Senior UX/UI Designer

Senior UX/UI Designer 

Location: Bengaluru 

Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics. We help researchers and healthcare professionals to advance science and improve health outcomes, striving to create a better future worldwide. 

About the team 

The Elsevier Identity Services team is a cross-functional group made up of 10 squads, three UX/UI designers, and one user researcher. We build and iteratively improve tools and services to make it easier for users to access all Elsevier products in a seamless way. We are currently working on a fundamental redesign of our identity and access platform, which includes solutions for registration, single sign-on, remote access, user administration, user profiles, and privacy preferences. We are distributed across India, the Netherlands, UK and US, so it truly is a global effort. 

About the role 

We are looking for a thoughtful, precise designer to lead design on productivity tools for administrators to manage permissions and access for large groups of users. You must be comfortable working and communicating clearly with a complex group of senior stakeholders, in an ambiguous, complex problem space. 

As a Senior UX/UI Designer, you will partner closely with cross-functional product and engineering teams to deliver services by conducting research, identifying problems, developing workflows, and creating and user-testing new solutions. You will own the design, managing complex UX challenges, prototyping and visual design work. You will be part of a supportive design team with an innovative design culture. 

What you’ll be responsible for 

• Partner with product managers and engineers to define the roadmap and backlog, and to ensure strategic alignment and effective working processes 

• Conduct user research to develop a deep understanding of user needs, support your design decisions, and build empathy for users across the organisation 

• Run workshops, ideate and prototype quickly, and produce detailed design deliverables to ship your designs into production 

• Ensure that product designs meet user needs, support business goals, and are technically feasible 

• Collaborate with designers on other products to create aligned experiences 

• Help improve our design team practices, and support other designers as needed 

Key requirements needed as a Senior UX/UI Designer 

• Have a portfolio that demonstrates design experience covering User Research, User Experience (UX), and User Interface Design (UI) 

• Hands-on experience in user research and user testing 

• Attention to detail and proficiency in producing UX flows, design concepts, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes using tools such as Figma 

• Ability to use and contribute to existing pattern libraries 

• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, think strategically about product and design, and communicate persuasively to influence decisions 

• Experience of delivering products in an Agile environment 

What’s in it for you 

• Help advance science, solve real-world problems, and work with fascinating users 

• Work on strategically important projects 

• Have the freedom and flexibility to do whatever is needed to solve design challenges 

• Be part of an innovative UX group that works across all aspects of the UCD process 

• Grow as a designer by working in a multi-skilled team and learning from a wider community of 75+ UX professionals across the globe