Role: Senior Product Designer

Locations: Melbourne

Duration: Fixed-term contract – 6 months

Talent Street is looking for a Senior Product Designer for one of our Victorian State government clients.

Key accountabilities:

Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Delivery, Policy, and Design leaders to create compelling, personalised experiences that support and empower all Victorians with low/no touch, effortless interactions which follow universally accessible patterns.
Design and validate innovative solutions, working with stakeholders to understand and balance customer, business, technical and regulatory requirements.
Work with our leaders to develop strategy, contribute to the roadmap and support the impact we want to make as an organisation.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems, style guides, and interaction patterns to ensure consistency and coherence across our digital platforms
Plan and participate in user research activities to gain insights into user behaviours, preferences, and pain points, and use this knowledge to inform and validate design decisions through usability testing

Design and facilitate workshops for alignment, ideation, and iteration – for small and large groups – either remotely and or in-person.
Initiate and maintain effective relationships, consulting and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders at peer or senior levels. Relying on formal and informal communication channels to achieve goals and engage stakeholders to help them identify areas and opportunities for improvement
Actively present design decisions for review and buy-in, provide justifications, and incorporate feedback from stakeholders both within and outside the digital team and department.
Promote digital inclusion and design for our customers who have accessibility needs.

Key selection criteria:

Demonstrated experience across the end-to-end product design process — from discovery and research through to prototyping, testing, and validation with users and data.

Strong communicator and storyteller, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders using clear and compelling design thinking.

Proven ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, user-centred solutions.

Proficient in design and research tools such as Figma, FigJam, Miro, and comfortable working with design systems and platform guidelines (web, iOS, Android).

Deep understanding of Human-Centred Design (HCD) principles, with a proactive, adaptable mindset and a willingness to support team needs as they arise

Please apply now or contact Cheska Mitra, Delivery Consultant @Talent Stre e t o n cmitra@talentstreet.com.au for further information.