Sr UX Designer I

Senior UX Designer I 

About Our Team 

Interfolio by Elsevier is on a mission to build smart, inspired, and useful products for faculty and academic communities. By building an engine for faculty activity, decisions, and data, Interfolio has become a key player in defining faculty-focused technology that promotes collaborative academic decision-making. 

About the Role 

A Senior UX Designer I leads the design strategy for a business or product line. This role requires an expert user of design tools and someone who can informally mentor other designers. 

Responsibilities 

• Customer (or User) Focus 

• Understand customer use cases. 

• Rally the cross-functional team around customer needs. 

• Advocate for customers within the agile team to inspire deeper understanding. 

• Create processes to discover customer needs and product design options. 

• Align and coach the team to ensure customer needs are met. 

Creative Problem Solving 

• Involve customers in product innovation that delivers value and growth. 

• Challenge the status quo with confidence. 

• Demonstrate energy and vision to see through innovative ideas. 

• Recognize and build on the ideas of others. 

Product Design 

• Mastery of user-centered design process. 

• Attention to detail in interaction design skills. 

• Work with UX Researchers to understand user needs. 

• Apply Human Factors Engineering and other User-Centered Design methodologies. 

• Manage the UCD deliverables for the project. 

• Assist in developing strategy for customer-facing products/applications. 

Data Driven Analysis & Testing 

• Identify gaps needing data and work with the business to address them. 

• Summarize data from analytics packages, customer insights, or other sources for research context. 

• Use data to establish key metrics for projects. 

• Regularly test design work with users in partnership with the UX Research team. 

• Iterate research methods based on testing and data analysis. 

• Use data to inform future testing strategies. 

Technical Skills 

• Excellent knowledge of the organization's tech stack. 

• Expert use of design software (e.g., Axure, Sketch, Invision). 

• Mentor junior designers in technical skills. 

• Build good working relationships with tech teams. 

• Produce designs across all platforms. 

Competencies 

• Personal Capability 

• Take ownership of self-development and career growth. 

• Initiate regular conversations with managers or mentors for guidance. 

• Understand business requirements and map development plans accordingly. 

• Learn from successes and failures. 

• Seek challenges within current assignments. 

• Utilize formal and informal networks effectively. 

Problem Solving and Analyzing Issues 

• Ask effective questions and collect facts to solve problems. 

• Identify and analyze problems effectively and propose solutions. 

• Manage day-to-day issues and problems independently. 

Innovation 

• Develop new ideas to improve processes or products with implementation plans. 

• Integrate and build on new ideas from others. 

• Create new opportunities by applying different perspectives and challenging the status quo. 

• Be recognized as an innovative thinker. 

Interpersonal Skills 

• Communication 

• Provide clear instructions and direction. 

• Actively listen and effectively question to understand viewpoints. 

• Help others understand situations by communicating business context. 

Collaboration and Teamwork 

• Encourage cooperation among all team members. 

• Seek team members' input and expertise; facilitate open discussions. 

• Help resolve conflicts. 

• Identify and remove barriers to team performance. 

• Identify ways to further collaboration across teams. 

Building Relationships 

• Establish rapport with team members and across teams. 

• Work effectively with others to get work done. 

• Treat all individuals with respect. 

• Handle difficult situations while minimizing conflict. 

Requirements 

• Experience and Education 

• Minimum Years of Experience: 6-8 years (suggested). 

• Relevant industrial experience or a degree in design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related fields. 

Work in a Way That Works for You 

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer various wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals to help you meet your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals. 

Working for You 

We understand that your wellbeing and happiness are essential to a successful career. Here are some benefits we offer: 

• Comprehensive Health Insurance covering you and your immediate family. 

• Enhanced Health Insurance options with competitive rates. 

• Group Life Insurance ensuring financial security for your loved ones. 

• Group Accident Insurance offering extra protection. 

• Flexible Working Arrangements to achieve a balanced work-life schedule. 

• Employee Assistance Program providing support for personal and work-related challenges. 

• Medical Screening prioritizes your well-being. 

• Modern Family Benefits including maternity, paternity, and adoption support. 

• Long-Service Awards recognize dedication and commitment. 

• Celebratory New Baby Gift. 

• Subsidized Meals (for certain locations). 

• Various Paid Time Off options including Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Public Holidays. 

• Free Transport for home-office-home commutes (for certain locations). 

About the Business 

We are a global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education, interactive learning, and exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. 

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