methodologies using statistical software (excel, SPSS, R)
  • Experience designing and leading formative usability studies
  • Have experience conducting qualitative research methodologies used in the social sciences 
  • Have experience designing surveys 
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft office products (excel, word, PowerPoint)
  • Self-motivated and able to manage multiple projects
  • Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy 
  • Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times

4. BA in Sociology with 3 Years of Experience

  • Experience with contextual inquiry, ethnography, other formal research (remote or in-person), journey mapping, co-creation, or other human-centered design approaches
  • Experience with formative human factors studies, task analysis, and root cause analysis
  • Experience researching topics around infusion, oncology, chronic disease, patient education, or specialty pharmaceuticals
  • Experience at professional services or consulting firms (market research, user research, human factors research)
  • Experience with medical device development teams, strategic marketing or product management experience at a medical device company (especially disposable devices)
  • Both corporate and start-up/small company experience
  • Experience with analysis tools such as Tableau, MiniTab, Excel, or MaxQDA
  • Experience using human-centered design, design thinking principles or methods in a formal, in-person setting
  • Experience in designing and/or facilitating group collaboration workshops.
  • Experience working on highly collaborative teams, or other multidisciplinary teams