User Experience Designer

As a User Experience Designer at EMBL-EBI, you will be involved in:

• Conducting user research and testing.
• Gathering requirements by speaking with stakeholders and running workshops.
• Developing wireframes and high-fidelity mockups based on user needs.
• Collaborating with designers and developers to create intuitive, user-friendly innovative solutions.
• Organising and contributing to user research studies (e.g., user interviews, observations, usability studies) to gain insights into user needs.
• Collaborating with teams to articulate user research outcomes and integrate them with analytics, surveys, feedback, and stakeholder requirements to produce actionable insights for development.
• Defining the right interaction models and evaluating their impact on the products and services.

Design

• Translating research and stakeholder requirements into sketches, wireframes, and interactive prototypes that support the user journey.
• Producing high-fidelity design mockups to facilitate development.
• Incorporating and extending the EMBL in your designs.
• Organising and leading design reviews and sessions with stakeholders.

Collaboration

• Collaborating with teams to align project requirements and effectively advocate for user-centered design principles.
• Working collaboratively with other designers, product design and development teams, engineers, and project managers.

Closing date: 11 August 2024

Contract duration: 3 years (renewable up to 9 years)

Grading: Grade 5 - 6 (monthly salary starting at £3,229 - £3,612 after tax) plus other paid benefits depending on personal circumstances

Reference number: EBI02272

You have

• At least 3 years of experience as a UX designer, UI designer, or a similar role.
• A portfolio showcasing examples of your work.
• Experience in organising and leading user research activities.
• Expertise with Figma or another design and prototyping tool, such as Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.
• Experience determining the information architecture and creating sitemaps.
• Experience working as a member of a dynamic interdisciplinary team and collaborating with other designers, developers, and non-technical stakeholders throughout the research and design process.
• Ability to work autonomously when required, handle multiple tasks, and work to deadlines.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.

You might also have

• A degree or other qualification in a design discipline, or relevant industry experience.
• Experience with User Centered Design (UCD) and/or Lean and Agile UX design methodologies.
• An understanding of Agile software development practices.
• Knowledge of HTML/CSS (basic understanding of WordPress is a plus).
• An interest in life sciences and a desire to work in a stimulating and international culture.
• Knowledge and interest in accessibility, including the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.x), to ensure our web services are usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.