Accylerate is hiring : User Design Specialist in Reston

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Ideal Candidate Profile : As a User Design Specialist, you will support all our research practices : executing participant recruitment, informed consent, screening, scheduling, and incentives. This role requires creative problem solving and strategic judgement to ethically recruit participants across the student journey—from early childhood to post-secondary education. Your primary focus will be to lead recruitment, advise on best-in-class strategies, and enable high-quality, inclusive research execution. You will be responsible for developing lightweight, fit-for-purpose processes for participant recruitment, research planning, knowledge management, and tooling.

Job Duties & Responsibilities :

• Own End-to-End Recruitment for Research : Lead participant recruitment for a variety of research methods (e.g., interviews, co-design, surveys, usability testing), including screening, informed consent, scheduling, and incentives
• Draft accessible, plain-language consent and communication materials in collaboration with legal and compliance teams
• Craft effective screeners and other materials to ensure inclusive and successful sessions
• Conduct initial screening conversations to ensure individuals are appropriately prepared, informed, and confident in participating in innovative research methods

Support And Advise Researchers :

Streamline And Standardize Research Ops :

Client The Groundwork For Long-Term Research Infrastructure :

Required Qualifications & Experience :

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