Kari karissahampson.weebly.

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kghampson1@gmail.com
Hampson (360) 953-2963

UX Researcher | Portland, OR
Experience Education

UX Research Assistant - Google, Local Services Ads team (Contract) Bachelor of

Arts in Psychology
AUGUST 2020 TO PRESENT

Researching both the consumer and the service provider's ads experience Whitman College
Conducted remote interviews with 30+ local service providers to gain insights on Stephen Penrose Scholarship
their utilization of Google's local services ad platform Recipient
Made highlight video reels and consolidated qualitative user data from 100 AUGUST 2015 TO MAY 2019
participants over a three week diary study WALLA WALLA, WA
Collaborated on designing research plans and study guides utilizing a variety of
qualitative research methods Honors &
User Experience Researcher - HP (Contract) Publications

AUGUST 2019 TO JUNE 2020

Co-author of a clinical psychology paper
Oversaw research for consumer product programs including out of box experience,
published April 2020 in the journal Behavior
user interface, and mobile application based research at all stages of development
Therapy
Set up (position of four cameras and furniture layout) user testing sessions in an
onsite human factors lab
Critical Language Scholarship recipient,
Moderated in-person and remote user interview sessions, with protocols ranging
Beginning Korean, via the U.S. Department
from 20-90 minutes
of State
Communicated cross-functionally with design, product management, analytics,
and marketing teams as well as third party vendors
Whitman Community Fellowship recipient,
Analyzed findings; communicated toplines and insights to key stakeholders
2019

Lab Research Assistant - Palouse Experimental Psychology Lab

AUGUST 2019 TO JUNE 2020 Skills

Primary author on one academic paper, co-author on three more, one publication
and two posters presentations UX Research + Design
Trained new lab members on protocols and moderated >10 60 minute participant Contextual Inquiry Journey Mapping
sessions a week Diary Studies Longitudinal Studies
Managed lab set up and maintenance of eye-tracking equipment as well as Field Studies Personas
troubleshooting software errors Ethnography User Interviews
Heuristic Evaluation Usability Testing
Volunteer Toolkit
Dscout SPSS
Social Media Volunteer, PDX Women in Technology (PDXWIT) FocusVision UserTesting.com
MARCH 2020 TO PRESENT JIRA UserZoom
Revelation Qualtrics
PDXWIT exists to empower women, non-binary and underrepresented people to
join and stay in tech. Other
I volunteer by documenting and live-tweeting monthly PDXWIT virtual events to
Spanish language, fluent
keep members and the local technology community engaged, as well as assisting
Korean language, beginner
in monitoring the PDXWIT official twitter account.