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Aditi Kashyap

Summary

Passionate about building inclusive experiences through mixed methods research, cross-functional collaboration and a result driven approach

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior User Researcher

Dainik Bhaskar (DB) Digital
08.2022 - Current
  • Led end-to-end evaluative research for multiple feature launches influencing product engagement and growth.
  • Led end-to-end generative and evaluative research on the Dainik Bhaskar App subscription model enabling its successful launch and subscribers' conversion.
  • Conducted qualitative and quantitative research to solve Local and Hyperlocal content needs resulting in an increase in average time spent and 98% of Daily Active Users adding location in Dainik Bhaskar app to receive local and hyperlocal content on the go.
  • Conducted multiple active and churn user surveys and interviews to understand existing user painpoints and reasons for churn to improve the existing product experience.
  • Spearheaded initiatives to collect user feedback on new product features after their launch, providing insights to product managers and designers to improve the overall user experience.
  • Conducted contextual inquiry in collaboration with product, design, content, and data teams to understand users' digital usage patterns to further ideate on new growth ideas and opportunities.
  • Responsible for hiring and mentoring the customer support team to help support research activities.

UX Researcher

Syfe
04.2022 - 08.2022
  • Conducted Survey Analysis and Qualitative Concept Test study with Singapore users to understand product-market fit. (Syfe-Wealth)
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams based in India and Singapore to prioritise research projects.
  • Planned and conducted Usability Testing with Hong Kong users to get feedback on Syfe's Marketing site, App Onboarding and App's Dashboard.
  • Developed research plans, questionnaires and surveys to collect qualitative data to capture user sentiments around Syfe Trade Onboarding process.

User Researcher

DB Digital
03.2020 - 04.2022
  • Worked closely with the product and design teams to prioritize research projects throughout every product's life cycle phase.
  • Assisted lead researcher in planning and conducting end to end complete App revamp research pre and post-launch.
  • Conducted content-based primary and secondary research (Rajasthan, MP) to deep dive into "Youth" content needs.
  • Conducted qualitative & quantitative research insights of which helped launch the app's referrals and rewards "Invite and Earn" feature successfully.
  • Conducted survey creation & analysis and evaluative research for several key features like "Save", and Notification Center etc.
  • Responsible for vendor management and overseeing participants' recruitment and screening.

Consulting Corporate Project

Lio
08.2021 - 09.2021
  • Conducted user interviews to understand the target audience of the application using 5WH criteria
  • Created personas based on the primary research and user interviews
  • Presented analysis to key stakeholders & proposed enhancements to increase user growth and engagement
  • Provided recommendations to solve user pain points which would help control user churning and increase user retention.

Marketing and Communications Associate

Bigsmall.in
08.2017 - 02.2020
  • Planned Instagram and Facebook engagement activities to interact and engage with existing followers.
  • Built and maintained a group of loyal community users on WhatsApp to get quick feedback on new /existing products
  • Kept track of customer pain points and successfully resolved them on calls, chats &emails.
  • Successfully conducted multiple churn user calls to deep dive into user problems and get feedback
  • Managed all product reviews and feedback shared by customers on social media/email/ Whatsapp and ensured end-to-end resolution.
  • Conducted surveys to get user feedback on product categories and formulate actionable insights based on their feedback.
  • Responsible for hiring and mentoring junior team members.

Education

PGDM (Marketing) -

Xavier Institute of Social Service
04-2017

B.Com. (Hons.) -

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi
03-2014

Skills

  • User Interviews
  • Focus Group Discussions
  • Usability Testing and Evaluation
  • Unmoderated Testing
  • Survey Creation and Analysis
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Personas
  • Card Sorting
  • Concept Testing
  • Contextual Inquiry
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research
  • Delivering Presentations

Tools

  • Google Suite
  • Dovetail
  • Notion
  • Maze
  • Figma/FigJam
  • User Testing
  • Mixpanel
  • Microsoft Office

Timeline

Senior User Researcher

Dainik Bhaskar (DB) Digital
08.2022 - Current

UX Researcher

Syfe
04.2022 - 08.2022

Consulting Corporate Project

Lio
08.2021 - 09.2021

User Researcher

DB Digital
03.2020 - 04.2022

Marketing and Communications Associate

Bigsmall.in
08.2017 - 02.2020

PGDM (Marketing) -

Xavier Institute of Social Service

B.Com. (Hons.) -

St. Xavier's College, Ranchi
Aditi Kashyap