Principal/Senior UX Designer – CrossPlatform/Research/Academic

Principal and Senior UX Designer

Who? A leading research and academic collaboration platform

Where? – Central London

Are you a senior or principal level UX Designer who wants to work with fascinating users for a company who are helping advance science and solve real-world problems?

Do you want to be an integral part of an innovative design culture working on all aspects of the UCD process to help scale and improve a company that have already grown exponentially over the past 3 years?

We are looking for skilled Principal UX Designers and Senior UX Designers respectively, to join a team who champion best UCD and product development practices. You’ll conduct thorough research using a variety of methods including field observations, usability testing sessions with users and A/B testing experiments.

Responsibilities include:

• Own and carry out all design work on one of the major products areas.
• Work in an agile team with a product owner, BA, and developers to design, deliver to production, and optimise products that meet the needs of the science research community. Build positive working relationships with all members of the team.
• Ensure that the products you design meet user needs, are aligned with wider product and business goals, and are in line with our front-end and back-end technologies.
• Work closely with other designers in a small team to ensure design consistency across the wider product.
• Champion users throughout the design process. Develop a deep understanding of the needs and workflows of science researchers through interviews and other research methods. Build empathy for users across the organisation.
• Use the full range of design methods to deliver the best possible experiences for our users. In addition to those listed above, this may include scamping, creating experience maps, wireframing, prototyping, running workshops, sharing user insights with wider stakeholders, and collaborating with other designers.
• Proactively improve how the design team works by exploring new tools, methods, and processes.
• Mentor and coach other designers as needed.

Experience and Key Skills:

• At least 5 years design experience and a broad UX skillset covering user research, user experience and user interface design.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating experience of creating products and services that meet user needs, product requirements and business goals.
• Hands-on experience in a wide range of research methods including interviews and surveys.
• Experience of usability testing.
• Experience working in an agile environment with product owners, business analysts and developers.
• Good working knowledge of Sketch, InVision, and UX prototyping tools.
• Prior experience of working with academics or researchers would be a bonus!

To be considered for this awesome role, please click apply or get in touch with me at acummings@welovesalt.com