Senior Product Designer (9-month fixed term contract)

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SEEK is hiring a Senior Product Designer for a 9 month fixed term contract based in Cremorne, joining the Candidate Discovery squad to shape personalized, first-time experiences across web and app platforms for eight APAC markets. You’ll own end to end UX with a cross functional, geographically distributed team, using user research, experience mapping, Design Thinking, prototyping and GenAI assisted outputs to deliver measurable value, while contributing to the design system and domain vision. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in digital product UX, strong research and storytelling skills, agile experience, and fluency in collaborating with Product, Engineering and Design. To apply, tailor your portfolio to show impact, quantify outcomes, highlight cross team collaboration, and demonstrate inclusive communication. Ensure you have the right to work.

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

Job Description

The team

The Design Team at SEEK is made up of 60+ professionals including UX and Product design, Visual design, Research, Design Systems, Specialisms and Operations. We are distributed primarily across Australia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Our vision is "We create personalised, simple and beautiful job and talent seeking experiences by cultivating a company-wide culture that empowers everyone with human-centred design practices."

As a member of this large, mature, and growing community, the Senior Product Designer will join the Candidate Discovery subdomain and will have support from a wide range of design professionals, including our Design Ops and Research Ops teams. This is a great opportunity to join a leading multi-national design team within an organisation that appreciates the value of design.

About the role 

The role reports into the Design Lead responsible for candidate job discovery experiences across APAC. They will work within a cross-functional squad focused on personalized and first-time experiences on our web and app platforms. Day-to-day they will collaborate with a geographically distributed team of product managers, engineers, analysts, and delivery experts to create value for job seekers. They will be solving design problems ‘at scale’ for our global platforms, spanning 8 countries across Asia-Pacific.

The Senior Product Designer is a specialist practitioner who operates autonomously within their assigned squad, collaborating across disciplines to drive product outcomes and advance design practice. They create innovative, user-centred solutions through expertise in UX/UI design, user research and insights, GenAI-assisted design outputs, prototyping, and close partnership with development teams.

Responsibilities 

• Lead end-to-end UX across the program, from research and ideation to delivery.
• Advocate for users by conducting research and turning insights into action.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design to shape effective solutions.
• Define success metrics, measure outcomes, and iterate based on learnings.
• Contribute to domain vision, design practice, and the evolution of the Design System.
• Facilitate a collaborative and transparent design process within the team
• Communicate insights, issues, and solutions effectively to the squad and stakeholders

Qualifications

Skills and experience 

• 8 years or more working in digital product or user experience design, delivering web and app experiences.
• Strong expertise in user research and proven ability to translate customer insights and complex data into intuitive, high-quality user experiences.
• Experience in experience mapping, interaction design, Design Thinking, and workshop facilitation.
• Experience working in agile teams and using wireframing and prototyping tools to communicate design concepts.
• Experience with GenAI, design systems, and visual design, with strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.

Additional Information

Fixed Term Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably and is preparing for the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future, and is working to minimise its environmental impacts which includes a long-term emissions reduction target of net zero by FY2050
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice
• Access to a wide range of discounts on things such as health insurance, fitness, food, travel, accommodation plus many more
• Professional development sessions with industry leading guest speakers
• Frequent events including sports days, annual Christmas party, hackathon, and trivia

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

At SEEK, we may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including reviewing applications or assessing responses. These tools are designed to assist our hiring teams, not replace human judgment. All hiring decisions are made by people. If you’d like more information about how your information is managed during recruitment, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.