This is a temporary Senior Research Analyst opportunity with an estimated duration of 6 months.

About the Team

The User Experience Research team plans, conducts, and analyzes research initiatives in the ongoing effort to better understand and grow with our users. The request for information is consistent from all departments with peaks across Content, Brand, Events, and Marketing. As a team, User Research contributes valid, accurate data using several different methodologies - UX trials, focus groups, surveys, interviews, and more.

We are thorough, quick, curious, and fun! Our Research team is in a position to translate user experiences into valuable analysis and insights to guide strategic, cross-functional decisions.

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for Crunchyroll and VRV’s passionate communities.

A Day in the Life:

• Support Ellation’s usability research in planning and writing online surveys.
• Quantitative analysis of surveys and other user data.
• Implement outreach programs to contact research candidates.
• Recruit study participants through carefully crafted online screeners
• Manage and update participant databases.
• Synthesize, analyze, and develop compelling insights around quantitative and qualitative research findings.

About You:

• Experience developing online surveys, setting up usability studies, and conducting data analysis with a focus on improving digital products.
• Knowledgeable about research participant recruitment practices, copyediting, and strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in R, SPSS or other statistical software. We currently utilize R.
• Interest in anime, pop culture, animation, video games, tech, geekdom, etc.
• Curious by nature and hold deep fascination for human behavior.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment using Jira and Confluence is a plus.
• Academic background or applicable experience in Psychology, Social Sciences, Human Centered Design or any comparable focus.

Benefits and Perks: San Francisco Office

• On-site gym, showers, yoga, and wellness classes
• Catered lunch 4 days per week
• Fun, passionate and skilled co-workers
• Dog friendly office

Ellation

What’s with the name, Ellation? We’re all a cast of characters that get passion and strive to celebrate fandom in all its forms. So we’re building a collection of destinations (a constellation, if you will) that connect people with their passions. Each day, we work to achieve complete fan elation (our vision), starting with popular subscription-video-on-demand brands, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, and VRV. Our team spans across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Chișinău, and Tokyo to develop the product, design, engineering, marketing, and content that brings our communities of fans together.

Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is the world's most popular anime brand. We’re an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for anime fans, through content (licensed, co-produced, and originals), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more.

Rooster Teeth

Rooster Teeth is the entertainment company for gamers. A pioneer in digital entertainment, we’ve spent 16 years fostering a passionate worldwide community around original western-style anime, animation, podcasts, gaming personalities, and comedy content. Rooster Teeth’s diversified business encompasses subscription video, live events, merchandise, brand integrations, licensed studio productions, game development, and more.

VRV

VRV is a collection of fandom brands on a unified platform and includes Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Viacom’s NickSplat, and more. Our community connects through immersive content experiences in a digitally-driven environment via bundled subscription, a la carte subscription, or ad-supported options.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Ellation. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.