UX / UI Design Lead

About us :

Design and Capability is an innovative, multi-disciplinary team that champions the delivery of contemporary, customer-centric and digitally enabled Queensland government services through :

• Lead and contribute to establishing and managing a design system, progressively adding to, unifying, and maintaining the components within a design system (Figma >

Dev >

QA) including best practice user research, design and documentation (when and how to use, event tags, accessibility requirements, etc.) to be a "release ready" component.

Responsibilities :

• Deliver design assets and specifications to developers, and once implemented, validate those designs according to approved specifications.
• Utilise UX / UI design best practices (such as Apple HIG, Google Material Design, WCAG) and keep up to date with the latest trends and techniques in usability across web, iOS, and Android, ensuring all components are always of the highest quality.
• Work within a cross functional team to contribute to the agile delivery of digital products from concept development through to successful delivery and implementation.
• Work as part of the customer experience and product teams to discover users' needs (user-centred design), prototype UX / UI designs based on best practice and user feedback by translating ideas into sketches, wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive / static design solutions that drive a better user experience and fit within the design system ecosystem.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with peers and stakeholders to build a product vision, get stakeholder buy-in and to deliver on departmental and Queensland Government priorities.
• Conduct and participate in primary research in the form of user research, user testing and customer interviews.
• Contribute to and maintain project documentation and status reports to be presented at project boards, committees, and leadership meetings

If you are interested in this role feel free to apply below, alternatively you can phone Ziomi Warchalowski on 0475092132 for a confidential chat.