UX Designer

Job Description – UX Designer

About Springer Nature Group

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and

other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms

and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and

imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more

than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be

found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve

outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

About Us

Data & Analytics Solutions (DAS) - is the databases and shared services division of Springer

Nature used by researchers, scientists and students around the globe. The global

community spans Beijing, Berlin, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, Lisbon, London, Madrid, New York,

Pune and more. We work in collaborative, multi-disciplinary delivery teams, developing

digital products and services that aim to exceed user expectations and anticipate their

needs.

The work is interesting and meaningful. Our culture is collaborative and friendly. We

encourage and support growth, both personal and professional.

This is a terrific opportunity for friendly, inquisitive people who want to get involved in our

work, who love to learn, who will embrace and develop our culture, and help make DAS a

place where people and ideas can thrive.

We are intentionally looking to create teams that are diverse and inclusive. Diversity is the

mix of culture, background, experience and personality that we all bring; inclusion is getting

the mix to work better together. We want every member of our teams to contribute to our

common goals while respecting each other's skills, knowledge and needs.

About the Role

We're looking for a user experience designer who can help our Materials Solutions team

design tools and services for the Materials Science community.

Materials Solutions flagship product, SpringerMaterials, focuses on improving Materials

scientists experience working in energy & solar cell applications. SpringerMaterials provides

a resource to effectively find trustworthy materials and properties information that precisely

matches their context. So that they can efficiently design new, or improve on existing,

materials to solve complex global challenges.

The job is based in our Pune hub, with team members also in London (UK), Heidelberg and

Berlin (Germany), Beijing (China) and New York (USA). We offer hybrid working - from theoffice 3 days per week. You'll be part of our bigger community of UX practitioners and DAS

community located in the various global locations listed above.

Responsibilities

Supported by the UX Lead, UX Researcher and UI Designer, you will:

• Recognise and articulate end-user problems, pain points, challenges and

opportunities within the materials science domain.

• Facilitate the creation of well thought through, low-fidelity diagrams that explore

ideas and solutions across user flows and customer journeys.

• Develop concepts from wireframes through to mid-fidelity mockups as well as

interactive prototypes and present solutions to the team while taking on feedback

and iteration based on insights.

• Organize, plan, and conduct research activities.

• Create a culture of sharing findings within the project, programme, and design

teams.

What you'll be doing

You will be a champion for the customer, creating experiences that align with Materials

Solutions vision and deliver user-centered design solutions.

Within 3 months

Get settled:

• Learn about the Springer Nature group, our DAS group and the various domains.

• Understand the Materials domain, meet stakeholders and grasp the background and

context of various projects.

• Begin to work with the DAS UX Lead and get to know your design peers/community.

• Research - Familiarise yourself with what has been done till date, gathering the

context and history of it.

• Design - Familiarise yourself with the existing process and make contributions where

possible.

Within 6 months

Be involved:

• Research - Begin to work with the UX Researcher, to plan and conduct continuous

discovery.

• Design - Delivery, prioritization, reviews and critique.

• Collaborating regularly with the UX Lead, UX Researcher, UI Designer, members of

the Materials Solutions team, design peers and wider community.

• Take the lead on UX Design within your team, provide design direction.

• Actively participate in the UX community.

6 months +Make an impact:

• Research - know where there are gaps and assumptions. You know the relative risk

and potential effort of each that is clearly laid out in a plan for the foreseeable

future.

• Design - is informed by research and the design system, any new elements and

insights are fed back into the design system.

• Be involved in strategy planning sessions that help shape the product and its

direction, by being the voice of, and expert on the user, through your design and

research work.

• Be proactive within your team, with the wider UX community and beyond.

About You

• You have an appropriate number of years of UX Design experience in a mid-level

capacity with at least 1 year of experience working on a task heavy related

application.

• You have a design portfolio (website or PDF) demonstrating critical thinking, analysis

and sound decision-making as well as diverse UX methods and techniques.

• You enjoy getting involved with every stage of the UX lifecycle.

• You have experience working with stakeholders and non-designers and have an

empathetic, articulate and open communication style.

• You like working in a collaborative (remote and in-person) team, where there is

collective ownership of the product.

• You know your strengths and recognise opportunities to learn and improve.

Having a good command of English is important; collaboration is important in our day to

day work, so being able to communicate your ideas and understand others’ is key.

For all roles in all locations, we offer a competitive, industry-benchmarked salary.

To find out more about the package provided at each location, please visit

https://careers.springernature.com/

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Job Posting End Date:

30-09-2024