Research Director

February 22

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Fantasy

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Fantasy is a world leading product innovation team that collaborates with ambitious companies to create digital experiences used by billions every day. The company uses their Think Beyond™ process to work from strategy to execution, helping partners identify clear opportunities and launch market-leading products and services. With a focus on innovation and impactful digital ecosystems, Fantasy serves some of the world’s biggest brands by reimagining and launching entire digital ecosystems. Their team is based in New York and is dedicated to making a significant global impact.

Creative Concepting • Creative Strategy • Visual Design • Product Design • User Experience Design

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1999

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

📱 Media

📋 Description

• Fantasy is building a pipeline of talented researchers to collaborate with on future project needs. • We frequently work with freelancers on a project-basis, and have been known to convert to full-time employees as the right opportunity becomes available. • Realize the unimagined • Fantasy is a digital product and innovation company. • We realize the unimagined for the world’s most ambitious organizations. • Founded in 1999, our global reputation is based on our teams’ unique ability to think beyond the ordinary and launch ground-breaking products and services. • We believe that our phenomenal team is the core reason for our success, our growth, and our thriving culture. • As Research Director, you’ll think beyond the ordinary and help develop the insights, understanding, and empathy required to ship world-class experiences that millions of people not only use, but love. • In this role, you will design and deliver mixed-method research approaches that cover generative and evaluative insight discovery throughout the creative development process. • You will set the insights strategy as part of a cross-functional team, working in tandem to deliver market leading experiences rooted in human-centered design.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience (7+ years) in a research leadership role, preferably within an agency or large organization environment. • Ability to lead research projects end-to-end with minimal supervision. • Strong expertise in mixed-method research methodologies and AI-powered research. • Proficient in data analysis and synthesis, with the ability to distill, interpret, and visualize data in ways that inspire action. • Have a knack for demystifying complex topics, making them accessible to clients and • colleagues of all skill levels and backgrounds. • Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team of researchers. • Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including clients, designers, engineers, and product managers, to drive user-centered design processes.