Senior UX Researcher I
Do you thrive on turning complexity into elegant, user-centered journeys? Are you inspired by the prospect of helping the scientific community discover and publish knowledge?
About the team:
Publishing research is at the core of Elsevier’s business. We help ensure quality research accelerates progress for society by organising the review, editing and dissemination of around 17% of the world’s scientific articles.
The Submissions team develops tools and services to support authors, reviewers, and journal editors through the academic publishing process. These run from large, complex workflow products to simple, single-page services. Our efforts will help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve outcomes for the benefit of society.
About the role:
A Senior UX Researcher I leads a team's understanding of user behaviours, needs and motivations. She/he leads the UX Research strategy for a business or product line. She/he is an expert user of a number of research and testing methodologies. She/he informally mentors other researchers.
Key responsibilities:
· Gathers, evaluates, and has a solid understanding of customer use cases.
· Maintains close links with cross-functional partners, ensuring that user feedback and testing are fed into the development process.
· Aligns/coaches the team to ensure customer needs are met.
· Shares research findings with the organisation.
· Understands competitors and the regulatory environment.
· Segments markets and understands the needs of those sub-segments in greater detail processes.
· Leads the User-centred research process, mentoring juniors where needed.
· Applies a number of UX Research techniques.
· Creates research documentation and analysis outputs.
Technical skills & qualifications:
· Able to design research relevant for different contexts.
· Comfortable working on technical products with multiple levels of complexity.
· Understands the nuances of researching in different contexts (remote / in person / unmoderated /moderated).
· Has an excellent knowledge of the tech stack of the organisation.
· Mentors junior researchers in technical skills.
· Uses research software (Qualtics, Lookback, UserTesting.com) at an expert level.
· Builds good working relationships with tech teams.
Why join us?
Are you ready to help us progress science and health? Our technology leads to innovation, so join a forward-thinking digital business that is tackling world-scale challenges and align your ambitions with our passion for driving global knowledge-sharing.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
· Flexible hours - flex the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
Working for you
We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
- Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
- Wellbeing programs.
- Life assurance.
- Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
- Long service awards.
- Save As You Earn share option scheme.
- Travel Season ticket loan.
- Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
- Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
- RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
- Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
- Access to extensive learning and development resources.
- Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work.
About Elsevier :
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as 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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Skills Required
- Ability to design research relevant to different contexts
- Comfort working on technical products with multiple levels of complexity
- Understanding of remote, in-person, unmoderated, and moderated research contexts
- Excellent knowledge of the organization's technology stack
- Ability to mentor junior researchers in technical skills
- Expert-level use of Qualtrics, Lookback, and UserTesting.com
- Ability to build good working relationships with technology teams
- Experience applying multiple UX research techniques
- Ability to create research documentation and analysis outputs
Elsevier Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elsevier and has not been reviewed or approved by Elsevier.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests paid time off spans vacation, holidays, sick days, bereavement, military leave, and volunteer time. Family-related leave options are also emphasized as part of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical, dental, vision, life insurance, wellness initiatives, and an EAP form a comprehensive health offering. Gym support and wellbeing hubs reinforce an ongoing health and wellness focus.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement programs include a 401(k)/retirement plan and pension options, with long-term savings vehicles such as an employee stock purchase plan also available. These elements contribute to a sense of financial security beyond base pay.
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Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, and deliver better care. Because informed decisions lead to better outcomes, Elsevier is a leader in information and analytics for customers across the global research and health ecosystems. Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. We do this by facilitating insights and critical decision-making for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.






