As our highly valued Senior Lead UI Designer based in Brisbane you will be responsible for leading a team of UI Designers (and Digital Copywriter) to design optimal customer experiences across our digital platforms to drive customer engagement, satisfaction, conversion, and loyalty to create value for our customers, people, and the organisation.
This is a full-time permanent position based in the Brisbane office.
You’ll make an impact by:
- You will lead the design and management of our Design System across our digital platforms to create a refined suite of reusable components, patterns, and templates guided by established design principles and UX research
- Whilst remaining a hands-on UI Designer, you will lead and mentor your team of UI Designers to cultivate a high performing team and support a positive team culture.
- As an advocate for the customer, you will be a positive and enthusiastic champion for the digital agenda. You will report into, and work very closely with the Senior Manager DX, whose role it is to guide the DX roadmap and strategy.
Responsibilities of the role:
- Lead a team of UI Designers to design optimal and leading experiences across our digital platforms including website, online banking, mobile banking and online sales, service, retention and aviation journeys and applications / services.
- Lead UI design best practices and processes to uphold quality and efficiency of the team.
- Design seamless, frictionless and contextual user interfaces and journeys.
- Be the owner of our Design System, maintaining quality, adherence, and rigor to support an optimal state for our digital design solutions.
- Work closely with the optimisation team to identify, define and design testing opportunities.
- Interact with business owners, stakeholders, and delivery teams to communicate designs.
- Apply insights and evidence from available user research and competitor intelligence to ensure designs support effective customer experiences.
- Be a hands-on UI designer to develop outstanding interactive digital experiences through ideation, innovation, research, prototyping and stakeholder engagement.
Do things differently with us
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- •6+ years’ experience in a UI design role designing across digital platforms including responsive web, online services and/or mobile apps.
- •3+ years’ experience leading and mentoring a team of designers.
- •Skilled at creating high fidelity designs, designing micro-interactions, creating prototypes, and working with UX designers/researchers to validate design ideas with user testing.
- Well versed in best UI design practices and principles, accessibility standards, and general design trends across platforms.
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate and present solutions, ideas and recommendations.
- Excellent organisation, prioritisation and time management skills, with high attention to detail.
- An excellent portfolio showcasing your UI designs and development of design systems for multiple form factors (e.g. mobile, tablet, desktop).
Your qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts or Design in a relevant field (e.g. digital experience and interaction design, UI and web design).
- Proficient in using design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Adobe CS Suite)
- High level knowledge of front-end development frameworks.
Why Great Southern Bank?
Whatever your role with us, you’ll be part of a force for good. We’re owned by our customers right here in Australia, so our success benefits everyday people and families. Working at Great Southern Bank, you’ll also enjoy a range of fantastic benefits, some examples include:
- Helping you unlock a brighter future by investing in your development and wellbeing, offering you study leave, a day for you and professional wellbeing coaching.
- Benefits that support you and your wellbeing so that you can thrive at work and at home, today and tomorrow. Enjoy access to our wellbeing centre and the flexibility to work from home two days a week.
- Helping you to achieve your financial goals and positively impact your family and community. We offer discounts on a wide range of Great Southern Bank products and services such as savings and transaction accounts, insurance, home loans and more!
Imagine working for a bank that truly helps people. You can.
Questions? Please contact our Talent and Experience Partner, Danielle Moore - danielle.moore@gsb.com.au
At Great Southern Bank, we're committed to building a strong, inclusive and diverse workplace, where people feel a sense of belonging and are valued, connected and respected. We value diverse backgrounds, cultures, abilities, ideas and experiences; recognising the benefits they bring to our work, our communities and the way we help our customers. We support and promote an inclusive culture through flexible ways of working, collaboration, and fair and equitable decision making that empowers our people to be at their best every day.
