UX Designer Cambridge, East of England, England
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Full Time
Cambridge, East of England, England
31059 - 37168 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Overview:
Job type - Temporary, 9 month contract
At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate.
Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will be able to work from home within the UK, with the expectation that you will attend the office as needed for your role.
The role
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is looking for a temporary UX Designer to join the team for 9 months. This is a very exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate UX Designer to join our newly established User Experience team within the Technology Directorate.
You and your team will be tasked with creating brilliantly simple, innovative and intuitive digital experiences and products. You’ll be passionate about UX design and be eager to learn and advance yourself. You will be a champion for user needs and will advocate across the organisation for a user-centred design approach to solving problems. You will seek out and utilise the customer insight and feedback needed to ensure the continual improvement of the RSC user experiences.
In this role it is expected that you will attend the office on an ad-hoc basis. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application.
What we are looking for:
About the RSC
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to advance chemical sciences. As a not-for-profit publisher, we reinvest surplus funds back into the global scientific community, supporting our purpose to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.
The RSC strives to continuously innovate its product and services to adapt to market and customer needs, maintain relevancy and diversify revenues from print journals. This requires a market-led and ‘outside-in’ thinking approach to product and service innovation.
At the RSC we are embarking on a digital transformation programme as an organisation-wide transformation in human and technological capability, to enable digital-first delivery for every product and service.
Benefits
At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options across the organisation. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all employees including:
Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.
At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]
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Job type - Temporary, 9 month contract
At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate.
Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will be able to work from home within the UK, with the expectation that you will attend the office as needed for your role.
The role
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is looking for a temporary UX Designer to join the team for 9 months. This is a very exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate UX Designer to join our newly established User Experience team within the Technology Directorate.
You and your team will be tasked with creating brilliantly simple, innovative and intuitive digital experiences and products. You’ll be passionate about UX design and be eager to learn and advance yourself. You will be a champion for user needs and will advocate across the organisation for a user-centred design approach to solving problems. You will seek out and utilise the customer insight and feedback needed to ensure the continual improvement of the RSC user experiences.
In this role it is expected that you will attend the office on an ad-hoc basis. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application.
What we are looking for:
- Demonstrable experience of working in a user experience or product designer role
- Sound understanding of Human-centred design and Design Thinking and how they are applied to problem solving
- Track record of creating effective user interfaces
- Experience leading on the creation of user profiles and customer journey maps
- Ability to utilise the best interactive design practices
- Experience in usability testing your designs and prototypes
- Source and analyse insight to iteratively improve digital products
- Understand the importance of accessibility
- Any experience working in publishing, education or membership would be an advantage
A full job description is available here.
About the RSC
The Royal Society of Chemistry is a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to advance chemical sciences. As a not-for-profit publisher, we reinvest surplus funds back into the global scientific community, supporting our purpose to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.
The RSC strives to continuously innovate its product and services to adapt to market and customer needs, maintain relevancy and diversify revenues from print journals. This requires a market-led and ‘outside-in’ thinking approach to product and service innovation.
At the RSC we are embarking on a digital transformation programme as an organisation-wide transformation in human and technological capability, to enable digital-first delivery for every product and service.
Benefits
At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options across the organisation. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all employees including:
- 26 days paid holiday per annum
- 35-hour working week with flexible options
- Enhanced parental leave
- Paid volunteering days
- Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution)
- Life assurance at four times basic annual salary
If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills/ expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job Description.
Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.
At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]
#INDHP
The Royal Society of Chemistry
https://www.rsc.org
London, United Kingdom
Robert Parker/ Helen Pain
$25 to $50 million (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
1841
