UX Designer (Research & Insight) til Polaris Media

LHH • Trondheim, NE

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Polaris Media is establishing a new, cross-border Nordic product organization to develop future digital content experiences. This organization brings together product managers, designers, developers, and editorial teams to enhance the user experience of their journalistic content. To strengthen this effort, they are seeking a UX Designer with a strong focus on user insight and concept development. This role is central to the new organization, offering the opportunity to build the insight function within a product organization that develops products for hundreds of thousands of people daily. The ideal candidate will ensure user needs, behavior, and insights are integral to product development. They should be curious about people, motivated by understanding what creates good user experiences, and capable of translating findings into concrete recommendations, concepts, and product improvements. In an era of rapidly changing user behavior, influenced by AI and new expectations for digital experiences, this role will be crucial in exploring new and better ways to experience their journalism.

Requirements

• Experience with UX work, with a strong focus on user insight and concept development.
• Proficiency in methods such as interviews, user testing, and insight analysis.
• Ability to translate insights into concrete recommendations, priorities, and product improvements.
• Takes ownership, ensures good collaboration, and effective processes.
• Motivated by the opportunity to help shape the new organization.
• Curious about new technology and its impact on user behavior.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct insight work among target audiences using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Analyze and structure findings, making them relevant and understandable for product teams.
• Translate insights into concepts, hypotheses, and concrete product improvements.
• Contribute to the design process from the early stages to the final solution.
• Test and validate solutions with users.
• Contribute to the further development of methodology, practice, and competence in insight work within the product organization.

Benefits

• Work with products used by hundreds of thousands of people daily
• Influence how journalism is communicated and experienced digitally
• A central role in our newly established Nordic product organization with significant influence on understanding and developing user experiences
• Skilled and engaged colleagues with high ambitions, who also value a good work environment and having fun together

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed