Hire Freelance UX Researchers

Why should you hire a freelance UX researcher?

The crucial step of developing and presenting a product is to find the target market and potential customers. Thus, being able to walk in your customers' shoes is the key ability in designing a product. But analyzing customers’s expectations and behaviour should be done by an Expert who is curious enough to ask many questions. A freelance UX researcher is the person you are looking for. Freelance UX researcher is responsible for studying the target user of the product you intend to design. Therefore, the systematic analysis of the UX researcher is the crucial part of designing a product, an App or a software. The task of the UX researcher involves questioning every detail of the production. Hire a skilled and experienced freelance UX researcher to boost your products performance and representation.

How does a UX researcher help the product design process?

As it was mentioned before the main ability of UX researcher is to put forward questions and issues. The questions of a UX researcher are about the user experience of a new or existing product. UX researcher starts with asking questions such as who are the user of the product? What do they want from this product? Why do they need this product? In what way the product can help them?

What are the steps of a UX researcher task?

UX researchers usually work with different methods of analysis such as Quantitative research, Qualitative research, Behavioral research, Attitudinal research. Let’s find out why and for what purposes UX researchers use these methods. Quantitative research: In this step a freelance UX researcher evaluates the numbers and statistics regarding various issues. Quantitative method involves: 1- Investigating the amount of time users have to spend in order to complete a task or step. 2- The percentage of customers or user who completed the tasks with success. 3- The numbers of error that users encounter with and complain about. 4- comparing the results and data collected from Quantitative research to the previous product or a successful product that you intend to compete with. Qualitative research: in this step UX researchers attempt to examine the process of completing a task and why the users were satisfied or dissatisfied. Moreover, the reason for users’s discontent and‌ difficulty processed in Qualitative research. Qualitative research is the why section of freelance UX researchers that they provide multiple questions regarding the cause of an action by the users. Behavioral research: UX researchers closely observe the user's behavior such as where do they click, which page do they like better, which page is more engaging and interesting for them. Through this analysis, the UX researcher can offer solutions for possible problems and also navigate the product designer into a more reasonable and user-friendly path. Attitudinal research: UX researcher examines the users feelings and attitudes In this method in order to have a better understanding of their priorities and preferences.

What are the responsibilities of a freelance UX researcher?

A skilled and professional freelance UX researcher should offer multiple services including the most important ones mentioned below.

• Closely collaborate with the stakeholders and product designer in order to fully comprehend the purpose of searching
• Collecting and classifying the questions and required data Choosing methods for analyzing the gathered data
• Demonstrate the budget for the research and also the deadline for the final result of the UX research
• Presenting the outcome of the study in an easy and understandable way for the product designer and other members of the team such as copy writer, Logo designer, Web developer, UI designer, etc

What skills should a freelance UX researcher have to be an excellent candidate for the position?

Generally, a freelance UX researcher should be a multi-tasker who is able to handle several tasks at the same time. Although, UX researcher is not responsible for UX writing and UX design, but having experience and familiarity with these two professions are essential. Besides closely collaborating with UX designers, UI designers and UX writer, an expert UX researcher should have following skills and requirements.

• Communication skills: UX researcher spends most of the time with the design team including graphic designer, Logo designer, front-end-developer and visual designer. So having communication skills is paramount.
• Empathy and collaborations: a professional UX researcher should be able to understand the users’ needs and frustrations regarding to boost the services and product for them.
• Problem solving thinking: Not only the UX researcher is in charge of finding the problems and errors in the product, but also seeking solution and designing the path to fix them should be offered by the UX researcher
• Design thinking: Each steps of the design should be done based on the research that UX researcher provides
• Close observer of the detail and markets’ trends: UX researcher should pay attention to every detail including sections, users’ attitudes, customers’ needs, etc
• Curiosity and inquisitiveness: one the key characteristics that distinguishes the UX researcher from other members of your team is being curious about every aspect of the design and product management.

How to Hire Freelance UX Researchers on Perfectlancer?

Hire UX researchers on Perfectlancer is an easy and hassle-free process. With a big pool of talented freelance and remote workers worldwide, Perfectlancer could connect you to the best UX researcher. You can hire freelance UX researchers on Perfectlancer in three simple steps:

• Post your UX research job on Perfectlancer by defining title, required skills, deadline, description, and price according to the project's scope.
• Check the flow of freelancers’ proposals sent to you. Also, you can browse top freelance UX researchers on Perfectlancer and invite 20 freelancers to each project. Check out freelancers’ profiles, work samples, previously completed projects, and reviews.
• Hire the best UX researcher with Perfectlancer’s secure payment system to ensure your project is completed safely and without any issues!

To find the best UX research freelancers check the following steps before hiring them:

• Interview freelancers and ask questions via the chat section
• Check freelancer's portfolios and resume
• Check previous employer's feedback
• Do the job inside the Perfectlancer and let our Payment Protection system have your back.

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How Much Does It Cost to Hire a UX Research Freelancer?

Rates charged by freelance UX researchers can vary depending on the scope of the job, experience, location, and market conditions. Hire a freelance UX researcher is an intelligent way to save money without compromising quality.

Hiring a freelance UX researcher will cost you much less than a full-time employee or a local agency. That's because a freelance UX researcher has no or meager overhead cost as they work from their own place and schedule. Also, a freelance UX researcher from overseas could charge much cheaper due to the lower cost of living in other areas around the world.

On average, hiring a freelancer can reduce the cost anywhere between 45% to 140% compared to hiring a full-time employee. There is no surprise day by day, more businesses and individuals are posting remote jobs and outsourcing jobs to freelancers. The scope of jobs requires skill sets, and other details of every job are different. As a freelancing platform, Perfectlancer facilitates access to a big pool of remote UX researchers from all around the world. You can compare the expertise of UX researchers and get exact quotes and the actual price of hiring a UX researcher by posting your job in a few simple clicks. Post a job and get connected to the best freelance UX researcher for free.

Advantages of Hiring UX Researchers on Perfectlancer

As a diligent freelancing platform, we connect highly-skilled freelance UX researchers and businesses to help both parties build trusted, long-term relationships to achieve more. Some benefits of hiring a freelance UX researcher on Perfectlancer are as follows:

• Save on costs
• Only pay for work you approve
• Safe and secure payment and job outsourcing process ( Money will not be released to the freelancer until the job is done and approved )
• Perfectlancer’s online chat and email support
• Access to a big pool of talented freelancers from all around the world
• Supervision and arbitration of Perfectlancer in case things went wrong

Let us help you find the best UX researcher that fits your requirements in just a few clicks.