Valentina Z.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
100%
Job Success
UX Research
$40.00/hr
I'm a UX Researcher who transitioned to the UX field from education & counseling. I was always curious about how human brains work, how people learn and make decisions, so my first degree was in psychology. After the graduation, I spent five years working and volunteering in various schools and language centers in Mexico, Romania and China.
A few years ago, I decided to further my education and obtain a master's degree in Cognitive science focusing on AI and Cognitive Psychology. I've chosen to translate my knowledge of psychology and technology into the UX field and have been practicing UX Research for the past three years in academic and business settings.
I have various experiences in doing UX research at a university usability lab, volunteering at the UN as a web designer, and lastly for two years working as UX Researcher in a global B2B SaaS company in a mobile marketing analytics domain. I'm comfortable using both qualitative and quantitative research methods & experienced in planning and conducting end-to-end user research and usability testing.
When not busy conducting various research activities, you can find me petting strangers' dogs, running marathons or knitting funny-looking sweaters.
Work history
Work history
Consumer research – 1hr Zoom interview – Must be an expat
Aug 10, 2023
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Aug 11, 2023
5.00
"Pleasure to work with."
Private earnings
Provide Quick Feedback and Recommendations on the UI of a Software Tool
Jul 31, 2023
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Aug 3, 2023
5.00
"Valentina provided actionable feedback on this software tool. Thank you Valentina!"
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E-commerce website experience survey
Jul 31, 2023
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Aug 3, 2023
5.00
Private earnings
Website Usability / UX expert needed to make recommendations
Nov 28, 2022
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Jul 9, 2023
5.00
"Valentina was very quick, responsive and communicated well. She is obviously a subject matter expert also. Thank you!"
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Online Shopping Experience Testing
Jul 5, 2023
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Jul 8, 2023
5.00
"Such a nice co-worker to cooperate with! Great experience and highly recommend!"
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UX Researcher to help us improve activation rates in our B2B Saas product
Nov 21, 2022
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Jul 4, 2023
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Conversational Bot Testing - Dec 2022 - Upwork enterprise client
Dec 15, 2022
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Dec 29, 2022
5.00
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LIVE features screenshot review
Nov 30, 2022
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Nov 30, 2022
5.00
"Valentina did a nice job as usual"
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Give quick feedback on a website (10 - 15 min job)
Nov 14, 2022
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Nov 14, 2022
5.00
"Valentina did an amazing job, everything went smoothly and communication was fluent. I highly recommend working with Valentina 🙂."
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Review and/or Thinking aloud test on German mobile bookingsite for vacation house rentals
Nov 9, 2022
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Nov 10, 2022
5.00
"Effifcient and experienced which will result in improved user experience and increased usability."
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UX Research- Customer Mobile UX Thoughts
Apr 25, 2024
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Present
Job in progress
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User Behavior Analyst
Dec 8, 2023
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Present
Job in progress
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User Behavior Analyst
Nov 15, 2023
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Present
Job in progress
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Create an online survey on Qualtrix or Forms
Sep 16, 2023
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Present
Job in progress
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Participation in survey for pan-european project
Sep 4, 2023
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Present
Job in progress
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Pendo setup
Sep 1, 2023
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Present
Job in progress
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Skills
Skills
- Quantitative Research
- UX Research
- Jobs-To-Be-Done Framework
- Benchmarking
- Buyer Persona
- User Experience
- Figma
- Research Interviews
- Service Blueprinting