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Laura A.

Laura A.

Usability, User Experience and Market Research Specialist

Chicago, IL, United States

Professional Summary: • Over 24 years of traditional market research, conducting usability and user experience research • Assisted Fortune 100 to start up companies with better...Read moreProfessional Summary:

• Over 24 years of traditional market research, conducting usability and user experience research
• Assisted Fortune 100 to start up companies with better understanding their customers or users experience, improve a product or assist in new product development
• Experienced and comfort with the capability of being able to speak to a variety of audiences from Cardiologists, CEOs, construction crews, head of household to teenagers.
• Able to accomplish understanding the best design practices while maintaining business objectives within a competitive market
• Efficient in working independently while just as comfortable blending into a design or technology team

Skills:

Usability Research
• Persona Development
• Ethnographic/Contextual Inquiry
• Taxonomy (card sorting, tree testing)
• Competitive Usability Analysis
• User and Task Analysis
• Heuristic Reviews
• Informal to Formal Usability and User Experience Testing
• Guerrilla Usability Testing

Marketing Research
• Secondary Research
• Competitive Research
• Phone, Online and In-Person Interviews
• Questionnaire Design
• Focus Groups
• Concept Research

Industries
• Health Care
• Financial
• E-Commerce
• Retail
• Government
• Non-Profit
• Advertising, Interactive Marketing & Public Relations
• Communications
• Mobile, Mobile/Tablet Applications
• Manufacturing
• Education
• Legal

Specialties: Usability, User Experience, Qualitative and Marketing Research

    5.0
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    $75
    /hr
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“Imagine… You Can Get £50 Just For Helping Designing An Online Survey!”
  • Rhysby Rhys K.
  • Posted: 23 Mar 2016
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  • 01 Apr 2016 Rhys K.
    Rhys K.
    New Malden, GB

    Laura was extremely helpful and provided some very valuable insights about this project.
    I'm sincerely thankful to her due to the fact she provided some helpful pointers to improve the project.

    I can see myself use her for future projects.
    Credit to her!!

    I wouldn't hesistate to to recommend her to anyone!

I need someone to analyse the UX of apps and websites
  • Samby Sam P.
  • Posted: 8 Mar 2016
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  • 16 Mar 2016 Sam P.
    Sam P.
    London, GB

    Laura was incredibly good at what she set out to do, every impressed with her quality of expertise and responsiveness in both communication and execution.

Website review and proofing
  • Andrewby Andrew B.
  • Posted: 9 Feb 2016
  • 1
  • 11 Feb 2016 Andrew B.
    Andrew B.
    Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

    A great job. Laura took on my brief and delivered in a day.

    Thanks Laura

Recent Home Buyer To Evaluate Web Site
  • Michaelby Michael D.
  • Posted: 22 Jan 2016
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  • 31 Jan 2016 Michael D.
    Michael D.
    New York City, NY, US

    A perfect 5 star review for perfect service!

  • 29 Jan 2016 Michael D.
    Michael D.
    New York City, NY, US

    Prefect. Laura provided detailed easy to understand information.

    Laura A.
    Laura A.

    Michael was so great to work with and he took the feedback, figured out how best to make it work for his business and applied it to the website. In addition, he was very quick in responding to me with my questions!

Recent Home Buyer To Evaluate Web Site
  • Michaelby Michael D.
  • Posted: 21 Jan 2016
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  • 22 Jan 2016 Michael D.
    Michael D.
    New York City, NY, US

    WOW! Laura did what I asked x 3. I asked for a one page list of problems with my website. I got a totally organized three page list that listed exactly in detail what was wrong, why it was wrong and how to make things better. I look forward to using her services again.

Luxury travel and technology research
  • Ewanby Ewan M.
  • Posted: 29 Aug 2014
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  • 05 Sep 2014 Ewan M.
    Ewan M.
    City of London, GB

    Excellent communication, brilliant execution. Thank you.

    Laura A.
    Laura A.

    Thank you Ewan - it was a fun project and I actually learned a lot (and now want to go on vacation)!

Animal owners who can write reviews / take part in a survey
  • Brettby Brett H.
  • Posted: 4 Sep 2014
  • 1
  • 04 Sep 2014 Brett H.
    Brett H.
    Santa Barbara, CA, US

    Very nicely done. Writes well and put a lot of time and thought into her work. Many thanks!

    Laura A.
    Laura A.

    Thank You and it was a fun project to work on - which is always an added bonus!

Quick website test for users in USA and Canada
  • Jamieby Jamie W.
  • Posted: 27 Aug 2014
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  • 28 Aug 2014 Jamie W.
    Jamie W.
    York, GB

    I got the message that you'd called on our toll free number. Many thanks for your help

    Regards
    Jamie

Research into a new online solution
  • Steveby Steve F.
  • Posted: 9 Oct 2014
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Respondent to participate in survey about Banking app in USA
  • Erdakovaby Erdakova E.
  • Posted: 18 Aug 2014
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