Senior UX Designer - Own In-House UX & Design System

FourQuarters Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

FourQuarters Recruitment – Bondi Beach NSW is seeking a Senior UX Designer to become the first dedicated UX hire within the business. This hands-on, senior IC role offers a unique opportunity to establish UX best practice and influence nationwide product strategy.

You will own end-to-end customer journeys, build and evolve the design system, and partner with Product, Technology, Operations and Executives to translate complex problems into intuitive digital experiences.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–8 years' experience in UX or product design.
• Experience in e-commerce, marketplaces or complex customer-facing digital products.
• Ability to work independently in a senior IC role.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive UX design across the business, becoming the internal subject matter expert for UX.
• Define customer problems and translate them into intuitive, commercially viable digital experiences.
• Work with Product, Technology, Operations and Executives to understand needs.
• Take ownership of end-to-end customer journeys beyond individual screens or features.
• Identify second- and third-order impacts of design decisions.
• Develop UX strategies balancing customer, business, technology and operational requirements.
• Build and evolve the organisation's design system for consistency and scalability.
• Establish UX best practices, processes and standards.
• Translate complex requirements into user journeys, wireframes, prototypes and high-quality designs.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure designs are implemented effectively.
• Manage external design partners and transition UX capability in-house.
• Communicate design rationale and influence decisions at all levels.

Skills

Senior IC

UX design

Design systems

Stakeholder management

End-to-end journeys

Independent worker

Commercial mindset

Job description

FourQuarters Recruitment – Bondi Beach NSW is seeking a Senior UX Designer to become the first dedicated UX hire within the business. This hands-on, senior IC role offers a unique opportunity to establish UX best practice and influence nationwide product strategy.

You will own end-to-end customer journeys, build and evolve the design system, and partner with Product, Technology, Operations and Executives to translate complex problems into intuitive digital experiences.