Yes, we’re hiring a Design Researcher. It’s a full-time position at our office in Pacifica, CA, one block from the ocean and 15 minutes from San Francisco.

The job
First, as a researcher, you’ll work on consulting engagements (sometimes a few at a time) where we are gathering new insights about people to help inform the product and service decisions our clients are making. That means planning the details of a study, finding participants, developing fieldwork methodology, interviewing people, analyzing data, synthesizing findings, preparing presentations, and delivering results to teams.

Second, as a member of the Portigal team, you’ll be sharing your expertise and point of view through blogging, speaking at conferences, and writing articles.

Requirements
You have at least 3 years of professional experience in all aspects of user research work. On your own you can do any of the tasks a project requires, such as writing a screener, preparing a field guide, leading an interview, analyzing and synthesizing data, preparing and delivering a presentation.

You can write clearly for a professional audience.

We’re especially interested if
You have experience as a consultant and are familiar with working in a professional services environment.

You have a history in thought-leadership, sharing your professional expertise and perspective through blogs, articles, conferences, etc. You may even have a set of topics that you are especially focused on.

About Portigal Consulting
Founded in 2001, Portigal Consulting is a bite-sized agency that helps organizations to discover and act on new insights about their customers and themselves. We are a small business but we work for very large businesses, giving us some of the best of both worlds. We have the good fortune to be hired by passionate individuals at top firms in consumer electronics, software, finance and other industries. Critical to our success is the strong relationships we’ve built with clients, containing a nutritious mix of leadership, talent, good customer service, and collaboration. We’d expect that you share our enthusiasm for establishing and maintaining those relationships.

To apply
Send an email to jobs AT portigal DOT com with your resume and

1. Why you want to work at Portigal
2. An overview of your user research skills (include examples if possible)
3. A writing sample that might fit at http://www.portigal.com/blog
4. The topics you’d like to explore, as a thought leader, at Portigal
5. If available, links to your blog, conference presentations, publications, or other examples of your thought-leadership
6. In This Week @ Portigal, we talk about what we’re consuming. What are you consuming?

Please and thank you
No phone calls. And we’re only able to consider people who have legal permission to work in the USA.
 
 

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We’re looking to bring on a Director of Business Development. If you are interested, let us know. If you know someone else who might be a good fit, please let them know!

About the Job
Portigal Consulting is preparing to enter a new stage of growth and needs people who can bring the right set of skills to guide that growth. As with many small consulting firms, the key abilities we have in-house revolve around the consulting work, not the business of the firm. Indeed, we are asking for a combination of sales and marketing and business development, related but often separate job functions.

Although responsibilities will be customized to the strengths of the candidate, they will likely include a mix of (in descending order of priority)
* lead generation
* sales calls
* evolution of service message
* proposal writing

We envision a 3-month contract, with the possibility of extension or full-time, depending on results and interest.

Location is not an issue.

Qualifications
* Experience in a professional services setting (creative services such as design a plus)
* Experience in generating new business
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Excellent organizational skills
* Comfortable with Internet communication tools (email, IM)

About Portigal Consulting
Founded in 2001, we are a boutique agency, based in the coastal community of Montara, CA, 25 minutes from San Francisco, and 30 minutes from much of Silicon Valley.

Our clients come from a range of industries and include both B2B and B2C programs. Recent clients include: Avaya, BIC, Bosch, Chevron, France Telecom-Orange, GE, Hewlett-Packard, Nestle, SC Johnson, Shure, Sony, and WNBA.

Portigal Consulting brings together user research, design and business strategy to help innovative companies discover and act on new insights about their customers.

We conduct contextual research with target users in order to uncover their unexpressed needs. We then develop a suite of concepts that can address those needs. We also work with organizations to help them introduce or expand their customer-centric design and development processes, including training and facilitation.

Applying
Send a resume to hr AT portigal DOT com. Important: include a cover letter about yourself, your relevant experience, and what you would like to bring to the role.

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