Experience Researcher
UX Researcher with a curious and analytical mindset, offering 7+ years of experience in user research across various companies, ranging from recently founded startups to large corporations.
Experience in:
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Developing user experience strategy
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Driving UX maturity at all stages
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Hands-on user research and testing, conception and experience design of applications, native and web-based
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Facilitating workshops
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Internal and external communication
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Utilizing research insights to guide business decisions
I am passionate about conceptualizing and developing seamless user experiences by deeply understanding user behaviors, motivations, and processes. My experience lies in identifying key insights, sharing knowledge on a broad scale and establishing a human-first mindset in the design process in small to medium sized companies. From early-stage startups to bigger scale-ups, effectively combining the interests of diverse stakeholders.
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Combining a deep understanding of business goals with strong empathy and an instinct for human needs and behavior, , I am motivated to support you in creating innovative digital experiences and building your user research expertise.
MY EXPERTISE
UX STRATEGY
Building a strong foundation for all UX efforts is key to cultivating a profitable human-first product culture in the long term. Drawing upon years of experience, I specialize in identifying optimal strategies and crafting roadmaps for success.
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
I aim to deeply understand people's behaviors, motivations, and goals and translate them into actionable items that bring product teams forward.
WORKSHOPS
I am experienced in planning, executing, and summarizing creative workshops and utilizing design thinking methods. By bringing together domain experts, internal and external stakeholders, and customers, I facilitate diverse perspectives to address problem statements and find optimal solutions.
RESEARCH TRAINING
I strongly advocate for knowledge sharing and actively provide training sessions to teams, individual members, and organizations. Equipping participants with the necessary methods and tools to enhance their understanding of research processes, empowering them to conduct independent research when required.
CONCEPT AND PROTOTYPE TESTING
Engaging the target group in idea testing yields invaluable insights into their perspectives and behaviors. I excel in strategizing, implementing, and assessing tests aimed at validating concepts and prototypes effectively.
Lucas Wagner
I can highly recommend Kira if you’re looking for an
individual with exceptional ability to understand users needs and a true passion to help her team build impactful products with those insights. During my time as a Product Lead at Vivy we worked together on many projects and I always really enjoyed our collaboration as much as I found it productive. She’s a true team player that many times went the extra mile and out of her own comfort zone to help her colleagues when needed. Kira constantly inspired the team to apply user-centric thinking to their daily work. Also, she’s a master of her user research toolbox and always knew how we could get the right learnings from our users that were needed in a project. I really wish we get the chance to be working together again in the future.
Johannes Nitzschke
Kira is a great researcher and person. She is really dedicated and takes the initiative to move things forward. Having her as part of the team is a big plus to do great research.
Oliver Wehn
I had the pleasure to work with Kira at Vivy during my time
as Head of Design. I experienced her as an independent and well-structured worker, a critical thinker, and a caring colleague. In her position as a UX researcher, she was a highly committed and passionate driver in our efforts to move to a more user-centered product development process. She has always been a reliable support and resource to designers and product managers when it came to developing a better understanding of the needs of the diverse user groups a broad product like Vivy is dealing with. Through continuously sharing insights and expertise, she provided the product organization with a base for making informed decisions.
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