Principal User Experience Researcher

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Local Peoples Full time

Senior UX/UI Designer Position

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior UX/UI Designer to join our team in ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the UX/UI design and user research activities required to clarify projects' scope, identify user needs, define user journeys, create UI mock-ups and Figma prototypes using our design system, test design assumptions with external users and support business analysts, developers and testers throughout the solution delivery.

This role is open to Australian citizens who hold Baseline Clearance or can obtain one.

About Local Peoples

We are a strategic research and design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra. Our mission is to design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are proud to be a certified B-Corporation with a strong focus on our social, environmental and economic impact.

We work across brand and digital design, place and experience design, content and community engagement. Our key partners include state and local government, social enterprises, universities and large commercial organisations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and work collaboratively on user research activities and developing design solutions.
  • Ability to understand the Department's policy environment and apply to project outcomes, digital solutions and the desired user experience.
  • Provide expert and timely advice to ensure high design standards and provide design guidance and solutions throughout the project lifecycle to support the Department's user needs.
  • Ensuring solutions that you produce comply with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines and Digital Transformation Agency recommendations.
  • Developing and maintaining effective relationships both internally and externally.
  • Appropriate management of time and workload.

Essential Criteria:

  • Significant experience leading the UX/UI design and research work of complex and/or transactional online services.
  • Proven experience working in a multi-disciplinary team, building rapport with, and educating stakeholders about the UX design methodology and its value.
  • Outstanding oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence a wide range of audiences by clearly articulating your vision and design recommendations through a thoughtful rationale.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Understanding the business context of the Department of Employment and Workplace relations and/or Department of Education and other Australian Government departments and agencies related to employment and education.
  • Experience using a robust (e.g. multi-brands) design system in Figma.
  • Experience designing UIs to meet web accessibility standards.

Australian Salary Range: AU$95,000 - AU$120,000 per annum.

Benefits of Working with Local Peoples:

  • We are experts in team design and augmentation - supporting with the right skills and experience at the right time.
  • We are leaders in the human-centred design space with diverse design skills across brand design, service design, User interface (UI) and User experience (UX) design, design research, communications and place design.
  • We are a certified B-Corporation and prioritise the social, environmental and economic impact of our work.
  • We are top-tier talent who are experienced and incredibly passionate about supporting the impact of your agency and the public sector.

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