Growing a UX Research Team and Hiring UX Researchers (ft. Angelique Rickhoff)

Marcos Moldes is a qualitative UX Researcher who is a former academic now working at Pinterest. In this episode, Marcos discusses research panels.

Lindsey Brinkworth is a user experience researcher with a design background. Currently, she is a Senior Researcher at Magic+Might. She also enjoys helping other researchers with their research portfolios In this episode, Lindsey discusses perfecting the research portfolio.

Andréa Stella is a UX researcher and former academic. In the past, she’s been a professor and worked as a UX researcher at Sony Music Entertainment. In this episode she talks about her career path.

Michele Ronsen founded Curiosity Tank where she provides research and career support. She is a user researcher, designer, coach, and educator with over 5,000 hours of adult design and user research teaching expertise in academic institutions and 20+ years of corporate training, workshops, design, and research for Fortune 500s and start-ups. In this episode, Michele discusses building confidence and career pathing for researchers.

Nia Jarrett is a UX Research contractor who is a former teacher and communications professional. In this episode, Nia discusses her path to UX research.

Chloe Markley is a UX Research Director at EchoUser, a UX Research & Design firm. In the past, she’s been a research leader at Ipsos, Gfk, athenahealth, and Oracle. In this episode, Chloe discusses recruiting high quality people for research.

Karen Eisenhauer is a qualitative UX Researcher with a background in linguistics and teaching now working for herself. In this episode, Karen discusses tagging qualitative data.

Stephanie Marsh is a UX Research Operations Lead who has worked at companies including HSBC and the United Kingdom government. In this episode, Stephanie discusses evaluating UX research impact.

Season Four of The Yzzi Research Podcast is premiering on February 26, 2024. This season, you’ll hear about:Being a UX research managerEvaluating the impact of UX researchTagging qualitative data and much more!This will be the very last season of the podcast, so tune in!

Thanks for supporting The Yzzi Research Podcast. The final episode of season three was my conversation with Nicole Wallace about NDA-protected research. The Yzzi Research Podcast will be back for season four either at the end of 2023 or at the beginning of 2024.