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Summer 2024 Intern - PhD User Research Internship - Slack

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Salesforce

Oct 23, 2023

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Research & Development
  • San Francisco

Requirements

  • Must be graduating December 2024 or later
  • A strong portfolio, showcasing foundational proficiency in different steps of a research process, such as: data collection, cleaning and analysis, synthesis, and documenting and sharing findings
  • Commitment to learning from others that equals a passion for sharing what you’ve learned
  • Self-awareness of your strengths and growth areas and a desire to improve your skills
  • Experience working and collaborating with diverse teams in a dynamic environment
  • Experience collaborating with others (either research or other functions) to understand, explore, and answer research questions
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Nice to have:
  • Preferred applicants are currently in their second to fourth year pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. degree. Programs such as human-computer interaction, anthropology, sociology, psychology, communication, information science, or any program with an applied research component are preferred.
  • Experience using multiple research methodologies, such as user interviews, usability testing, surveys, diary studies, co-creation, inferential statistics, etc.
  • Experience using a remote / digital tool for research, such as UserTesting.com, User Interviews, Qualtrics, Surveymonkey, dscout, Zoom, etc.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with your mentor and user research leadership to define the details of your projects and contribute to the overall direction of your product area
  • Collaborate with design, engineering, and product management to understand the critical research questions and craft a research approach to best answer them
  • Conduct actionable research to help guide the product team’s decision-making and design process
  • Solicit and incorporate feedback on your work from your mentor, other user researchers, and multi-functional team members

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