Lead UX Designer: Student Enrolment Portal

AAR Consulting Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AAR Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Lead UX Designer to join a NSW public-sector education program. You will lead UX strategy for a web-based student enrolment portal, ensuring a consistent, user-centred experience from discovery to enrolment.

You will mentor a junior designer and work within an Agile product team to translate complex requirements into intuitive designs. Responsibilities include developing journeys, wireframes, prototypes and conducting usability tests, while

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading UX design for complex digital products and portals.
• Strong capability in user journeys, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping and usability testing.
• Experience working in an Agile environment within a multidisciplinary product delivery team.
• Proven ability to lead design activities, mentor junior designers and advocate for user needs.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills with technical teams and leaders.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Figma and collaboration platforms like Miro.
• A pragmatic approach to solving problems amidst ambiguity and constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX strategy and design across the student enrolment portal, ensuring alignment with design principles and digital experience standards.
• Champion user-centred design and advocate for students throughout discovery, design and delivery.
• Develop user journeys, wireframes, prototypes and mock-ups to communicate concepts and gather feedback.
• Conduct and support user research and usability testing to refine the experience.
• Lead and mentor a junior UX Designer within an Agile team.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, testers, architects and product management.
• Engage stakeholders to communicate design decisions and resolve competing requirements.
• Translate complex business needs into practical, intuitive design solutions.
• Contribute to sprint planning, design reviews and iterative delivery.

Skills

UX design leadership

User journeys

Wireframing

Prototyping

Usability testing

Agile product team

Stakeholder engagement

Figma

Miro

Tools

Figma

Miro

Job description

AAR Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Lead UX Designer to join a NSW public-sector education program. You will lead UX strategy for a web-based student enrolment portal, ensuring a consistent, user-centred experience from discovery to enrolment.

You will mentor a junior designer and work within an Agile product team to translate complex requirements into intuitive designs. Responsibilities include developing journeys, wireframes, prototypes and conducting usability tests, while