UX Designer II

Elsevier is looking for a UX Designer II to help shape LeapSpace, an AI-assisted research workspace designed to transform how researchers interact with information and generate insights.

Are you a UX designer who combines strong UX thinking with solid visual design skills, excited to work on AI-powered experiences at scale?

Do you thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy working closely with product, engineering, and design in a squad setup?

About the Team

Elsevier’s Academic & Government (A&G) group helps researchers and institutions discover, analyse, and share knowledge to advance human progress.

LeapSpace is our AI-assisted research workspace, designed to transform how researchers interact with information and generate insights. Following its launch, we are scaling adoption and continuously improving the experience based on real-world usage.

You’ll be part of a cross-functional squad working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where experimentation and user feedback drive decisions.

About the Role

As a UX Designer II, you play a key role in shaping intuitive, high-quality user experiences within LeapSpace.

You bring strong interaction and interface design skills, with a clear eye for visual quality and detail. You’re comfortable moving quickly from concept to execution, working closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to deliver meaningful solutions.

You also collaborate closely with other designers across squads to ensure a consistent and cohesive experience across the product. This requires strong alignment on quality, patterns, and design principles.

The design team is a close, collaborative group where open and respectful communication is key. Designers actively share work, give and receive feedback, and support each other in improving outcomes. We care deeply about craft, but leave ego at the door. Our goal is to create a product experience that feels cohesive, intentional, and thoughtfully designed end-to-end.

You thrive in a fast, experimental environment and enjoy vibe coding to quickly visualise ideas, prototyping, and refining them in close collaboration with engineers. You’re curious, ask thoughtful questions, and focus on achieving the best outcomes together with your team.

Responsibilities

• Translate user needs and research insights into effective design solutions
• Design intuitive, trustworthy AI-driven experiences
• Create high-quality flows, journeys and UI designs with strong visual craft
• Balance speed, experimentation, and interface quality in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborate across teams while constructively challenging ideas and communicating clearly
• Contribute to scalable design systems and cross-team reuse
• Proactively identify gaps and improve experiences beyond immediate ownership
• Use research, data, and testing to validate and improve designs

Requirements

• Solid experience in UX and interaction design
• Strong visual/UI design skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving, collaborative environment
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and asking the right questions
• Open to feedback and focused on team outcomes
• Proficiency with design tools such as Figma

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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.

Working flexible hours — flexing 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:

• Flexible working
• Coverage by the Company’s pension and insurance scheme after 3 months of employment
• The option of employer paid internet services
• Generous leave types
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to Well Being & Employee Assistance Programs
• RECARES days, giving you 2 days per annum to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee offers and discounts
• Additional office location benefits

About Elsevier

Working in technology at Elsevier means your work has real impact. As part of the LeapSpace team, you will help shape AI-powered experiences that change how research is done globally.

This role combines:

• High craft bar (UX + visual)
• Speed and experimentation
• Strong collaboration culture
• Low-ego, highly collaborative teamwork
• A focus on creating a cohesive product experience across the platform