Beyond Design

Company: Beyond Design, Inc.

Date: 08-30-18

Position: Design Research Strategist

Experience: 3-5 years

Beyond Design, Inc. is an award winning, full-service product development consultancy with a 25+ year history of bringing innovation and product strategy to our clients. Our Chicago office is seeking to hire for an exceptionally creative, smart-working, fun-loving Design Research Strategist to join our cross-disciplinary team. Specifically, we are seeking an experienced person, with expertise in research and strategy for product development while showcasing their ability to better understand human behavior and the methods and techniques to get there.

You will be responsible for leading projects to uncover latent user needs and behaviors, coordinating and moderating research sessions. You will also be responsible for completing analysis along with developing strategies that incorporate findings. You should also have excellent graphic skills through convincing infographics. The ideal candidate is a strong moderator, has a big personality and isn’t afraid to speak in front of others to showcase their innate ability to understand the process of product development.

It’s time to make our studio grow and thrive with the help of a product researcher that has the ability to dive deeper into product development and understand the solutions behind the problem.

Skill Sets
– Strong verbal and writing
– Analytical and organization
– Ability to create strategies with support materials
– InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Submission Details
Please submit your answer to the following questions: What is your favorite “mobile app” and why? What would you change to make it even better?

Please also submit your resume along with portfolio sample saved as a single PDF document no larger than 5mb. Please include links to websites and other interactive samples. All submission will be kept confidential. Submissions without portfolio samples will not be considered.

*Candidates who are not US citizens or permanent residents need to have authorization to work in the US in order to apply*

Apply via email to: hr@beyonddesignchicago.com

*Only US citizens with permanent residence will be considered for this position.
Apply via email to: hr@beyonddesignchicago.com

All submission will be kept confidential. Submissions without portfolio samples will not be considered. Please apply via email only. You will hear from us, but due to the number of applicants, we’d appreciate your patience.