Principal UX/UI Designer

About the Company

An exciting Principal UX/UI role has come up with a popular consumer brand. You’ll join a flexible, progressive company with a flat org structure and vibrant team culture.

The role is fully remote for now, but they are looking to return to a balance between work and office from early 2022.

About the Role

This is a Design Management opportunity, you’ll identify gaps in the running of the design practice and suggest ways to improve. It’s a thought leadership role, you’ll have a say in design direction but no direct reports.

You’ll join a mature design practice of 20 designers. This role will suit someone who has been a senior for a long time who is ready to step up, they’re looking for someone who has led an outcome or process that wasn’t cookie cutter. You’ll have experience identifying design issues and proactively rallying to make change.

Role Responsibilities

• Leading visual craft and feedback, including technical aspects
• Championing design thinking to build and drive the design direction
• Being an advocate for the customer
• Maintaining and pushing for a high level of consistency across all platforms
• Be a centre of knowledge on UX and UI design for the team
• Assisting the development teams with UX/UI work for new feature development as needed
• Helping business stakeholders formulate and visualise raw strategic initiatives
• Ensuring the team communicates well across projects
• Working closely with the research team to assist in usability testing and customer research
• Working with Delivery Managers to create personal development plans for designers
• Driving the company vision and continually pushing the customer experience forward

Your Skills & Experience

• Experience in leading complex design processes
• Extensive responsive web/mobile (iOS and Android) project experience
• Passionate about stakeholder engagement
• Able to thrive within a fast-paced, agile and high energy environment
• Highly motivated and delivery focused
• A thought leader, highly versed in storytelling
• Ability to sell the company vison and bringing concepts to life
• Highly analytical with a creative problem-solving approach
• A talent for creating simple, powerful user interfaces
• A strong working knowledge of design thinking and the UCD process is key
• Ability to work on multiple, simultaneous projects of all sizes and complexity across multiple platforms
• Passionate about usability and accessibility, with the ability to translate this into your work
• Good technical knowledge to understand what is and isn’t possible
• Familiarity with Lean Start Up/ Agile software development principles

Benefits

• Receive a competitive salary, bonus and 25 days annual leave
• Enjoy discounted gym memberships
• Access to a best-in-class Parental Leave program with six months paid leave for Primary Carers
• Be a thought leader and advocate for the customer
• Join a progressive, open-minded company with a flat org structure
• Work with a group of awesome people
• Work in state of the art offices (from early 2022)

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