Happy Market Research Podcast

Ep. 411 – How Moving Online has Forever Changed Market Research with George Zhang, Director of UX Research at Course Hero

Episode Summary

My guests today are George Zhang, Director of UX Research at Course Hero. Course Hero is an online learning platform with over 60 million course-specific study resources contributed by our community of students and educators, and produced by our team of educational content specialists in collaboration with subject experts.  Prior to joining Course Hero, George has held Senior User Experience Research roles at Uber, Google, and Lenovo, and was a Mentor at 500 Startups.  These interviews are being done in conjunction with the Qual360 North America 2021. It will take place virtually on a dedicated conference platform! The unique Qual360 concept allows for a diverse range of participants and topics at each conference, offering local trends as well as a global perspective.  Qual360 North America 2021: Website: https://na.qual360.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/merlien-institute  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Merlien  Find George Online: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gqzhang/  Website: https://www.coursehero.com/  Find Jamin Online: Email: jamin@happymr.instawp.xyz  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil  Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch  Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp  Website: www.happymr.com  Music:  “Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com  Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/  This Episode is Sponsored by: This episode is brought to you by SurveyMonkey. You may know SurveyMonkey as a leader in feedback software, but may not know about their all-in-one market research platform. It’s powered by AI technology and taps into an integrated global Audience panel to deliver insights faster, without compromising quality.  Their latest innovation, the SurveyMonkey Brand Tracker, disrupts traditional research techniques by helping companies continuously monitor shifts in brand perception. Instead of static presentations, data is delivered in dynamic dashboards. Revolutionary AI-Powered Insights instantly surface meaningful trends so you can spend less time digging through data and more time on your high impact strategy. To learn more about SurveyMonkey’s market research solutions, visit surveymonkey.com/market-research. [00:00:00] Jamin Brazil: Hey everyone.

Episode Notes

My guests today are George Zhang, Director of UX Research at Course Hero.

Course Hero is an online learning platform with over 60 million course-specific study resources contributed by our community of students and educators, and produced by our team of educational content specialists in collaboration with subject experts. 

Prior to joining Course Hero, George has held Senior User Experience Research roles at Uber, Google, and Lenovo, and was a Mentor at 500 Startups. 

These interviews are being done in conjunction with the Qual360 North America 2021. It will take place virtually on a dedicated conference platform! The unique Qual360 concept allows for a diverse range of participants and topics at each conference, offering local trends as well as a global perspective. 

Qual360 North America 2021:

Website: https://na.qual360.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/merlien-institute 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Merlien 

Find George Online:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gqzhang/ 

Website: https://www.coursehero.com/ 

Find Jamin Online:

Email: jamin@happymr.instawp.xyz 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil

Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil 

Find Us Online: 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp 

Website: www.happymr.com 

Music: 

“Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com 

Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ 

This Episode is Sponsored by:

This episode is brought to you by SurveyMonkey. You may know SurveyMonkey as a leader in feedback software, but may not know about their all-in-one market research platform. It’s powered by AI technology and taps into an integrated global Audience panel to deliver insights faster, without compromising quality. 

Their latest innovation, the SurveyMonkey Brand Tracker, disrupts traditional research techniques by helping companies continuously monitor shifts in brand perception. Instead of static presentations, data is delivered in dynamic dashboards. Revolutionary AI-Powered Insights instantly surface meaningful trends so you can spend less time digging through data and more time on your high impact strategy.

To learn more about SurveyMonkey’s market research solutions, visit surveymonkey.com/market-research.

[00:00:00]

Jamin Brazil: Hey everyone. I'm Jamin posted today's episode on the Happy Market Research podcast. My guest today is George Zhang, Director of UX Research at Course Hero. Course Hero is an online learning platform with over 60 million course specific study resources contributed by a community of students and educators and produced by a team of educational content specialists in collaboration with subject matter experts. Prior to joining Course Hero, George has held senior user experience research roles at Uber, Google, and Lenovo. And he was a mentor at 500 Startups. I would also like to point out that this interview is being done in conjunction with QUAL360 North America 2021. This event will take place virtually in a dedicated conference platform. The unique QUAL360 concept allows for a diverse range of participants and speakers as well as topics and offers a global perspective on this rapidly changing area in consumer insights. So with that, George, thank you very much for joining me on the show today.

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George Zhang: Thank you, Jamin, for having me here today. I'm very excited to chat with the audience and show and tell our stories. Jamin, go with your question.

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Jamin Brazil: This episode is brought to you by SurveyMonkey. You may know SurveyMonkey as a leader in feedback software, but may not know about their all-in-one market research platform. It's powered by AI technology and taps into an integrated global audience panel to deliver insights faster without compromising quality.