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I was just reviewing your website and wondering if you can have a look at ours and see if we would also be considered as one of your recommended user experience recruiters. We successfully recruited all across the UK and various international markets for UX. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your consideration.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Caroline Bates","url":"http:\/\/www.fieldworkhub.com"}}],"about":["Resources"],"wordCount":611,"keywords":["Usability Testing","User Research"],"articleBody":"My current focus is on UX healthcare, specifically user research participant recruitment for people living with, and affected by, dementias. My core recruitment tools are:live-intercepts across Alzheimer’s Society’s online dementia services using Ethnio,professional recruitment, especially potential customers, using People for Research,internal service user databases.However, it\u2019s possible to fully tap a single recruiter’s contacts \u2014 especially when recruiting niche participants \u2014 hence this\u2026List of user research recruitment agenciesSorted alphabetically:Acumen“Expertise in all methods of qualitative and quantitative and healthcare research.”Manchester.0161 234 9940enquiries@acumenfieldwork.comNotes: appear to have a healthcare focus, both in the UK and overseas.Angelfish“We are an independent market research company specialising in qualitative recruitment.”Cheltenham.01242 240 849Annoying contact form.Rik’s take: experience recruiting participants with diverse accessibility needs for inclusive design.Bunnyfield“Bunnyfield is a department of Bunnyfoot UX consultancy. Specialising in finding and recruiting participants to take part in UX research.”London, Oxford and Sheffield.01235 838 514team@bunnyfield.comNotes: they run UX Labs in all their locations.Call for Participants“Take part in the widest selection of academic research and earn rewards.”London and Bristol.hello@callforparticipants.comRik’s take: a JISC funded project built for academic research studies.Criteria“A dedicated qualitative market research fieldwork agency.”London.020 7431 4366info@criteria.co.ukRik’s take: specialists in end-to-end recruitment, participant governance and transcription\/translation. Rave reviews on the UXPA (UK) Members Slack!I Need Users“We’ve recruited thousands of users for Market Research, UX and Conversion.”Manchester.hello@ineedusers.comNotes: also run Home UX Lab.iThoughts“We are here to help you recruit the best respondents for your qualitative research projects by studying your target audience profile, communicating our recruitment plan clearly and providing creative solutions to challenging briefs.”London.020 8088 0550info@ithoughtsresearch.comNotes: provide full-service recruitment\/administration services.Leftfield“We are an independent market research company specialising in qualitative recruitment.”London.020 7404 2546info@leftfield.co.ukNotes: a market research agency with international reach.People For Research“We offer a specialist market research and user testing recruitment service for paid research projects across the UK.”London and Bristol.0117 921 0008info@peopleforresearch.co.ukRik’s take: experienced in recruiting hard-to-reach and niche (healthcare) audiences to tight timescales. Run their own interaction lab in their Bristol office. Personal favourite.research-i“Market research since 2002 and participant recruitment since 2006.”Penzance.020 3633 1366info@researchi.co.ukNotes: reputedly ‘super-attentive and always on-hand with communication’ according to a User Researcher at a global games brand.Roots Research“A dedicated research recruitment agency, including interviews, analysis and recruitment.”Brighton.01273 617 132enquiries@rootsresearch.co.ukSaros ResearchLondon.020 8481 7160quotes@sarosresearch.comNotes: a single 1-star review in Google, some positive reviews in the UXPA (UK) Members Slack.Simple Usability“We can support you with User Centred Design services throughout the whole project lifecycle.”Leeds and London.01133 508 155info@SimpleUsability.comNotes: a full-service UX recruitment and research agency with a well-featured UX lab.Take Part in Research“We help consumers get their voice heard.”Brighton.01273 681 074takepart@takepartinresearch.co.ukNotes: website focuses on participant recruitment. Limited client-side information.TestingTime“We recruit test users, for usability tests, focus groups, interviews, surveys and more.”London, Berlin and Z\u00fcrich.Super-annoying contact form.Notes: they have a focus on the DACH countries but are not restricted to them.Vocal Views“We offer research services to a diverse range of clients around the world, helping them make better decisions.”London.020 8004 8099hello@vocalviews.comNotes: have worked with some major tech clients for user research around the world. Full-service and recruitment only.Looking for UX Labs in London?Updates\u2026Suggestions and revisions are welcome via twitter, or in the comments\u2026"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/rikwilliams.net\/resources\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A list of user research recruitment agencies","item":"https:\/\/rikwilliams.net\/resources\/list-user-research-recruitment-agencies\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]