Specialist UI Designer

cba; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CommSec seeks a Specialist UI Designer to craft pixel‑perfect interfaces for web and mobile, contribute to the design system, and shape digital investing experiences. You will help customers originate investment journeys and navigate trading flows with accessible, delightful designs.

You will collaborate with Engineers, Product Designers, and Business SMEs in an agile environment to champion the design system and ensure consistency across platforms.

Qualifications

• 3+ years designing digital user interfaces within cross-functional product teams.
• Expertise in user interface and visual design with mastery of modern design tools.
• Experience maintaining and evolving visual identity and design language.
• Skilled in building and maintaining scalable, accessible design systems.

Responsibilities

• Design detailed user interfaces across CommSec's digital platforms and channels.
• Evolve design language, improve design foundations, and inform visual identity guidelines.
• Champion the design system with cross‑platform alignment and accessibility standards.
• Design experiences that scale with platform strategy and anticipate customer needs.
• Develop prototypes and visual narratives to shape future experience direction.
• Produce clear design documentation for teams in scaled agile environments.
• Partner with engineers and cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Lead and participate in critiques, workshops, and agile ceremonies to share feedback.

Skills

UI design

Design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Prototyping

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Job description

Specialist UI Designer

Do work that matters

Join the CommSec Design Chapter Area as a Specialist UI Designer, working alongside a talented team reimagining CommSec's digital experiences. Contribute to our design system and deliver the next experiences for our web and mobile apps, helping customers quickly originate, guiding them to their next investment, and delivering seamless core trading experiences. Be part of shaping the digital investing future with us.

A note from your future Design Chapter Lead

I'm genuinely excited about where we're headed at CommSec . We've made great strides, but there's so much opportunity ahead - and we can't do it without passionate designers like you.

If you care about creating meaningful experiences and want your work to improve the way Australians grow their wealth, I hope you'll consider joining our team. I can't wait to meet the next creative mind who will help us shape this journey!

See yourself in our team

You are someone who loves crafting pixel perfect design, and deeply curious about how something is made - you will drive and apply our design language across various digital channels and platforms. You'll partner closely with our Engineers, Product Designers, and Business SMEs in an agile environment to champion the CommSec design system, across beautifully crafted, seamless, and accessible experiences. You'll balance your technical skillset and system thinking with hands‑on design execution, and play a core role in advocating design systems and standards while shaping consistency and quality in our products.

Key responsibilities

• Design detailed user interfaces across CommSec's digital platforms and channels
• Evolve CommSec's design language, improving design foundations, consistency, and informing visual identity guidelines
• Champion and contribute to the CommSec design system, ensuring cross-platform alignment, design principles, and accessibility standards are met
• Design experiences that scale with our platform strategy while anticipating customer needs
• Develop prototypes and visual narratives to shape future experience direction
• Produce clear design documentation for teams working in a scaled agile environment
• Partner with engineers and cross‑functional teams to deliver aligned, high‑quality solutions
• Lead and participate in critiques, workshops, and agile ceremonies to share feedback and improve outcomes
• Collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across all stages of the agile lifecycle
• Measure and refine designs post‑launch using qualitative and quantitative insights

What you'll bring

• 3+ years designing digital user interfaces within cross‑functional product teams
• Expertise in user interface and visual design with a mastery of modern design tools
• Experience maintaining and evolving visual identity and design language
• Skilled in building and maintaining scalable, accessible, and modular design systems
• Technically minded and systems thinking, strong collaborator with engineering teams
• Experienced designing for Web, iOS and Android, with solid understanding of UI frameworks
• Success contributing to and evolving design systems that drive measurable outcomes
• Confident within human‑centred design and agile product development environments
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and balancing customer needs with business goals
• Strong collaboration and presentation skills, working across diverse groups of stakeholders
• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional UI design and design system thinking with clear impact

Nice to Have

• Exposure to product design and the end‑to‑end product design lifecycle
• Passion for mentoring others and uplifting the broader design craft in the organisation
• Experience with AI in design systems or integrating AI productivity into your workflow
• Experience in front‑end engineering and development (React, Swift, Compose, or similar)
• Experience working within the Finance industry, or large‑scale enterprise organisations
• Experience working in businesses providing both physical and digital products and services

Why Join Us

• You’ll work on products that genuinely impact people’s lives
• You’ll be part of a highly collaborative, customer‑first culture
• You’ll have ownership and autonomy to shape the product as a key member of a cross‑functional team
• We invest in your growth and career development through coaching, learning budgets, and design community support.

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