Lead UX Designer

About the Company:

This mature design department values innovation, customer research and accessible, inclusive design. You’ll enjoy a healthy work / life balance and a collaborative, supportive environment.

Initial 6-month day rate contract, with a view to extend. Working arrangements are fully remote.

Role Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of UX projects across the Financial Crime Change Program
• Be responsible for the projects being led to deliver on time and budget, and delivering efficiencies
• Manage a team of UX designers on various projects across the program
• Ability to influence project teams to continually advocate for the customer
• Provide advice and direct the conceptualisation and design solutions from idea to completion for the project being led, supporting a design thinking methodology
• Plan design scope, approach, and outcomes, identifying relevant best practices and drawing design inspiration from the broader community, industry and marketplace
• Work closely and collaboratively with project and tech teams on deliveries
• Manage stakeholders and support designers in challenging situations

Your Experience:

• Lead-level Enterprise UX experience
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to advocate for change and HCD within the program
• Strong organisation skills to manage and stay up-to-date on UX activities across the program
• Experience in working in a fast-paced delivery environment
• Experience in leading other designers on complex programs of work to meet customer and business needs
• Ability to direct and guide UX activities
• Hands-on experience in customer experience research, synthesis and insight generation, ideation, conceptual design, wireframing, prototyping, and customer validation activities and workshop facilitation
• Strong collaboration skills to work with various teams across the organisation
• Ability to grasp and understand complex concepts quickly
• A systems thinking UXer, someone who has experience with internal systems and interdependencies of corporate and complex processes would be advantageous.

Benefits:

• Likely extensions
• Collaborative working environment
• Large, mature design practice
• Work with Australia’s largest Digital Accessibility team
• Work with some of Australia’s best design talent
• Good work / life balance
• Fully remote

For more information, apply now or email jcorner@welovesalt.com

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