If you’re are an accomplished and experienced UX/UI Designer and you are keen to further develop your skills on a socially responsible platform, committed to positive change, we’ve got an opportunity that will keep you captivated and challenged.

If you’ve got the talent and care about making a difference, this is an opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic and accomplished team building a platform that is making the world a better place. 

We:

• Are a well-established, privately funded start-up.
• Have an agile, dynamic and cohesive team.
• Work in an engaged and collaborative environment with a high-level of exposure to the Founder and Stakeholder Development Team.
• Are developing an innovative global platform that is disrupting and revolutionising a sector crying out for change.
• Adhere to agile methodologies to deliver the best product we can.
• Have a single product focus enabling all our attention on product development, testing and enhancement.

The role

We seek an experienced and accomplished Lead UX/UI Designer to join our friendly, dynamic and accomplished team. You will need to be able to thrive in a team environment and work to an agile sprint plan. You will receive and discuss requirements with the organisation’s key stakeholders and Business Analyst, and then work with the Project Manager to schedule a sprint plan that will turn designs into product. 

Be Collective

Be Collective is a tech for good organisation with a community focus delivering a digital platform for mobilising goodwill through innovative Social Infrastructure. We’re a place for action, helping our community realise positive social impact both individually and collectively. We ask communities to do what they can, when they can. We’re here to make the world a better place and bring out the best in people, businesses, government, educational institutions and charities, by connecting those providing volunteer opportunities with those that want to help. Along the way, we help foster employment pathways, activate citizenship, support individuals to showcase their volunteering and skill acquisition through our unique verified Social Record/Social Resume, and enable organisations to demonstrate and articulate their Social Impact.    

Be Collective is a global organisation with offices in London (UK), Melbourne (Australia), and Wellington (New Zealand). We are expanding our Melbourne-based team with the appointment of a Lead UX/UI Designer who will report to the Chief Technology Officer and work closely with our Melbourne-based Business Analyst and Project Manager.

There is also an opportunity to contribute to the work of Smart Systems which develops IoT and AI applications which align with sustainable development goals.  Smart Systems is currently working on an IoT project for a decentralised water treatment system which utilises ground and surface water, producing potable water for remote and underprivileged communities.

Skills and Experience

Required skills include an ability to:

• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Facilitate product vision by researching, conceiving, sketching, prototyping and user-testing.
• Work along side the product manager to create users stories and user journeys.
• Design and deliver wireframes and mockups optimised for a wide range of devices and interfaces.
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Take a user-centred design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
• Ask smart questions, take risks and champion new ideas.

The following experience will be essential:

• 3+ years of UX / UI design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
• Expertise in standard UX / UI software such as Sketch or Axure, InVision, Zeplin, is a must. Basic HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills are a plus.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet the needs and vision.
• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions including wire framing, customer journey mapping, screen and user flows, prototypes, pattern libraries, and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• An understanding of mobile-first, responsive design that is also user-centred design, planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, usability and accessibility concerns.
• Planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, usability and accessibility concerns.
• Ability to work effectively in an agile setting and be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with the team and other stakeholders.
• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.

Culture and perks

We are proud of the company culture we have built and grown globally to make Be Collective a place that people love to come to work every day. Our team all believe in connecting the goodwill of others which is why giving is intrinsic to our team culture, and why people stick around. If this all sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.