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Lead Research Strategist

2 hours, 56 minutes ago
United States, Canada
Full-time
Lead
UX Researcher
Design and User Experience
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Fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a world-famous digital experience agency established in 1999, specializing in designing digital ecosystems, platforms, and products. With offices in New York, San Francisco, and London, Fantasy collaborates with pioneering companies like Net...

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 1999
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Description

  • Design and lead research programs from initial problem framing through concept validation and detailed design.
  • Diagnose ambiguous business problems and define creative research approaches to address them.
  • Develop research plans, templates, and frameworks that can be reused for future projects.
  • Monitor and synthesize trends, cultural signals, and market shifts into actionable strategic insights.
  • Use Fantasy’s trends intelligence tool to identify opportunities and inform client strategy and product direction.
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative research, including in-depth interviews, surveys, and usability assessments.
  • Leverage AI-powered research tools and evolving processes to accelerate workflow, synthesis, and insight generation.
  • Synthesize findings into clear reports, personas, journey maps, insights frameworks, and other strategic artifacts.
  • Present prioritized recommendations to product management, UX, marketing, and executive stakeholders.
  • Partner with designers, strategists, and client teams to embed insights throughout the creative development process.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional experience in user research, strategic research, or a related insights-driven discipline.
  • Ability to lead research projects end-to-end with minimal supervision across multiple workstreams.
  • Strong expertise in mixed-method research methodologies with sound judgment on method selection.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate trends, cultural signals, and foresight into strategic impact.
  • Experience with or enthusiasm for AI-powered research tools and comfort with experimentation and emerging processes.
  • Proficiency in data analysis and synthesis, with the ability to distill complex information into clear narratives.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and visual/presentational communication skills.
  • Experience in an agency or innovation environment is a plus.
  • Must be based in the United States or Canada and work fully remotely.

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