Senior UX/UI Design Lead | Strategy & Accessibility

Softtest Pays Pty; Australia; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Softtest Pays Pty is seeking an EL1 UX/UI Designer to provide specialist leadership across complex digital initiatives, while remaining hands-on in design work. You will guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver accessible, high-quality outcomes and shape experience design governance and standards.

You will mentor designers, contribute to reusable assets, and advance modern design practices to support scalability and long‑term maturity across the Agency’s portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex UX/UI programs across multidisciplinary teams.
• Mentor designers and contribute to capability uplift within Experience Design.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to complex UX/UI design activities across discovery, design, validation and implementation.
• Lead the resolution of complex user, business and technical challenges.
• Develop and review implementation-ready designs, interaction specifications and supporting artefacts.
• Provide authoritative advice on UX, UI and accessibility matters.
• Influence decision making across multidisciplinary teams and programs.
• Drive the evolution and adoption of design systems, standards and reusable design assets.
• Mentor designers and contribute to Experience Design capability uplift.
• Drive knowledge sharing, organisational learning and continuous improvement.
• Identify and apply contemporary design approaches, tools and technologies to improve outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Strategic Thinking

Mentoring

Accessibility

UX/UI Design

Design Systems

Knowledge Sharing

Continuous Improvement

Discovery

Job description

Softtest Pays Pty is seeking an EL1 UX/UI Designer to provide specialist leadership across complex digital initiatives, while remaining hands-on in design work. You will guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver accessible, high-quality outcomes and shape experience design governance and standards.

You will mentor designers, contribute to reusable assets, and advance modern design practices to support scalability and long‑term maturity across the Agency’s portfolio.