OverviewAt Corgan we are passionate about great design but the best thing we build is each other. Here, you’ll find camaraderie and collaboration as abundantly as curiosity and creativity. Corgan is a welcoming and supportive environment that provides significant career advantages. You’ll find room to grow, freedom to explore — and the safety to fail. Thank you for your interest in joining our curious, passionate, hardworking team. Corgan is actively recruiting a dynamic Design Researcher to join the firm as part of our Hugo team. Hugo is Corgan’s Research and Innovation team, who investigates both emerging technologies and human behavior to gain insight on how these shifts may impact or change the future of architecture design. As a Design Researcher, you will work under the direction of the Hugo Director to create data-driven solutions, conduct visioning workshops, and foster innovative research that adds value to our projects and clients.
Responsibilities
Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including designers, engineers, stakeholders, and other experts in certain fields of study to conduct research, refine concepts, and ensure feasibility.
Support and facilitate research by conducting user studies and interviews, creating surveys, compiling secondary research, analysing and organising user data, and archiving research efforts
Conduct or assist in user testing sessions and on-site user observation, analyse feedback, and iterate solutions based on findings
Conduct or assist in visioning workshops and/or critique sessions to help with overall visioning support
Explore new subjects, draw conclusions, and use critical thinking to create new ideas both for our clients and our internal design teams
Help establish the evolving design research practice at Corgan and the integration of innovation practices across sectors
Address design challenges with creative solutions and a user-centered approach
Manage your time across multiple projects and deadlines
Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies and general thought leadership
Author and edit thought leadership articles for publication
Provide support to director by assisting in ongoing research, website development, and studio projects as needed by recommending creative approaches and research methodologies
Decipher efficient ways to gather information and present findings to clients
Use data-driven insights to develop innovative design solutions, prototypes, and proofs of concept, that address user needs and integrate architectural and interior design principles and skills
Identify opportunities that can help establish partnerships with external experts
Qualifications
5-10 years of experience in design research required; architecture or design background required
Professional degree with a focus on Design Research, Design and Environmental Analysis, or Human-Centered Design
Professional degree in architecture or design is desirable
Experience working in the Architecture or Interior Design industry, or related field
Experience (familiarity) with User Experience Research, Design Strategy and/ or Evidence Based Design
Experience with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research
Understands how to use appropriate methodologies depending on the research context
Can recommend creative research approaches to uncover unmet needs and opportunity zones
Can effectively communicate design ideas and research findings effectively to clients, team members, and stakeholders
Receptive to feedback and constructive when providing it to others
Enjoys working through ambiguous environments and working on cross-disciplinary teams
Passionate about creating successful user experiences within the build environment and possesses a “curiosity-first" mindset
Experience with academic research and publication efforts
Graphic design capability for Data Visualization is a plus
Experience with design and implementation, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Revit or other 3-D modeling programs is a plus
Experience with UserTesting, dscout, Qualtrics, Survey Monkey, Microsoft Forms, Power BI, Tableau, and other usability platforms is a plus
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