Hire Freelance UX Strategists, Interim Product Managers, and Fractional CPOs
UX Strategists are among the Guild’s most experienced consultants. Strategists utilize research data to envision the future state of products, mobile apps, websites, services, and organizations, then devise plans to transform them from their current state to the desired state. While working toward business objectives, they maintain focus on users’ needs, to ensure they’re solving the right problems. They can also establish research practices, prioritize studies, build teams, and inform business objectives.
Independent UX strategists with product leadership experience, are ideal candidates for interim or part-time product manager and fractional chief product officer (CPO) roles.
Listed below are a few of many UX strategists available through the Guild. To find a strategist who meets your specific requirements, call or text (415) 640-4564 or submit a brief form below.
Senior Director of Product Research & Design
Boise, Idaho
Healthwise
• B2B2C
• Healthcare
• Product discovery and generative research
• Implemented robust research repository
SuperValu / Albertsons
• Ecommerce
• Qualitative research to define requirements
• Usability testing
Jason Hessing
Highlights:
- Over 16 years of UX Research, design, and management experience
- Manages a team of 3 researchers and 3 designers
- Oversees all generative product research launches, exposes assumptions, selects research methods, and works toward early product/market fit
- Facilitates strategic workshops with leadership and other stakeholders
- Built and scaled a Dovetail UX research repository including tagging and taxonomy practices
- Member, InVision Design Leadership Forum
UX Strategist and Coach
Salt Lake City, UT
Struck
• Leads teams across multiple simultaneous projects as Strategy Director
• Inclusive Design subject matter expert
Berkadia
• Financial Services
• Led research and strategy for a software product line
• Led research operations & practices overhaul
Clearlink
• Digital Marketing & Advertising Services
• Led UX Research for the marketing, data science, and sales teams
Jess Vice
Highlights:
- 14+ years of experience in product, UX, marketing and advertising, CRO, and SaaS
- Accessibility workshop leader at the 2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
- Track record establishing, standardizing, and optimizing research practices across teams
- 8+ years of experience leading teams in UX, Brand, and Product
- At Clearlink, led the ground-up rebuild of two internal point-of-sale systems with data-driven recommendations and user input
UX Strategist
Los Angeles, CA
Ideo
• 7 years leading multidisciplinary teams
• Tackled 25+ complex challenges in industries such as: F&B, education, consumer goods, and retail
Frog
• Cultural trends research
UNICEF
• Managed the production of seven major publications
• Strategy on youth and the global AIDS epidemic
Eileen Wu
Highlights:
- Empathic leader with 15+ years uncovering deep cultural and behavioral insights in China, US, and Southeast Asia
- Proven track record creating human-centered systems for innovation and social impact
- Experience in many domains, such as: Education, Technology, Real Estate, Retail, F&B, physical products, and Hospitality
- Cultural trends research for leading innovation firms (IDEO, Frog) to inspire new designs, services, and strategies for clients
- Creates compelling stories, videos, and narratives to bring insights to life
The UX Researchers’ Guild has evaluated each of these strategists to determine their areas of expertise and overall competency. We feature strategists who have track records of successfully leading research initiatives, establishing strategic direction, and achieving business outcomes.
Our Process:
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- Begin the process by contacting the Guild with your requirements or requesting a consultation with a featured strategist.
- Once we know your needs, we will identify strategists who fit your criteria and propose them to you.
- Review and select a strategist to meet via Zoom to confirm their suitability.
- If the match is mutually agreeable, we will make contractual and financial arrangements to begin an engagement.
Strategists from the Guild typically work remotely but can also work onsite. When onsite work is required, preference is given to those who live in the same city or region. When a local strategist is not available, the Guild selects those willing to travel to work and collaborate in person. For travel and tax considerations, the Guild only works with organizations based in the U.S.