Taylor Curran Email & Phone Number

Glenview, Illinois

• Worked with internal clients, including executives and other stakeholders, to define requirements for reports and analysis projects
• Independently managed research projects, from requirements gathering to presenting results to internal clients
• Analyzed participant surveys to understand their needs and build empathy with clients
• Translated data in compelling stories and presentations to communicate findings executives and internal stakeholders

Greater Chicago Area

• Verified the accuracy of data used in deal setup using Salesforce and Excel
• Collaborated with sales team to ensure accuracy of vendor data
• Validated current deal pricing against MSRP

Northbrook, IL

• Supported multiple clients with custom research and analysis on fleet performance
• Created regular reports on industry trends for client use based on desk research
• Managed quantitative client databases

Evanston, IL

• Facilitated and supported a high volume of interviews with internal clients to understand current state processes, moments that matter, and pain points for an internal transformation project
• Analyzed results of qualitative research projects to find and communicate meaningful and actionable user insights
• Created deliverables (in PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel) based on user insights to support organizational change

Greater Chicago Area

• Supported and helped manage online focus groups, contextual research, and both remote and in-person interviews
• Performed behavioral analysis on qualitative research data to identify trends in consumer behavior and generate consumer insights
• Designed surveys using Survey Gizmo to gather quantitative data and conducted analysis using SPSS and Excel

Greater Chicago Area

• Onboarded participants for research and conducted follow up interviews
• Managed recruitment and participant scheduling
• Created online quantitative surveys using Qualtrics, analyzed results using SPSS

Online

I worked as a content editor and curator. My main duties were finding open source information on various topics (psychology, writing, history, etc.) and summarizing the important content, outlining the ideas presented in a topic, and highlighting important terms and concepts.

Chicago, IL

• Planned an observational study on consumer shopping behaviors
• Created research materials to support field research
• Conducted on-site recruitment and interviews
• Analyzed data to create reports on innovating the retail shopping experience

New Haven, CT

• Assisted graduate students in the Yale Intergroup Relations Lab with data collection and behavioral analysis
• Designing surveys to support research projects
• Conducted and recorded interviews with research participants,

White Plains, NY

• Conducted review sessions for students in statistics for social sciences course.

Masters, Social Science (Psychology)

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Duchesne Center for Volunteering, Psychology Club (President)