Senior UX Researcher

**To be considered for this position, resumes must be sent in English**

Very’s design team is growing, and we want you to be a part of it. We are looking for a self-motivated Product Designer who is excited to work on a wide variety of design problems and has an appreciation for human-centered design. For more information about Very, go here.

Our design team believes the best way to bring immediate value to products and users is via a strong relationship between design & technology. We are looking for a designer who understands the complexities of design systems, has an appreciation for iterative design, and has a strategic eye for all things UX.

In particular, we're looking for someone who's interested in stretching their capabilities in data visualization and/or designing for IoT product ecosystems. Do you want to figure out the best way to surface data and ML models so that users can easily understand the info and feel empowered to take action? Are you interested in how a product with hardware and multiple mobile apps should be holistically designed? Then we've got the right challenges and projects for you. We’re not looking for an experienced expert, as much as someone with a good intuition and quick learning curve in this space.

Very has been a remote company since before it became normal — 2011, to be exact. We’ve built a collaborative, tight-knit team that thrives, whether we’re hanging out in person at our annual retreat or coordinating work across time zones. The results show that we’re doing something right. In 2020, we were named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces,Parity.org's Best Companies for Women to Advance List, and Fatherly’s Best Places to Work for Dads.

Clients like Vizio, Clear, iHeart Radio, Hayward, Peloton and more come to us for answers to their thorniest questions. We bring them a world-class product team that delivers end-to-end IoT solutions.

Upon joining the Very design team you will find yourself doing the following on any given day:
Product Strategy & Concept creation

User Research & User-flow mapping

Wireframing

Hi-Fi Design Systems

Interaction & motion design

Interactive Prototyping & user testing/validation

Working closely with clients to build trust
- ️ Collaborating with designer teammates to nerd out on design stuff

If you have experience designing across the web, and mobile platforms, you may be who we are looking for We believe designers should be close to the project’s codebase, so bonus points if you have a passion for writing HTML, CSS or React (and it's ok if you don't). We believe in leveling up every day, and that the best designers are the ones who see the big picture and seize the opportunity for improvement.

What You’ll Be Working On

As a Product Designer at Very, you will:

- Champion the role of human-centered design throughout our organization
- Work closely with senior design team members
- Design user-flows, wireframes, Hi-Fi comps, and prototypes
- Help research and validate solutions that are best for a client’s users
- Develop cohesive and consistent user experiences for a variety of products
- Collaborate with software engineers, hardware engineers and data scientists to implement design
- Contribute to pattern libraries, style guides, and other guideline documentation
- Be involved in peer-to-peer skill-sharing and team-building activities

**Requirements**:

- We look at passion and skill more than years of experience, but we require someone with at least 5 years of experience in the product design space or equivalent masters/experience.
- At least 5 years of experience as a UX research specialist who has led user research, methods [interviews, observations, walk-throughs, etc) and can get creative in how you do research
- At least 5 years of experience as a UX research specialist who has designed and led quantitative and qualitative studies and processes.
- At least 5 years of experience as a UX research specialist who has led, designed & ran studies, and who can do analytics and reporting.
- An online portfolio or work samples that showcase your user-centered design solutions
- Ability to demonstrate design best practices for the web and mobile apps.
- Proficiency in wireframing, design, and prototyping tools (we currently use Figma, Sketch, FramerX, etc.)
- Familiarity of front-end web development, including HTML & CSS & Javascript
- Skills in prioritization, communication, and presentation to the client
- At least an intermediate level in English. A B1 or better in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).*
- Bonus points for experience working in an Agile environment
- Bonus points for experience in the IoT space (companion apps, connected devices)
- Bonus points for experience in the Data Viz, Data Science space (familiar with analytics, data, related HCI)
- Note: Don’t get discouraged if you don’t have this level of English officially. What we really care about is that you feel comfortable commu