Product Designer (3-month contract) at Pet Circle

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

17 Mar, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Design, UX Thinking, UI Execution, Web Design, Mobile Design, Internal Tools Design, User Research, Prototyping, Design System, Stakeholder Engagement, User-Centered Design, Figma, Miro, Jira, Confluence, Service Design

Industry

Retail

Description

Dogs, cats, budgies and everything in between - pets deserve the world. They make us want to be better humans. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to build the most engaged and passionate community of pets and pet parents across the world. And we’re looking for talented teammates who can help us do it. Founded in Sydney, our team of 500+ pet obsessives span Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. We’ve scaled to become one of Australia's top five eComm companies and the no.1 online pet store. But we’re just getting started. Like a whippet who’s spotted their mate across the dog park, our growth is only going to accelerate, as we continue to disrupt the way that pet parents shop. Excitingly, the pet industry is booming (as in $15 billion kind of booming) and online pet retail is set to grow exponentially in the next five years. So this is a unique career opportunity to be part of our epic growth story. The opportunity Please note, this is a 3-month contract. We’re looking for a Product Designer (mid–senior level) who blends strong UX thinking with polished UI execution. You’ll play a key role in shaping the end-to-end customer experience across our digital products—web, mobile, and internal tools. Whether you're already operating at a senior level or ready to grow into one, this is your chance to lead meaningful projects, solve complex problems, and design experiences that drive engagement and loyalty. You’ll work closely with product managers, engineers, and other designers to uncover insights, prototype ideas, and deliver high-quality designs that bring our vision to life. What you’ll be doing Own the end-to-end design process for key customer journeys across web and mobile—from research and discovery through to high-fidelity design and delivery Collaborate with cross-functional squads (Product, Engineering, Marketing, Ops) to deeply understand customer needs and business goals Plan and run user research to test assumptions, validate ideas, and uncover new opportunities Create flows, wireframes, and prototypes to explore and communicate your ideas Contribute to and evolve our design system to ensure a consistent and high-quality user experience Share your design thinking with clarity, engaging stakeholders in your process and decisions Champion user-centered design and advocate for UX best practices across the business The ideal toolbox 3–5+ years’ experience as a UX/UI or Product Designer in a high-traffic B2C or D2C digital product or e-commerce environment A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work across responsive web and/or native mobile Skilled in Figma, Miro, and common product tools like Jira or Confluence Comfortable leading or supporting user research—both qualitative and quantitative Experience working within and contributing to a design system Able to navigate ambiguity, simplify complexity, and balance detail with big-picture thinking Clear communicator who collaborates well and welcomes feedback from teammates and stakeholders (Bonus) Experience mentoring others or improving design team rituals (Bonus) Service design experience or front-end knowledge Role location We believe that building connections and collaborating as Pet Circlers is super important. So this role is based in Sydney with a hybrid arrangement of 3 days per week in our pet friendly offices (your pet might love coming to the office even more than you). This is subject to change in line with business requirements. Juicy perks Heaps of development opportunities - stretch projects, secondments and unlimited learning courses via Go1 Flexible working environment Up to 50% employee discount Product sample giveaways Pawrental leave and wellbeing leave Team charity volunteer days Classpass subsidy Why Join? We reckon our mission to help the world Pet Better is an important one, but also an incredibly fun and rewarding one. Becoming a Pet Circler means you’re committed to help shape an entire industry - it’s pretty exciting stuff. Here’s what we stand for: We're better together We operate with humble hearts and hungry minds Pets matter, so pets and pet parents always have a seat at our table We're instinctively curious. Always. Belong at Pet Circle Our unique perspectives and expertise is our superpower - we value diversity in all forms. So, no matter your background, please apply if this role makes you excited to bring your full self to work each day.

Responsibilities

The Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for key customer journeys across web and mobile, from research through to high-fidelity delivery. This involves collaborating with cross-functional squads to understand needs, planning user research, creating prototypes, and contributing to the design system.