Hi, I am Lucy

Lucy Durand

Senior User Expereience Researcher

As a Senior UX Researcher with over 6 years of experience, I balance quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to investigate and enhance product usability. Whether B2B or B2C, I try to engage non-researchers in my process to show how the right research approach can transform a worn user experience into something fluid and seamless. My expertise in various tools enables my team and me to conduct stable, functional studies that deliver reliable results.

Communication
Teamwork
Adaptability
Organized
Fast Learner
Problem Solving

Skills

Experiences

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Senior User Researcher
Alteryx

October 2021 - Present, Irvine, CA

Software company whose products are used for data science and analytics.

Responsibilities:
  • Proficient in end-to-end research, qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods, across various domains such as web-based platforms, cloud-based services and desktop or web applications. Skilled in Qualtrics and User Interviews internal and external panel management and recruitment of niche user populations. Facilitate the democratization and delegation of research and operations responsibilities to enhance collaboration and productivity within the UX team. Consistently deliver on challenging projects such as coordinating large scale in-person labs, pricing and packaging studies, assessing user risk tolerance as well as organizing research efforts behind generative AI products.

User Researcher
UserZoom

Februray 2019 - October 2021, San Jose, CA

User Experience Reseacher Software company

Responsibilities:
  • Design and complete moderated and unmoderated studies for various browser or app-based clients (common industries include retail, banking, gaming, healthcare, IT and academia) with a specialization in WCAG compliant accessibility.
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User Research Assistant IV
Google (ATAP Division)

June 2017 - Februray 2019, Moutain View, CA

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Responsibilities:
  • Design and moderate studies; travel to conduct in-person focus groups, establish a foundational persona report for potential users; run data collection efforts for AI model training as well as for hardware/software consumers.

Education

M.S. Engineering Psychology
Taken Courses
  • Inclusive Design
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychometrics
  • Perception
  • Graduate Level Statistics
B.A. Cognitive Psychology

Projects

Modeling the 2019 UK Parlimentry Election using Random Forests
Modeling the 2019 UK Parlimentry Election using Random Forests
Creater March 2021 - June 2021

The goal of this project is to accurately model the results the United Kingdom Parlimentry General Election that took place on Dember 12th, 2019.

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Geogria Senate Runoff Simulation
Geogria Senate Runoff Simulation
Creater September 2020 - January 2021

The goal of this project is to simulate and obtain probabilities for the January 5, 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff Election between incumbent Republican Senator David Purdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff.

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Using Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression to Model the Number of Bombs Dropped in WW2
Using Poisson and Negative Binomial Regression to Model the Number of Bombs Dropped in WW2
Creator September 2020 - December 2020

Data was sourced from Kaggle.com and it contains thousands of observations of single bombing missions between May 15, 1940 - May 2, 1945. The purpose of the project is to explore count regression models that accurate explain the data.

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2017 French Presidential Election Shiny Document
2017 French Presidential Election Shiny Document
Creater April 2020 - June 2020

Visualizations from the 2017 French Presidential Election

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