Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (“Activate”) is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.
We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realise their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.
We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.
If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.
Co-Development Business Unit is hiring for UX Researcher and Service Designer
Internal Code: A26138
You will work in Singapore Government Agencies
This is a fixed term contract role. The engagement is 2 years.
What will you do?
- Responsible for conducting research, analysing data to derive insights to improve citizen service journey experience and inform overall product strategy, development and design decisions
User and Citizen Insights:
- Conduct in-depth qualitative and quantitative research to uncover Citizen/Business/Public Officer needs, behaviours, motivations, and pain points.
- Be adept in generative and evaluative research to understand problem spaces and identify the right problem to tackle.
- Develop and execute comprehensive research plans, including user interviews, surveys, usability testing, and A/B testing.
Data Analysis and Communication:
- Analyse qualitative and quantitative research data to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
- Create compelling research reports and presentations to share findings with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
User-Centric Ideation and Problem-Solving:
- Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions prioritising user needs.
- Apply design thinking principles to creatively solve problems and envision innovative solutions.
Customer Journey Mapping and Experience Design:
- Create customer journey maps and other artefacts to communicate research findings.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop a vision, strategy and plan to address key pain points and problems in the customer journey.
- Apply research insights to design seamless and engaging customer experiences.
- Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure usability and accessibility of service concepts and products.
Performance Measurement and Improvement:
- Define and track key performance indicators or relevant metrics to evaluate product and service effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
Methodological Expertise:
- Keep abreast of the latest research methodologies, tools, and industry trends in both UX research and service design.
- Ensure methodological rigour in all research and service design activities
What are we looking for?
- Experience working as a user researcher and/or service designer
- Conducts user research with government data users to understand GIS workflows, needs, and pain points related to maps, dashboards, and data discovery.
- Designs intuitive map interactions, dashboards, and data discovery experiences; creates service blueprints and user journeys that improve usability and adoption.
- Collaborates with product, GIS, and engineering teams to prototype, test, and iterate interfaces, ensuring accessibility, inclusivity, and consistent data storytelling.
- Advanced degree, training, or certification in service design, UX design, HCI, or related design fields
- Comfortable working with Product, Tech, Data, and Business partners to deliver services and experiences
- Strong knowledge in product design processes and emerging technologies
- Demonstrates systems thinking, teamwork, leadership, planning and successfully implemented projects in a dynamic and agile environment.
- Familiarity with design and prototyping tools, such as: Figma, and/or Adobe Creative Suite
- Self-directed, organised, efficient; a deep and insightful thinker who likes the challenge of a complex problem, and is an effective communicator, presenter, and negotiator.
- Direct experience in both traditional and modern approaches to recruitment, diverse research methods, and reporting.
- Knowledge of user research principles, methodologies, and deliverables
- Strong ability to identify key research objectives in partnership with product, design, brand, and engineering teams to address research needs for various brands and projects throughout the product life cycle.
- Strong knowledge of various research methods and the experience to select the right research to do at the right time and synthesise insights into coherent, digestible deliverables that visually reflect those results, including service design blueprints, journey maps, and process flows.
What do we offer in return?
- Fun working environment
- Employee Wellness Program
- To work in Singapore Government Agencies projects
- We provide structured development framework and growth opportunities. (We are a “SHRI 2025 Gold winner” in “Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring”)
Why you'll love working with us?
If you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success.
Activate Interactive Singapore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Activate Interactive Pte Ltd does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.
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