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Research and usability practice

Research and usability practice

Research and usability practice

A recruiter-facing summary of confidential research and usability practice across enterprise products. I cannot show internal screens, Figma files, study materials, or proprietary workflows, so this case study focuses on how I used research methods to find friction, simplify language, reduce bias, and support better product decisions.

A recruiter-facing summary of confidential research and usability practice across enterprise products. I cannot show internal screens, Figma files, study materials, or proprietary workflows, so this case study focuses on how I used research methods to find friction, simplify language, reduce bias, and support better product decisions.

Role

Research operations, usability testing, survey design, content clarity, accessibility guidance, bias reduction, and team enablement.

Problem

Teams needed practical ways to learn where users were confused, which language created bias, and which product decisions would actually improve comprehension and task success.

Approach

I shaped lightweight research practices, survey approaches, usability tasks, and language guidance that teams could apply without slowing delivery.

Outcome

The work gave teams repeatable ways to test clarity, reduce jargon, spot biased assumptions, and make enterprise product experiences easier to understand and trust.

Research operations

Made research and language clarity easier for teams to apply in everyday product work.

This page intentionally relies on written evidence because the underlying work is confidential. For recruiters, the signal is design leadership beyond screens: asking better questions, interpreting evidence carefully, and turning findings into usable product decisions.

Used Qualtrics, UserTesting.com, and SurveyMonkey to surface comprehension and friction issues.

Connected accessibility and plain-language guidance to real product examples.

Helped teams adopt research practices without creating heavy governance or ceremony.

How the practice work is represented

01 Find friction

Identified where product language, flow order, or measurement assumptions made experiences harder to use.

02 Test comprehension

Used surveys, moderated feedback, and task-based testing to learn whether people understood what to do next.

03 Share usable guidance

Turned research findings into plain-language recommendations, UX patterns, and practical decision support for teams.

Research operations

Plain-language UX

Team enablement