Visual Designer

at  VOCUS

Are you looking for an awesome place to work, where you can proudly be your authentic self, and be part of #oneteam?
We are looking for a passionate team player who aligns with our values and culture, takes pride in their unique contributions, and can challenge the status quo with disruptive thinking. If this sounds like you, come and join us!
The Opportunity
We’re hiring a Visual Designer to help us transform the experience on our websites and user facing portals!
The Visual Designer will create visually engaging, innovative, and functional web products for Vocus customers and teams. This will be achieved through the development of a visual design library. The design library is made up of standard visual components that enable developers to rapidly develop customer facing portals / web pages, while maintaining a consistent brand across Vocus digital assets. The visual designer will ensure Vocus meets Web Content Accessibility Guideline 2.1 Level AA standards.

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Apply your strong understanding of typography, iconography, colour, and space to develop a visual design library that enables digital assets to be easy to read and understood.
• Work with UX designers to define the atomic visual components required when developing user experience (e.g. buttons, tables, drop down menus, etc).
• Work with developers to build and maintain a library of visual components that can be applied to user facing digital assets, and quickly updated in response to branding changes.
• Work with marketing to ensure the design library is aligned to Vocus branding.
• Ensure the design library meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, level AA.
• Communicate clear and compelling ideas to a range of stakeholders.
• Promote and educate others on new interface guidelines and design patterns.
• Promote a self-service operating model by supporting the documentation of our design system.
• Obtain feedback on designs via critique with peers.

What you’ll bring to this role

• 3-5 years’ experience designing and delivering websites for large organisations from start to finish as part of a cross-functional team
• Deep understanding of user centred design and system thinking. The ability to step back and see the larger ecosystem, with a focus on solutions that improve not just one feature but an entire flow.
• Communication and active listening skills, with an ability to build and develop close, trusting relationships.
• Experience using and contributing to design systems.
• Solid knowledge of current design tools such as Figma, along with an ability to quickly learn new tools as they emerge.
• Good understanding of digital trends and web/mobile technologies, and ability to evaluate the applicability for business solutions.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Must have high level of attention to detail and high level of creativity.

What We Offer

Working at Vocus will give you rewarding experiences and the opportunity to do extraordinary work. You will enjoy:

• Diverse and dynamic teams with a supportive and inclusive culture.
• Supportive career development plans with comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities.
• Flexible hours and a hybrid working environment
• Generous discounts on power, gas, mobile and internet; plus, discounts to over 400 retailers.
• Competitive leave benefits, including anniversary leave, purchased leave, parental leave, volunteering leave, study leave, and much more. We also offer a fifth week of annual leave when you hit five years of service!
• Study assistance programs to excel your personal growth, learning and development.
• Health and wellness offerings, including access to our wellbeing initiatives that can help you from a financial, psychological, and physical perspective.

Working at Vocus is never just a job – it’s personal. We’re crazy about our customers and believe our people are the difference. Our wonderfully diverse team and a vibrant culture define us. We care about the impact we have on our people, our customers, and our communities and are committed to operating as a responsible, ethical business.
We pride ourselves on setting audacious and ambitious goals and believe that we can play our part in changing the Australian telecommunications landscape and make a fundamental difference to people’s lives.
With us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire teams, work on projects that are shaping the future of telecommunications and become part of a culture that thrives on creativity, encourages new ideas, and provides a collaborative and inclusive environment.
About Us
As Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, we own and operate 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia to the world. Through our well-known retail brands, we deliver simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice and energy services with the purpose of Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.
Ready to take the next step?
If you like the sound of this role and think you’d do a great job, but are worried you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to back yourself – we know that diverse groups are less-likely to apply for roles they’re not 100% qualified for, but just as likely to succeed at them!
We are a proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where all our team members feel like they belong. We know diversity makes us stronger and we encourage applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.
If you feel comfortable, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements upon application, so we can make any adjustments required to support you throughout our recruitment process

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

• Apply your strong understanding of typography, iconography, colour, and space to develop a visual design library that enables digital assets to be easy to read and understood.
• Work with UX designers to define the atomic visual components required when developing user experience (e.g. buttons, tables, drop down menus, etc).
• Work with developers to build and maintain a library of visual components that can be applied to user facing digital assets, and quickly updated in response to branding changes.
• Work with marketing to ensure the design library is aligned to Vocus branding.
• Ensure the design library meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, level AA.
• Communicate clear and compelling ideas to a range of stakeholders.
• Promote and educate others on new interface guidelines and design patterns.
• Promote a self-service operating model by supporting the documentation of our design system.
• Obtain feedback on designs via critique with peers

What you’ll bring to this role

• 3-5 years’ experience designing and delivering websites for large organisations from start to finish as part of a cross-functional team
• Deep understanding of user centred design and system thinking. The ability to step back and see the larger ecosystem, with a focus on solutions that improve not just one feature but an entire flow.
• Communication and active listening skills, with an ability to build and develop close, trusting relationships.
• Experience using and contributing to design systems.
• Solid knowledge of current design tools such as Figma, along with an ability to quickly learn new tools as they emerge.
• Good understanding of digital trends and web/mobile technologies, and ability to evaluate the applicability for business solutions.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Must have high level of attention to detail and high level of creativity