Sr UX Designer

As a Sr UX Designer you work within our talented strategy, creative and technical teams on leading digital experience design for the Volkswagen Group.

You’ll collaborate with strategists, writers, developers, producers and clients to deliver immersive web experiences, design systems for large websites, UX strategies and everything in between.

Allow us to introduce ourselves

We’re Apparent, a full-service, independent agency made up of 170 thinkers, creators and solution-makers doing what we do best. One thing you should know about us: we’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit, and we know the work worth doing doesn’t fit into neat, tidy boxes. And neither should you, for that matter. 

 

Our warehouse space in Redfern is here for you to gather, make stuff you’re proud of and grow your strengths (even if they have nothing to do with your job description).

 

We punch well above our weight, with some of the biggest clients in the world on our roster, from tech giants like LinkedIn and IBM, to local icons like Tourism Australia and Cricket Australia. We exist to amplify our clients’ impact, shaping customer experiences and decisions through the integration of media, content and technology.

 On any given day you can expect to cross paths with someone in strategy, brand, creative, content production, social media, UX/UI, technology and media planning and buying. Oh and dogs, too. You’ll definitely cross paths with adorable dogs.

A few things you’ll like about working here:

  • A flexible and hybrid working policy
  • Generous parental leave and summer days off
  • Heaps of growth and training opportunities
  • 24/7 access to our employee assistance program for you and your family

The role is to:

  • Work closely with a diverse team of creatives, strategists, producers, fellow designers and developers.
  • Analyse live data, output key insights to inform next steps for optimisation.
  • Conduct client workshops to define requirements & formulate hypotheses.
  • Prepare and conduct user research to prove hypotheses and conduct user testing to validate new designs
  • Design wireframes through to dev-ready prototypes for websites with large volumes of content; e-commerce platforms; immersive web experiences
  • Implement and iterate on wireframes, mockups, designs, and prototypes. 
  • Deep dive into content, and be able to suggest alternative ways to present complex information.
  • Establish scalable design systems and component libraries for the broader design team to use and build off.
  • Highly communicative, responsive, and collaborative both within the team, stakeholders across the company and clients

Skills you’ll need:

  • At least 4-5 years experience across real projects, with relevant tertiary education.
  • Experience on an iterative web or product projects.
  • Intimate knowledge of best practice UX and customer journeys.
  • A background in pairing with developers to ensure front end designs are achievable and well executed.
  • Able to create low fidelity designs in short design sprints.
  • Ability to create low fidelity prototypes as proof of concept.
  • Knowledge of designing mobile first
  • Ability to present work with an effective, coherent rationale and narrative.
  • Must possess a strong team orientation and excellent interpersonal skills.

If this sounds like you, please email your portfolio, resume and cover letter to [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you – The team at Apparent

You’re curious. You ask questions. You hunt down answers. Just like Apparent.

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Alternatively you can email your resume and cover letter to [email protected]