Design Researcher Job at Insight Global, Dearborn, MI

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  • Insight Global
  • Dearborn, MI

Job Description

Position: Research Designer

Location: Dearborn, Michigan

Must Haves:

  • Generative & Foundational Research
  • Thematic analysis specifically with dovetail & dscout
  • In person & remote fieldwork experience

Summary:

A leading internal design team is seeking an Experienced Design Researcher to provide flexible, contract-based support during periods of high design volume. This team focuses on advanced concept development and experience innovation across physical products, services, and digital touchpoints. As a Senior Design Researcher, you will lead upfront discovery efforts, generate key user insights, and shape the strategic direction of new design concepts. You’ll collaborate closely with UX and industrial designers in a highly interdisciplinary, human-centered design environment.

  • Design and plan generative, qualitative research, including developing profiles and screening criteria for participant recruitment
  • Identify external experts or analogous experiences to inspire the team
  • Work with a wide variety of stakeholders to define learning objectives and craft research plans
  • Use and help the team use methods such as field observation, analogous research, conversations with experts and extreme users, concept evaluation, and participatory design, to explore the edge of what’s possible in the near and far
  • Design compelling research experiences that generate actionable insights
  • With the design team, create research stimuli to deeply understand user needs, uncover possibilities, and test assumptions
  • Synthesize research findings and unearth systems-level patterns and frameworks

Job Tags

Contract work, Remote work, Flexible hours,

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