Design Researcher Job at Corgan
Overview:
We are looking for an upcoming or recent graduate (0-2 years of experience). 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:
Corgan believes in partnering for success, building on our legacy for the future, and providing an excellent product. Corgan’s project sectors include aviation, data centers, commercial, education, interiors, and healthcare. Our 92% repeat client business record is a testament to our ability to serve clients in a competent, ethical, and professional manner. Corgan offers a competitive compensation and benefit package and in addition to our excellent environment, philanthropic culture and numerous awards, we offer the ability to work with the highest level of technical equipment and programs.
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Corgan is actively recruiting a Design Researcher to join our growing 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.
We are looking for an upcoming or recent graduate (0-2 years of experience). 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.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with internal employees and other experts in certain fields of study to conduct research
- Support and facilitate research by conducting user studies, creating surveys, compiling secondary research, analyzing and organizing user data, and archiving research efforts
- Conduct or assist in both virtual and in-person user observation
- 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
- 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
- Decipher efficient ways to gather information and present findings to clients
- Conduct explorations for prototyping and investigations
What You’ll Bring:
- Professional degree with a focus on Design Research, Design and Environmental Analysis, or Human-Centered Design
- 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 the “so what” of research in support of desired business outcomes while creating a compelling research narrative (both verbal and written)
- Receptive to feedback and constructive when providing it to others
- Enjoys working through ambiguous environments and working on cross-disciplinary teams
- Passionate about creating good 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 working in the Architecture or Interior Design industry 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, and other usability platforms is a plus
Corgan believes in partnering for success, building on our legacy for the future, and providing an excellent product. Corgan’s project sectors include aviation, data centers, commercial, education, interiors, and healthcare. Our 92% repeat client business record is a testament to our ability to serve clients in a competent, ethical, and professional manner. Corgan offers a competitive compensation and benefit package and in addition to our excellent environment, philanthropic culture and numerous awards, we offer the ability to work with the highest level of technical equipment and programs.
*Only applications received through our website will be considered.* EOE/M/F/Disability/Vet
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