Wanted ASAP : User Experience (UX) Research Trainee (we will train you).
This can also be a paid Internship
Who we are what we are creating:
We're a scrappy nonprofit team of activist techies (GetCourageNow) building ** a** next-generation organizing /mobilizing platform provides three potential gamechanger tools, essential for any realistic chance to have a winnable National Nonviolent Civic Uprising and social strike--the by far best proven strategy for toppling fascist regimes: Two of these tools are called** AdoptAnOrganzer (AAO) and MAMA! (Mutual Aid for Mass Actions)**
_AAO _will give wage workers (baristas, fastfood, cafeteria and hotel workers, etc.) a much easier alternative than GoFundMe for getting what they basic-needs-wise, to be able to quit and work fulltime as activist organizers for the most urgent and critical causes of today. Our other innovative mobilizing tool, MAMA, will make mutual aid for mass actions, social strikes in particular, far more feasible. Both tools are absolutely essential in our opinion for a realistic chance to overthrow the fascist regime and stop the rapid ecocide of the planet.
Where You Come IN
To ensure our AdoptAnOrganizer is easy for our potential audience to use and meets their needs the app must provide a great user experience: Users (people in low wage labor politically irrelevant jobs) must easily understand the directions in the app, feel secure, cared for, hopeful, and empathized with. To ensure we achieve this we urgentlyneed to hire and train a User Experience (UX) researcher ASAP who can also supervise 5-8 other low wage workers (current, quit, or fired) in providing feedback as they go through the rough draft of the app ensure they give us lots of detailed feedback as to what was confusing, annoying, worried, made them feel great and hopeful, etc. This could lead to a fulltime profession, since this skill is in demand, despite AI.
Requirements: You must reside in the US
current or former wage laborer (women of color–typical of our audience–preferred), with a strong desire to be working instead to fight for justice
Excellent networker or with friends who still works or recently worked as wage laborers who have a strong desire to instead be an organizer (interpreted broadly, eg outreach speaker, canvasser, fundraiser, social media talent, manager, etc)
3) punctual with attention to detail
Duties
1) Recruit a group of 7-10 current or unemployed baristas, cafeteria or fast food workers, domestic workers etc for User Experience (UX) research sessions of about 90minutes each. The attendees would get at least $18-$22/hr. We hope to provide the app in Spanish.
2) To then lead the members of the group in individually going through the initial release of AdoptAnOrganizer app on their cell phone, from setting up an account, authenticating, creating their “support me” campaign to get what they need from financial support from friends to in-kind donations (like free housing), yo providing ways supporters can trust them, while carefully commenting on their experience, to inform us of any confusion, bugs, annoyances, criticisms, and of course suggestions.
PAY
$22/hr to be trained by a senior level UI/UX designer via zoom or in person for about 2-3hrs, one or two sessions.
$30/hr for recruiting at least 7 workers to attend the research session (max 4-6 hrs).
$35/hr conducting the session (which will be 2-3hrs each), ** assuming you get at least 7 to attend.** The Attendees will be paid $22/hr. Attendees can also get $25-50 Bonuses for coming up with great ideas. These sessions will be needed about every two weeks, but can possibly do weekly if attendees are agreeable, and our app is developed more rapidly.
TO APPLY: Please study at least the first 2 pp of the AdoptAnOrganizer (AAO) project and then send Cover letter describing your motivations to make AAO a success, attach a CV if you have one and email Gary@GetCourageNow.org. Follow up with a call. Our number (on signal) is on our site.