Senior Researcher, ClinicalKey AI @ (January 2025 - July 2025)
Manager, User Research @ (May 2022 - January 2024)
Manager, User Research @ (August 2021 - May 2022)
Senior Manager, User Research @ (January 2020 - August 2021)
Principal User Researcher and Strategist - OptumRx @ (May 2018 - December 2020)
Senior User Researcher - OptumCare @ (September 2016 - May 2018)
Senior Omnichannel UX Researcher @ (August 2011 - August 2016)
Senior Content Strategy Lead @ (August 2011 - January 2012)
Senior Content Strategist @ (January 2010 - January 2011)
Manager, Audio Architecture @ (January 2007 - January 2009)
Head of Branded Content Strategy @ (January 2000 - January 2007)
Sarah Atkinson Education
University of Minnesota
Health Care Design and Innovation
Charles University
Czech Language and Literature
University of North Carolina
MA, BA (Cognitive Psychology, English)
Sarah Atkinson Skills
SEO Writing
Communication
Experience Strategy
Human-centered Experience Design
Human-centered Design
Customer Segmentation
Customer Segmentation Strategy
Service Blueprints
Research
Team Leadership
Branded Content Development
Web Content Writing
Music Programming
Magazine Articles
Radio Programming
Design Sprints
Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Interviews
User Personas
Ideation
Metrics
User Interviews
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Business Planning
Product Design
Service Design
Product Strategy
Quantitative Research
Usability
Content Marketing
Market Research
Business Ethics
Product Management
Creative Ideation
Stakeholder Management
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Journey Mapping
Design Thinking
Personas
Cross-functional Collaborations
Field Studies
Contextual Inquiry
User Experience Writing
Concept testing
Yoga
Health & Wellness
Ethnography
Co-creation
Project Planning
Project Management
Survey Design
Surveys
Qualitative Research
Strategic Insights
Workshop Facilitation
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Servant Leadership
Usability Testing
Mentoring
Field Research
Content Strategy
Writing
Blogging
Leadership
Consulting
User Experience Testing
Qualitative And Quantitative Research Methodologies
Concept Development
Behavior Design
Consumer Experience
Thought Leadership
Data Analysis
Service Blue Prints
Heuristic Evaluation
User Centered Design
End User Research
Strategy
Co Creation
Psychology
Microsoft Office
User Scenarios
Facilitation
Qualitative Data
Customer Journey Mapping
Heuristic Analysis
Card Sorting
User Research
Customer Journeys
Management
Product Development
Coaching
Human Centered Design
Remote User Testing
Prototyping
User Experience Ux
User Experience
Sarah Atkinson Summary
Sarah Atkinson, based in Minneapolis, MN, US, is currently a Founder | Soft Smile Somatics at Soft Smile Somatics. Sarah Atkinson brings experience from previous roles at Elsevier, iRhythm Technologies, Inc., Natera and Optum. Sarah Atkinson holds a Health Care Design and Innovation @ University of Minnesota. With a robust skill set that includes SEO Writing, Communication, Experience Strategy, Human-centered Experience Design, Human-centered Design and more. Sarah Atkinson has 2 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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