Lead Digital Experience Designer

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Transport

**Salary**: $127,467 - $170,579

Occupation: Communications, Marketing and Media

Reference: VG/DOT/OOTS/1660629

The Department of Transport brings together all transport modes to design, plan, build and operate Victoria's transport system. Our job is to further integrate the transport network and improve the delivery of services to Victorians for simpler, quicker and safer journeys that connect people and places and support Victoria's prosperity and liveability. This role resides in the Transport Communication & Experience Division and supports the Department to deliver on the Government’s transport agenda, to get people home sooner and safer and to efficiently move more goods in Victoria’s thriving economy. Be part of a cross-functional team to deliver one of the Department’s digital modernisation programs, set-up for scale to enable clear and foundational digital experiences across the Department’s digital assets, moving towards a standardised technology framework.

Lead the art direction and bring user experiences to life for new or re-imagined digital products. Be pivotal in delighting customers with exceptional creative digital solutions, working with our brand and master style guide. The role is both hands on and leads others in the ideation, design & execution of digital design prototypes & deliverables ready for customer validation ensuring we build an integrated and seamless customer experience
- Lead the translation of a new or re-imagined brand into a world-class art direction for digital products, confidently sharing your digital design ideas, skills & expertise
- Lead the design of concepts, animations, micro-interactions & high-fidelity UI designs for responsive web, iOS and Android solutions
- Responsilbe for the build and evolution of design systems by turning your art direction into a UI kit, using Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite to design elements, modules, components, page templates for detailed design & development work
- Collaborate with your squad or project team and the broader Digital Experience Design team to ensure digital interactions are designed and can be built to the highest possible standard in alignment with government & accessibility standards and guidelines, within challenging technical constraints
- Be the SME, speaking confidently with senior peers / stakeholders about creative UI decisions that are evidence-based, explaining complex UI concepts, ideas and issues to a variety of audiences, connecting across the broader organisation to ensure UI requirements are understood
- Lead, support, direct, coach & mentore junior digital designers - up to 5 direct reports

**Qualifications & Experience**
- 5+ years' experience in a lead creative role, likely UI design, art direction, visual, graphic, or digital design
- Mastery of creative digital UI design including eg:

- _vertical rhythm, white-space, type hierarchies, pixels, grids & colour theory_
- _breakpoints, responsive, adaptive & fluid design_
- _Experience meeting WCAG & Proficiency in Figma_

**Culture & Benefits**
The Department of Transport is committed to building a culture of developing our people to achieve great outcomes for the Victorian transport network. We are proud of our commitment to flexible work arrangements that support different ways of working, helping employees balance work and life.

**How to Apply**

Note Salary Band: $127,467 - $159,801 + Super
- This position requires the successful employee to provide evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or medical evidence which confirms the individual is unable to receive a dose, or a further dose, of a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical contraindication or an acute medical illness. To be considered up to date vaccinated, you must have been administered COVID-19 vaccines as determined by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). DoT is requiring all staff to be Vaccinated and to have had Booster Vaccination (Triple vaccinated as a minimum). _Failure to comply with this condition of employment will impact your eligibility for employment in this position with DoT_