UI / Digital Designer

About Sleeping Duck

Sleeping Duck was founded in 2014 by engineers Winston Wijeyeratne and Selvam Sinnappan and is now one of Australia's fastest growing startups - and that's particularly unique because we design our own concept products entirely in house.

Ground-breaking, engineer led, in-house product design. Real sleep science. Transparency. Honesty. Value. And a commitment to passionate, exemplary customer connection, service and support. We are a multi award winning product company that is reinventing the way Australian's improve their sleep quality through better and more accessible high quality bedroom products.

Our team is exceptionally driven. We are led closely by our experienced founders and foster a strong inclusive culture. We are unified in our vision for reinventing the sleep product space to make better sleep accessible for everyone, no matter who you are. It is an exciting place to work because everyone at Sleeping Duck wants to do exceptional things.

We do almost everything in house which gives us a rare sense of unity of purpose in our vision to make better products and experiences for our customers. Our 60 person team is very passionate, and includes Product Development, Creative and Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Technology.

Creative at Sleeping Duck

We're a team of makers, doers, and innovators passionate about pushing creative boundaries. At Sleeping Duck, we combine science, storytelling, and design to deliver bold, engaging content that captures attention. Supported by top-tier creatives from the film and VFX industries, we're building a powerhouse in-house team - and we want you to be part of it.

Role Description

We're looking for a versatile and motivated UI / Digital Designer to support our design, marketing, and content teams across digital and print projects. This is an entry-level to mid-level opportunity suited to someone with a few years of experience who's eager to grow their skills in a collaborative, creative environment.

While the primary focus is on web and UI design, this role also includes assisting with graphic design and broader creative production tasks.You'll work closely with our Senior UI Designer, Creative Production Manager, and Creative Directors to deliver a wide range of creative work.

What's the role all about?

Web & UI Design

• Support the development of web and UI projects from concept to handoff.
• Create responsive layouts, wireframes, and visual mockups based on project briefs.
• Collaborate with senior designers to refine user flows, interactions, and page structures.
• Prepare organised, development-ready design files (assets, components, and style guides).
• Ensure visual consistency across digital touchpoints and maintain brand design systems.
• Conduct light UX research and gather visual references or competitor insights to inform design direction.
  

Graphic Design & Creative Support

• Design and prepare visual assets for marketing, print, social media, and digital campaigns if required.
• Develop layouts, illustrations, and promotional graphics that align with brand identity if required.
• Assist in concepting and executing creative ideas for campaigns and visual storytelling if required.
• Organise and manage design assets and maintain shared creative libraries.
• Assist creative team with general support or admin tasks when required.
  

People who we'd love to work with

The ideal candidate has 2-4 years of experience, is confident in taking initiative on briefs, and enjoys collaborating across teams to bring creative ideas to life.

• A strong eye for layout, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Proactive and self-directed - can manage briefs independently while keeping communication open.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
• Experience with Figma, Wix, Squarespace (or similar CMS Platforms)
• Collaborative and receptive to feedback from multiple stakeholders.
• Comfortable working under tight deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to expand creative and technical skills.
• Bonus: Experience with After Effects, Premiere Pro or 3D design tools
• Bonus: Experience working in a creative studio environment.

Our hiring process

1. Send in your application to this role. We appreciate it when you take the time to write personal cover letters and answer our questionnaire. Please avoid using AI to generate your words. We really just want to hear from you, personally in this instance.
2. Our P&C team will give you a phone call to discuss your application
3. We will meet for an interview to discuss your application in more detail.
4. You'll come into the office, see what it's like to work here, and meet the team
5. An offer will be made.

Life @ Sleeping Duck

• An opportunity to be part of our evolving story and join an innovative and fast growing Melbourne born startup
• The team is really passionate about what they do, they have an open-minded, forward-thinking and inclusive culture
• Amazing employee benefits, wellness days, events, learning and development budget and generous leave entitlements
• To really live the SD life we will gift you a mattress to take home after your successful 6 months probation with generous discounts for family and friends

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