Deborah Matzner Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• I expertly uncover real-world human interactions with goods, services, and experiences, with expertise in the fields of technology (UXR), healthcare, and entertainment (Market Research). End-to-end research services.
• Research strategy
• Research design
• International / multi-market research
• Scoping, research materials design, fielding (in-person and remote), analysis, presentation & socialization of insights
• Remote & in-person fieldwork including… Show more I expertly uncover real-world human interactions with goods, services, and experiences, with expertise in the fields of technology (UXR), healthcare, and entertainment.

Led UX projects end-to-end in an agency setting on conducting multi-market research for the world's leading technology corporation. Simultaneously led multiple projects with approaches encompassing foundational/generative research, usability testing, heuristic evaluation, and competitive review on digital and physical products and experiences. Interfaced.

Remote

• Senior Analyst - Strategist: Market Research/UX
• Lead the design, implementation, and analysis of research projects
• Engaged respondents in person and remotely through empathetic open-ended in-depth ethnographic interviews, surveys, usability studies, videomaking, and focus groups
• Provided clients with new insights and data, conducting sophisticated qualitative and quantitative analysis and meta-analysis
• Cemented strong customer relationships using A/B testing, persona… Show more Senior Analyst - Strategist: Market Research/UX
• Cemented strong customer relationships using A/B testing, persona creation, and journey mapping to test customer interactions with products and services

Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

• Conducted and taught cultural anthropology and media studies with a cultural focus on South Asia in a prestigious liberal arts undergraduate setting.
• Taught and designed core courses central to the College’s Anthropology major and Media Studies programs
• Assessed the foundations and current forefront of fields in order to independently design and teach courses including: Research Design (Qualitative and Quantitative Field and Analysis Methods) – Introduction to.
• Assessed the foundations and current forefront of fields in order to independently design and teach courses including: Research Design (Qualitative and Quantitative Field and Analysis Methods) – Introduction to.
• Guided independent research projects, including ethnographic research, for over 20 students per class per semester
• Fostered a community of enthusiastic students who attested to the quality of my teaching through glowing evaluations and repeated enrollment in my course offerings

Mumbai, India

Funded by the highly competitive Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad grant, designed and conducted research into the contemporary neoliberal moment in India through the case of the interconnected yet antithetical mainstream culture industries and its activist media scene. In-field participant observation in the creative workplaces and professional.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award, NYU Dean’s Travel Grant Award, NYU Annette B. Winer.

Bachelor'S Degree, Anthropology And South Asian Studies (Mealac)