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
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