User Researcher

3 Weeks ago ā€¢ All levels ā€¢ Game Production ā€¢ $73,000 PA - $130,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior User Researcher at HoYoverse, you'll conduct user research across the game product lifecycle and global markets. Collaborating with the Shanghai office from the US office, you will own research projects end-to-end, from stakeholder communication and needs identification to methodology design, execution, analysis, and reporting. This role involves industry and competitor analysis to identify trends and user needs, delivering actionable insights. You will work on various game genres and should understand player psychology, with a preference for experience in anime or open-world games.
Must have:
  • Passionate about games
  • Variety of game genre experience
  • Understanding player psychology
  • Apply appropriate research methodologies
  • Experience in user research
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with complete game projects
  • In-depth understanding of anime/open-world games
  • Ability to communicate in Chinese
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare
  • Generous paid time off
  • 401K/RRSP plan
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Team-building activities

Job Details

Who Are We?

HoYoverse is committed to providing immersive virtual world experiences to players around the world. We have brought fans popular games including Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tears of Themis, and Zenless Zone Zero, as well as a wide range of entertainment content.
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Community is at the heart of everything we do. We are devoted to engaging fans and fostering an enthusiastic and inclusive global community that provides access and encouragement for people to share their passion for ACG (Animation, Comics, and Games) through their own creativity and skills.
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Pushing the boundaries of imagination, we consistently explore cutting-edge game development technologies, and have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cel shading, cloud gaming, and other fields.
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In the future, we will continue to expand our content production, technology research, and publishing duties through operations in offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other areas.

When you apply to a position with HoYoverse, we will process your personal data. To learn more about how we process your data, we encourage you to review our comprehensive Global Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. This policy provides detailed insights into how your information is collected, used, and protected throughout the application process.

What You Will Do:

  • As a senior user researcher, you are responsible for user research projects at different stages of the game product life cycle, as well as global market research.
  • According to project needs, collaborating with Shanghai office to work on research projects in U.S. office, owning the user research studies from end-to-end, including stakeholder communication, research needs identification, methodology design, execution, analysis, report writing etc.
  • Conducting industry and competitor analysis, identifying industry trends, understanding product features and user needs, delivering actionable insights.

What We Are Looking For:

  • Passionate about games and the games industry, experience with a variety of games genres, understand player psychology. In-depth understanding of anime games / open world games is preferred.
  • Able to apply the appropriate research methodologies to meet the product needs.
  • Experience in various user research field, or experience with complete game projects is preferred.
  • Down to earth, meticulous, observant, reflective, good communicator, strong sense of responsibility, strong execution ability.
  • Good learner, self-driven, logical, objective, rigorous, strong interpersonal skills and teamwork spirit.
  • Ability to communicate in Chinese is preferred.

Benefits:

The base pay range for this position is $73,000 -$130,000 USD per year. Actual pay is based on location and may vary depending on relevant knowledge, skills, and experience from the candidate. Total compensation may include salary, company bonuses, sign-on bonuses, relocation package, and other benefits such as:

  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you and your dependents
  • Generous paid time off
  • 401K / RRSP plan
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Team-building activities throughout the year

 

We are an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds are key to bringing our concepts to life. If you're looking to play a key role in creating the best immersive virtual world experience for our users, we invite you to join our team.

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About The Company

At HoYoverse, we are committed to creating immersive virtual world experiences for players around the world. In addition to game products such as "Genshin Impact," "Honkai Impact 3rd," "Tears of Themis," and "Honkai: Star Rail," HoYoverse also launched the dynamic desktop software "N0va Desktop," the community product "HoYoLAB," and created a variety of products such as animations, comics, music, novels, and merchandise around our original Creative Concept.


Adhering to our mission of "Tech Otakus Save the World," we have always been committed to technology research and development, exploring cutting-edge technologies, and have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cartoon rendering, artificial intelligence, cloud gaming technology, and other fields.


HoYoverse is actively engaged in globalization, with offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other areas.

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