[From Disney Careers]
Job Posting Title: Assoc Game User Research Analyst
General Summary:
The Associate User Research Analyst is responsible for running usability research studies and collaborating with teams throughout Disney Interactive. Using our internal research facility and the latest usability research methods, the user research analyst will gather insights to help improve the quality and usability of our games. They will organize, conduct, and provide analysis for our product testing efforts.
Responsibilities:
- Run user-tests and own the entire usability research process, from working with stakeholders to identify needs and scheduling, creating test plans, script writing, and delivering a final report.
- Successfully onboard new user-testing stakeholders
- Represent usability findings in key stakeholder meetings
- Partner with Consumer Insights and other business teams as needed
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1+ years of industry experience conducting digital-related user-tests.
- Candidates without gaming experience will be considered if they exhibit a passion for games and the ability and willingness to learn quickly.
- Excellent interpersonal communication (both written and verbal)
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- A broad range of knowledge of usability research design, qualitative and quantitative methodologies in both academic and business environments.
- Must have a passion for user-testing as well as technical knowledge and “know how” of current trends and a willingness to innovate
Required Education:
Relevant College degree required. Relevant advanced degree preferred (branches of experimental psychology, human computer interaction, human factors, or related field).
Job Posting Industries: Digital / Interactive
Additional Information:
COMPANY OVERVIEW — Disney Interactive delivers high-quality interactive entertainment experiences for Guests across all current and emerging digital media platforms. Disney Interactive produces blockbuster mobile, social and console games, including hit mobile franchise Where’s My Water?, multiplatform video game Disney Infinity and No. 1 virtual world for kids, Club Penguin. Disney Interactive also produces original programming and a suite of premium web entertainment destinations that serve as the online and mobile gateway to everything Disney, including No. 1 kids entertainment destination Disney.com and the Moms and Family network of websites, including premier parenting blogging platform, Babble.
Primary Location-City: Glendale
Primary Location-State: CA
Primary Location-Country: US
Auto req ID: 190200BR