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User Experience Research Intern - North America Locations

This position is based in multiple North American Locations.

The area: User Experience

We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." We're passionately interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their behaviors, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. The User Experience team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, copywriters and web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with Engineering and Product Management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.

The role: User Experience Researcher Intern

As a User Experience Researcher Intern, you'll have the opportunity to work on real products with designers, researchers, product managers and engineers to develop innovative, user-friendly, best-of-breed products. You're currently a student with strong analytical skills and an eye for what makes for a usable product.

Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct user studies to gauge the usability of new and existing Google features.
• Make concrete, data-driven recommendations for change based on your findings.
• Communicate with team members throughout the process.

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a BS or MS program in human computer interaction, cognitive psychology, information science or a related field.
• Strong technical background is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience conducting user research is a plus.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Solid knowledge of web design principles.

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