Main Responsibilities of a Senior Bilingual UX Researcher at Bixal
A senior bilingual UX researcher's day varies depending on the project phase; it often involves morning meetings with stakeholders ("product owners, product managers, designers, content writers") followed by focused individual work, leveraging the researcher's West Coast location to conduct both online and in-person research, particularly within the large Spanish-speaking community of Southern California.
Research Planning, User Research, Bilingual Skills, Stakeholder Management, Remote Work
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Nicolas Doyle
Senior Bilingual UX Researcher
Bixal
Bowling Green State University
University of Southern California - Masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages | Pennsylvania State University - Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics
Spanish & Other Languages
Technology
Product / Service / Software Development and Management
Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, LGBTQ
Video Highlights
1. A typical day involves a mix of meetings and independent work, with a clear distinction between collaborative and solo time.
2. The researcher's location influences the workday structure, with meetings concentrated in the morning to accommodate different time zones.
3. Research activities are conducted both online and in-person, leveraging the researcher's bilingual skills and local community access for diverse participant recruitment.
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What does a day in the life of a senior bilingual UX researcher look like?
A day in the life really depends on the research activities I have going on at the time. One constant, though, is that my company is based out of the East Coast, but I live on the West Coast, so I'm in the Pacific Time zone.
Most of my meetings happen in the morning. By around 2:00 PM Pacific, I don't have any more meetings. This gives me heads-down, alone time to work on what I need to get done.
That balance really works well for me. I get a very clear division between the meetings portion of the day and then my alone work time. However, it depends on what I have going on.
If I'm in research planning mode, my day-to-day involves a lot of meetings with different stakeholders. Some of these include product owners, product managers, designers, and content writers. Sometimes it's just meetings with them to try and figure out what they need to learn about our end users to help inform their work.
If I'm in research mode, which comes after planning, then most of my time is actually conducting research activities. Most of the time, I do everything online. Occasionally, I'm also able to do some research activities in person, especially with the Spanish-speaking component. I am in Southern California with a large population of Spanish speakers.
So, I sometimes go out into my local communities to recruit people to do interviews and things like that.