Senior UX Designer - Hybrid, Government Tech Impact

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Australian Electoral Commission; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Electoral Commission in Canberra is seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape intuitive user interfaces for both business and technical areas within an Agile team. You will support discovery, design, and delivery, focusing on usability and accessibility across platforms.

The role requires strong communication, autonomous work within a multidisciplinary team, and hands-on experience with user testing and UX methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of UX/UI practice in a similar role.
• Strong communication skills for presentations and collaboration.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team to deliver shared goals.
• Experience with running user testing/usability testing and understanding of digital trends and tools.
• Strong conceptual and information design skills with Figma, Miro and Adobe CC.

Responsibilities

• Leading user experience design activities in a multi-disciplinary agile delivery team in prediscovery, discovery and design and delivery.
• Facilitating co-design workshops and interviews with system owners, business area, and end users
• Creating user interface designs and interactive prototypes
• Developing wireframes and functional specifications
• Documenting user research findings and contributing to presenting concepts to business areas
• Promoting a user-centric point of view and demonstrating creativity in interaction design
• Develop user personas, create wireframes and prototypes
• Building on the existing AEC Design System
• Collaborating with the Enabling team to improve value delivery
• Identifying areas for process/technology improvement/innovation
• Managing a productive working environment with stakeholders
• Perform additional duties as directed
• Contributing to testing improvements and adopting new testing technologies

Skills

UX/UI design

Autonomous work

User testing

Agile

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Figma

Miro

Adobe CC

Job description

Australian Electoral Commission in Canberra is seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape intuitive user interfaces for both business and technical areas within an Agile team. You will support discovery, design, and delivery, focusing on usability and accessibility across platforms.

The role requires strong communication, autonomous work within a multidisciplinary team, and hands-on experience with user testing and UX methodologies.