Senior UX/UI Designer - Lead End-to-End & Mentor

Employmint; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Beer & wine fridge

Birthday leave

Wellbeing day

Remote time-off option

Office in Barangaroo

Job summary

Employmint is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to own the design direction across projects, mentor junior designers, and drive end-to-end user experiences. You’ll balance craft with delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure usability and accessibility.

You will lead workshops, defend design choices with research, and elevate design systems while growing with a fast-paced studio. A hybrid work model is offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in UX/UI or digital product design, including agency or fast-paced in-house work.
• Track record of leading projects end to end and owning design direction.
• Experience mentoring or supervising mid and junior designers.
• User-centered approach grounded in research, usability, and accessibility.
• Sharp eye for detail and quality in layout and typography.
• Expert working knowledge of Figma, including design systems and components.
• Strong initiative and ability to work autonomously on complex briefs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to lead client conversations.

Responsibilities

• Own the UX and UI direction on projects and uphold high quality standards.
• Lead end-to-end projects from brief to delivery across sketches, wireframes, sitemaps, user flows, prototypes, and interfaces.
• Mentor and develop mid and junior designers through feedback, critique, pairing and coaching.
• Review and quality check the team's work to elevate craft.
• Collaborate with PPC, CRO and SEO teams to ensure landing pages convert.
• Work closely with internal development teams to balance buildability with beauty.
• Advocate for the user and bring bold, well‑reasoned ideas to clients with supporting research.
• Run workshops and present work to clients, defending design decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Shape team processes and tools as the design organisation grows.

Skills

UX/UI design

Mentoring

Leadership

User research

Figma

Design systems

Prototyping

Communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

Employmint is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to own the design direction across projects, mentor junior designers, and drive end-to-end user experiences. You’ll balance craft with delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure usability and accessibility.

You will lead workshops, defend design choices with research, and elevate design systems while growing with a fast-paced studio. A hybrid work model is offered.