Design Researcher I Hugo, Dublin Pike

Overview

At 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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