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Senior UX Designer - 8 week contract
Open Universities Australia • Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design of user-centric experiences, from concept through to implementation. This role involves designing user flows, coordinating usability testing, and maintaining design systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and document user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes
- Plan and facilitate ideation workshops with key stakeholders
- Coordinate and execute usability testing and research to validate designs
- Translate research insights into actionable design improvements
- Develop and uphold UX/UI best practices in visual and interaction design
- Maintain and evolve our design systems in alignment with brand standards
Requirements
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Expertise in UI design principles: layout, hierarchy, colour, typography, and iconography
- Hands-on experience with design systems and scalable design frameworks
- Commitment to accessibility and inclusive design (WCAG 2.1 compliance)
- Proficiency in mobile-first and responsive design
- Advanced Figma skills (including auto-layout and tokens)
- Working knowledge of CSS
Key Skills
- UI design principles
- Design systems
- Scalable design frameworks
- Accessibility and inclusive design
- Mobile-first and responsive design
- Figma
- CSS
Benefits
- Hybrid working (3 days from home)
- 8-week contract to start immediately
- Opportunity to work with a passionate and purpose-driven team
About Open Universities Australia
Open Universities Australia (OUA) is proudly the market leader for online university education. We are proud to be the pioneers in distance education and have helped over 400,000 students reach their education goals. Through our partnerships with leading Australian universities, we bring together 100’s of quality online qualifications in the one place. Our DNA is in today’s digital world and in guiding students to make the right choices and study the right courses to get to where they want to be in their careers. We can get anyone started at university, regardless of previous education, location or age. We facilitate the real university experience, with the same top-quality qualifications as on-campus, but fit for today’s busy world and today’s student.
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