Sr UX Designer II

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• Collaborate closely with the entire project team - Product, Engineering, and stakeholders - to develop a comprehensive understanding of the project scope, infrastructure, and user needs.
• Review existing provision and develop new consolidated information architecture and flows based on core user tasks; user testing and iterating with regular user feedback.
• Understand and map current editorial workflows, identify pain points, and design solutions that improve usability and support smoother workflow transitions.
• Create design thinking and user understanding documents that demonstrate how existing functionality will be extended and mapped to meet user needs - transforming initial concepts into ready-to-ship features.
• Produce UX design and information architecture that meet the needs of the key user groups, working within the Elsevier design system.
• Build prototypes and define key user flows for testing and feedback, managing fast iterations based on regular user input.
• Define the portal's look and feel using Elsevier design libraries and existing patterns, creating new components and patterns where needed.
• Develop a strategy for migrating existing workflows to the new system as part of a continuous delivery approach.
• Measure user feedback post-launch and work with the Product Manager to scope and plan for future phases.

Requirements: -

• A portfolio demonstrating design experience covering User Research, UX, and UI design, with 12-15 years of experience in enterprise systems.
• Proven experience in front-end UX/UI design for complex, data-rich platforms; experience with academic, editorial, or similar professional user groups is a bonus.
• Experience wire-framing, prototyping, and creating detailed, customer-focused designs, including knowledge of customer journey mapping techniques.
• High proficiency in Figma (Figma Make + AI approaches to design & development): able to produce polished UX flows, design concepts, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes.
• Excellent working knowledge of accessibility guidelines (WCAG) and demonstrable ability to produce WCAG 2.2 AA-compliant designs.
• Strong skills in user research and user testing, with hands-on experience running sessions and incorporating feedback into design iterations.
• Ability to interpret user analytics and research data, adopting a data-driven approach to creative problem-solving.
• Comfortable with both tactical and strategic UX work - able to zoom in on interaction detail and zoom out to consider broader information architecture and system design.
• Experience applying an incremental product design process in an Agile environment.
• Experience using and contributing to pattern libraries and design systems (experience with the Graphene design system or Salesforce Experience Cloud is advantageous).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate design concepts to a range of audiences and communicate persuasively at a strategic level.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse, global, cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.
• Enthusiasm for joining a collaborative UX team with a human-centred approach

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Good to have

• Experience designing AI-powered products or AI-assisted workflows.
• Experience using AI in your design process, such as rapid prototyping, vibe coding, Spec-Driven Development (SDD), or similar approaches.
• Experience contributing to design systems.

At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Group Health Insurance Policy (covering self and family)
• Group Life insurance/accident policy
• Generous long-service awards
• New Baby gift
• Subsidized food provided (applies to India- Chennai)
• Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, Gazetted Public Holiday and Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Free Transport provided to and from the office (applies to India-Chennai)

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