UX Researcher Intern

Job Description:

As a UX Research Intern you will need to think strategically, be creative, and negotiate design solutions in relation to business goals. Help collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs and online experiments. You will identify and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into research and help advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written reports and in-person presentations.
Amazon internships are full-time (38 hours/week) and normally run for 10-12 consecutive weeks with timelines dependent on country locations.

Key job responsibilities
* Define and execute a comprehensive research plan.
* Identify best method or mix of quantitative and qualitative methods based on priorities, research questions, timeline, and resourcing.
* Design, conduct, and analyze results from 1-3 studies including usability lab studies, remote research, field studies, and survey design.
* Identify best method or mix of quantitative and qualitative methods based on priorities, research questions, timeline, and resourcing.

A day in the life
Our internship program provides hands-on learning and building experiences for students who are interested in a career in user experience research. In addition to working on an impactful project, you will have the opportunity to engage with Amazonians for both personal and professional development, expand your network, and participate in fun activities with other interns throughout the summer. No matter the location of your internship, we give you the tools to own your internship and learn in a real-world setting.
Design at Amazon has been growing steadily in reach and impact-from devices to fashion, delivery logistics to search and streaming video, from voice and sound to physical retail, and more-all while creating and cultivating experiences that touch Amazon customers everywhere, every day. Amazon design teams include every flavor of UI, UX, visual, motion, illustration, brand, and marketing design roles-as well as design technologists, researchers, writers, and more

Candidate Requirements:

- Currently working towards a Master's Degree in Human-Centered Interaction, Statistics, Psychology, Design, Computer Science, or other equivalent discipline
- Knowledge reviewing user research and data to build a strategic and user-friendly design.
- Creative materials demonstrating past work experience and deliverables (e.g., study plans, reports, portfolio). They can be in any format (i.e. website, PDF, slide deck, etc.).
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
- A passion and capacity to advocate on behalf of our users.

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