UX Researcher & Prototyper
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Responsibilities
What You'll Do
- Own user research for LIGER 2.0, a ground-up redesign of our product
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- Conduct stakeholder interviews and translate insights into actionable design direction
- Create and maintain user personas, reputed company maps, and opportunity frameworks
- Run baseline surveys and synthesize feedback to prioritize features
- Coordinate user testing at release milestones and feed findings back into the product cycle
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- Work directly with your PM and designer in fast, iterative cycles
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