Product Designer
Robert Walters
Date: 13 hours ago
City: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Contract type: Full time
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Product Designer to join a highly respected government agency’s Sourcing Platforms team, where your expertise will directly shape the future of digital procurement across Australia. This role offers you the chance to work on the BuyICT platform, a critical tool that supports Whole of Government digital procurement, ensuring seamless and accessible experiences for users nationwide.
What You'll Do
As a Product Designer within this forward-thinking government team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how users interact with one of Australia’s most important digital procurement platforms. Your day-to-day activities will involve close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including researchers, developers, product managers, and stakeholders—to ensure every aspect of the platform is intuitive, accessible, and valuable. You will be responsible for taking ideas from concept through prototyping to final implementation-ready designs while maintaining a holistic view of the entire user journey. By championing accessibility standards and leveraging your deep understanding of design tools like Figma and Miro, you will help create solutions that not only meet but exceed user expectations. Your ability to iterate quickly based on feedback ensures that each release delivers tangible improvements. The role also involves maintaining robust design systems so that every touchpoint remains consistent as the platform grows. Success in this position means being adaptable, empathetic towards users’ needs, and always striving for excellence in every detail of your work.
To excel as a Product Designer in this influential government setting, you will bring proven experience designing engaging digital products within collaborative teams. Your background should include hands-on involvement in end-to-end product design processes—from research synthesis through prototyping to developer handoff—always prioritising accessibility and user-centred thinking. Familiarity with leading tools like Figma or Miro is essential; your ability to adapt deliverables according to project context demonstrates both technical proficiency and creative flexibility. You will be comfortable communicating complex ideas simply while building consensus among diverse stakeholders. Experience maintaining or evolving design systems is highly valued as it underpins consistency across large-scale platforms. Above all else, your empathy for users’ needs combined with your commitment to inclusive practices ensures every solution you craft makes a positive impact.
To apply please click apply or call Sofia Moran on 03 8628 2104 for a confidential discussion.
What You'll Do
As a Product Designer within this forward-thinking government team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how users interact with one of Australia’s most important digital procurement platforms. Your day-to-day activities will involve close collaboration with cross-functional teams—including researchers, developers, product managers, and stakeholders—to ensure every aspect of the platform is intuitive, accessible, and valuable. You will be responsible for taking ideas from concept through prototyping to final implementation-ready designs while maintaining a holistic view of the entire user journey. By championing accessibility standards and leveraging your deep understanding of design tools like Figma and Miro, you will help create solutions that not only meet but exceed user expectations. Your ability to iterate quickly based on feedback ensures that each release delivers tangible improvements. The role also involves maintaining robust design systems so that every touchpoint remains consistent as the platform grows. Success in this position means being adaptable, empathetic towards users’ needs, and always striving for excellence in every detail of your work.
- Collaborate closely with user researchers and product managers to deeply understand user needs, behaviours, and challenges, ensuring every design decision is informed by genuine insights.
- Work alongside other designers to conceptualise and prototype solutions that address core user issues, fostering an inclusive and co-operative design culture.
- Iterate on designs based on stakeholder feedback and usability testing results so that final outputs are ready for seamless development handover.
- Ensure all designs adhere strictly to accessibility standards and user-centred design principles, making digital services usable for everyone.
- Partner with developers to understand technical limitations and create detailed interaction specifications that guide implementation effectively.
- Maintain a comprehensive perspective of the overall user experience to ensure consistency and coherence across all aspects of the platform.
- Support the upkeep of internal design systems to guarantee long-term visual and functional consistency throughout the platform’s evolution.
- Balance business requirements with user needs by aligning design solutions with product goals while considering any constraints or limitations.
- Adapt design fidelity as needed depending on project context, demonstrating flexibility in producing both high-level concepts and detailed deliverables.
To excel as a Product Designer in this influential government setting, you will bring proven experience designing engaging digital products within collaborative teams. Your background should include hands-on involvement in end-to-end product design processes—from research synthesis through prototyping to developer handoff—always prioritising accessibility and user-centred thinking. Familiarity with leading tools like Figma or Miro is essential; your ability to adapt deliverables according to project context demonstrates both technical proficiency and creative flexibility. You will be comfortable communicating complex ideas simply while building consensus among diverse stakeholders. Experience maintaining or evolving design systems is highly valued as it underpins consistency across large-scale platforms. Above all else, your empathy for users’ needs combined with your commitment to inclusive practices ensures every solution you craft makes a positive impact.
- Demonstrated ability to create intuitive and engaging user experiences that comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), ensuring inclusivity for all users.
- Proven track record of effective teamwork within multidisciplinary environments—working collaboratively with researchers, developers, product managers, and stakeholders to align design outcomes with business objectives.
- Expertise in using industry-standard design tools such as Figma and Miro, coupled with flexibility to produce designs at varying levels of fidelity tailored to specific project needs.
- Strong communication skills enabling you to clearly articulate design decisions and rationale both verbally and visually to diverse audiences.
- Experience iterating on designs based on usability testing results and stakeholder feedback so that solutions are continually refined before development begins.
- Commitment to maintaining internal design systems for long-term consistency across complex platforms or products.
- A passion for accessible design practices that put users at the centre of every decision-making process.
To apply please click apply or call Sofia Moran on 03 8628 2104 for a confidential discussion.