Head of Design

7 months ago

Sydney Central Business District, Australia Gumtree Australia Full time

**About the company**:
At Gumtree Group, home to Gumtree, Carsguide, and Autotrader, we are on a mission to create Australia’s leading classifieds marketplace and editorial lifestyle network. We reach one in three Australians every month as they buy, sell, and transact across more than two million live listings. But our greatest superpower? Our people.

We’re a smart bunch of problem-solvers who use the latest technologies to build the ultimate destination for anyone looking for an awesome deal, perfect find, or new opportunity. We live and breathe our values of Make Things Better, Empower & Trust, Teamwork Makes OUR Dream Work, and Be Good People.

Come join us at Gumtree Group. A world of opportunity awaits you.

**About the role**:
As we pivot into an exciting new direction, we are looking for a
**Head of Design **to help us shape our new strategic direction across our key verticals (being Motors, Pets, and Jobs) as well as raising the bar on design excellence across all other horizontal categories.

Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, in this role, you'll lead a team of 3 awesome product designers, responsible for the full product design cycle including strategy, research, concept development, prototyping & testing, UX/UI design, and the design of visual assets. Your peers are the Product leads on the verticals, our Head of Consumer Marketing, and our Customer Support lead.

**What you’ll do**:

- Work as a team player with the product leads and technology team to ensure, ‘a pixel perfect’ delivery of our strategy
- Partner with the leadership team and the product designers to define our product strategy and roadmap
- Set the tone for product discovery work including, workshop facilitation, design thinking, prototyping, and user testing
- Every day you advocate for the improvement of our design quality, our users’ experience, and our creative assets, including copy.
- Contribute to our brand positioning, your visual identity, and storytelling
- Think like our customers, which include the typical buyers and sellers, auto dealers, breeders & shelters, employers & recruiters, and media agencies.
- Manage a team of product designers (currently 3)

**What you’ll bring**:

- Passion for the importance of creativity, design, and copywriting.
- An entrepreneurial and commercial mindset
- Previous insights from working for online platforms or eCommerce, a passion for Gumtree and/or double-sided marketplaces be highly advantageous
- Proven experience in leading and delivering a significant design upgrade or a rebrand of an online platform
- Design Leadership experience and have a love for developing and empowering the team around you
- Strong communication and presentation skills, you don’t stay in the shadows, you have the ability to visualise, shape, and communicate in a way that gets buy-in
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, you are analytically strong and data savvy
- A background in UX or product design, and additional experience in creative agencies is a bonus.
- BSc/ MSc in Product, Design, Marketing, or similar
- 4+ years experience in a similar role
- Above all you are a team player, you thrive by getting things done together

**What we offer**:

- Meaningful work with diverse, highly skilled, and passionate teams enables you to make a difference in our customers’ lives.
- Competitive compensation package including an annual bonus.
- A healthy work-life balance, flexible working hours, and a hybrid working environment with access to beautiful offices on Sydney Harbour
- Excellent Benefits, which include health insurance for you and your family
- We support parents. You’ll have access to 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks for our secondary caregivers
- An additional day off for your birthday
- End of the Financial Year and Christmas parties you will fondly remember
- Fortnightly work socials allow you to unwind and get to know the team better

**Interested?**

From the moment you apply, we'll do everything we can to ensure your employment experience is an awesome and engaging one. If you are enthusiastic and thrive in a collaborative and friendly environment, then we would love you to apply

Unfortunately, we can not offer sponsorship for this role but are open to considering anyone with a current Australian work VISA, PR, or Citizenship. To all the agencies out there thank you for thinking of us but we’ve got this one covered

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