At Lightricks we create award-winning apps that incorporate image, video and audio processing technologies that are used by hundreds of millions of content creators all over the world. We are looking for an experienced and brilliant User Experience Researcher to join our talented product team for our most popular apps, Facetune2 and Facetune Video, for our Chinese audiences.

Our UX Research team is passionate about getting actionable insights so that we can solve real problems for real people and incorporate empathy and user voice into product workflows. We’re looking for a UX Researcher who is excited about doing lean, quality research while working with stakeholders to create magical, superior user experiences.  As a UX Researcher, you’ll conduct both generative and evaluative research while having the opportunity to work cross-functionally with our world-class design, product, marketing, and data science teams. You’ll utilize your innate curiosity to create, execute, and analyze fascinating research projects -- and have the pleasure of seeing your insights incorporated into top-notch products.

The consumers of your insights will span engineering, design, marketing, and other stakeholders around the globe. Therefore, success in the role is dependent on synthesizing knowledge derived from different types of learning into coherent, credible, and easy to understand stories told primarily through visuals and numbers. You will execute studies, synthesize insights from existing data and studies, activate derived insights at the right time with the right audience, drive processes to ensure stakeholders are making the right decisions about customers, and track the impact of your work.

• Turn stakeholder priorities and questions into actionable research plans that are both methodologically sound and lean enough to work within a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Conduct various generative and evaluative elements of research studies, including surveys, interviews, diary studies, usability testing, ethnography, and more.
• Play a key role in analyzing research and turning it into actionable insights.
• Advocate for the incorporation of findings into products through reporting, presenting, and working collaboratively with relevant stakeholders, able to quickly and effectively analyze research data and present rich findings simply and clearly to influence product design and direction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team consisting of product lead, designers, engineers to shape product design vision, identify research opportunities and manage a research roadmap.
• Identify and prioritize short-term and long-term research that delivers impact.

• Minimum of 2+ years experience conducting  UX Research.
• Knowledge of a set of qualitative and user-centered design methods.
• Knowledge of quantitative, behavioral analysis, and statistical concepts.
• Written and spoken English proficiency is a must.
• Experience in all areas of research (including design research, market research and quantitative research)
• Track record of translating research into design and product.
• Excellent communication, presentation, social, and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
• Passion for learning new technologies and understanding the needs of users across a wide range of technical abilities.

Preferred Requirements

• Understanding of photo editing apps or photography.
• Degree(s) in Human-Computer Interaction, Statistics, Sociology, Psychology,
• Anthropology or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven storytelling and communication skills across leadership, engineering teams, designers, customers, and partners.