Senior UX Designer

<p><b>Job Title: Senior UX Designer</b></p><p><b>Location: Lisbon, Portugal</b><br/><br/><span><span>We are seeking a</span><span> </span><span>Senior UX Designer to join our global UXD practice at Springer Nature and </span><span>design </span><span>within the </span><span>Funder &amp; Institutional Experience which sits within a substantial programme of work that publishes the latest scientific research to the world.</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span><span>This </span><span>challenging </span><span>opportunity </span><span>would appeal to a seasoned </span><span>UX </span><span>designer that is interested in</span><span> addressing</span><span> complex</span><span>, difficult</span><span> problems</span><span> with clear, user-centred </span><span>experience </span><span>desig</span><span>ns.</span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p><p><span><span>The role is based in Lisbon (Portugal</span><span>)</span><span> and </span><span>you’ll</span><span> be collaborating with colleagues there, as well as Berlin (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India) and other locations globally. Some travel may be </span><span>required</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p><p></p><h2><b><span>About Springer Nature</span></b><span> </span></h2><h2></h2><p><span><span>Springer Nature is a global scientific publisher helping to advance science and accelerate solutions to address the world’s urgent challenges. With origins as far back as 1842 (Springer) and 1867 (Nature), content has been published from multiple </span><span>nobel</span><span> prize winners including Darwin and Einstein. Examples of published research include the first physical sequencing of the human genome to COVID-19 studies, making over 70k articles and books free to access. </span></span><span> </span></p><p><span><span>Some facts:</span></span><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>By</span><span> 202</span><span>5</span><span>, there were 1.</span><span>8</span><span> million research </span><span>submissions</span><span> with</span><span> 4</span><span>2</span><span>0,000 articles published</span><span> per year</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>There are over 5 million articles in more than 3,000 scientific journals and 3 million chapters in more than 190,000 books.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Springer Nature is a leading publisher of Sustainable Development Goals content with more than</span><span> 1 million</span><span> articles and supports the SDGs in how we work - Springer Nature has been carbon neutral since 2020.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><span><span>Visit </span></span><a href="http://sndigital.springernature.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u><span><span>sndigital.springernature.com</span></span></u></a><span><span> to learn more about who we are and what we do.</span></span><span> </span></p><p></p><h2><b><span>About you</span></b><span> </span></h2><h2></h2><p><span><span>To be successful in this role you will need to have the following:</span></span><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Multi-year experience of UX </span><span>D</span><span>esign in a senior </span><span>capacity</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Accomplished critical thinking, analysis</span><span>, </span><span>sound decision-making </span><span>and an </span><span>outcomes</span><span> driven mindset</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>E</span><span>xperience deploying </span><span>applicable </span><span>UX design and research methods and techniques.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Experience working with stakeholders and non-designers and have an empathetic, </span><span>articulate</span><span> and open communication style.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Experience running UX research independently, or in a leading role as part of a team.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Great user empathy and focus on creating value for them.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Preference to working in a collaborative (remote and in-person) team, where there is collective ownership of the product.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Good time</span><span> management skills enabling you to </span><span>collaborate </span><span>with multiple teams</span><span> on a variety of initiatives.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Comfortable getting involved with every stage of the UX lifecycle.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Awareness of your strengths and ability to recognise opportunities to learn and improve.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><h2><b><span>What </span><span>you’ll</span><span> be doing</span></b><span> </span></h2><h2></h2><p><span><span>This rol