Hybrid UX Designer for Data-Driven, Accessible Experiences

European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

30 days annual leave

Relocation package

On-site campus facilities

Family benefits

Job summary

EMBL-EBI is seeking a thoughtful UX Designer to join the Digital Experience team on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract. You will drive research, design flows, and accessible interfaces for data-enabled services on the Wellcome Genome Campus.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to design systems, ensuring inclusive, user-centered outcomes. The role emphasizes collaboration, rigorous research, and thoughtful use of emergent AI tools within design while maintaining

Qualifications

• Professional experience in UX or product design, ideally in a scientific, technical or data-intensive environment.
• A portfolio demonstrating user research, interaction design, prototyping and delivered outcomes.
• Experience of planning, conducting and synthesising user research and usability testing.
• Strong skills in Figma or comparable design and prototyping tools.
• Practical knowledge of accessibility and WCAG standards.
• The ability to communicate design decisions clearly and work effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• A collaborative, organised and adaptable approach; you will be confident to approach learning new and unfamiliar concepts.

Responsibilities

• Planning and conducting user interviews, usability tests, workshops and feedback sessions.
• Turning qualitative and quantitative evidence into clear insights and priorities.
• Creating user flows, information architectures, wireframes, prototypes and accessible interface designs.
• Simplify complex workflows and data-rich experiences without losing essential detail.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams throughout discovery and delivery stages.
• Contributing to design systems, reusable patterns and clear UX documentation.
• Championing accessibility, inclusive design and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Using AI and other emerging tools thoughtfully within the design process to support exploration, prototyping and iteration, while critically evaluating their outputs, limitations and impact on users.

Skills

UX design

User research

Prototyping

Accessibility

Communication

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Job description

EMBL-EBI is seeking a thoughtful UX Designer to join the Digital Experience team on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract. You will drive research, design flows, and accessible interfaces for data-enabled services on the Wellcome Genome Campus.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to design systems, ensuring inclusive, user-centered outcomes. The role emphasizes collaboration, rigorous research, and thoughtful use of emergent AI tools within design while maintaining