UX/UI Researcher

🔥 39 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🎨 Product Designer (UI/UX)

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Yaqeen Institute

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

📱 Media

Non-profit • Education • Media

Yaqeen Institute is a nonprofit Islamic research and educational organization that produces scholarly, accessible resources on contemporary Islamic topics. It publishes research papers, eBooks, curricula, videos, podcasts, infographics, and training materials to address misconceptions, counter Islamophobia, and support faith development among Muslim youth and the wider public. The institute also offers interactive tools, apps, events, and membership/donation programs to engage communities and fund its research and outreach.

📋 Description

• Review 2024 research and early results from the current reader survey • Work with the Product Manager to define research questions and study objectives • Write a discussion guide linking research questions to product-team outcomes • Screen and recruit participants across reader segments • Conduct and record one-on-one interviews with ebook readers • Explore reading and listening preferences, search behavior, AI-tool use, desired library features, and future content topics • Synthesize findings and compare them with the 2024 research • Deliver a written findings report and present a stakeholder readout • Provide prioritized recommendations for product, editorial, and marketing teams • Obtain informed consent, minimize collected participant data, anonymize personal details, and honor data change or deletion requests • Help measure product impact on users’ religiosity using BASIC, Yaqeen’s religiosity framework • Share research methods, templates, and findings with other product teams • Advise teams on how user research can inform product roadmaps • Help establish reusable research practices, including a participant panel, standard consent forms, and a shared findings library

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, anthropology, information science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience • Master's degree or formal research training is a plus • Experience planning and running qualitative user research, especially in-depth interviews, from recruitment through synthesis • Ability to write neutral, open-ended interview questions and probe for behavior rather than opinion • Strong synthesis skills, including affinity mapping and thematic analysis • Ability to turn research patterns into prioritized recommendations • Clear writing and presentation skills for mixed product, editorial, and marketing audiences • Familiarity with digital content products such as reading, video, or learning platforms • Comfort reading survey data alongside interview findings • Understanding of the Muslim community and sensitivity when discussing faith, doubt, and personal practice • Comfort working independently and supporting more than one product team at a time • Prior experience researching Yaqeen’s audiences is a strong advantage • Equivalent practical experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree

🏖️ Benefits

• Four-month contract that may be extended or converted into a longer-term, full-time role • Three-month probationary period • Opportunity to contribute to Yaqeen Institute’s mission and work with a diverse workforce • Ability to share research methods, templates, and findings with other product teams

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