The Role:
The Associate Designer is an entry-level position focused on the execution of design work within a single task or project. This role is dedicated to developing foundational design skills in both UX and UI, collaborating closely with senior team members, and contributing to a positive team environment. This designer is eager to learn and grow, actively seeking mentorship and delivering on commitments with a sense of urgency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design & Prototyping
- Organise content and navigation effectively at the application and screen level (e.g., wireframe or prototype).
- Pair with more senior designers for review and to make iterative improvements to work.
- Works collaboratively with end users to sketch potential use cases, task flows, and user flows.
- Demonstrate a solid foundation in typography, layout, and visual design principles.
- Show creativity in determining how to solve a design problem or realise a design opportunity within the given constraints.
- Organise content in a useful and meaningful way to users, showing an understanding of multiple taxonomy approaches (e.g., hierarchical, faceted).
- Demonstrate an understanding of the merits of divergent thinking to explore new ideas.
- Write appropriate content with guidance from senior designers and content writers.
- Research & Strategy Support
- Assist in user research by taking notes during interview sessions.
- Provide feedback on findings and recommendations from user research.
- Assist in strategic research by providing feedback during heuristic reviews, taking notes during cognitive walkthrough sessions, or contributing to content audits.
- Take direction from senior designers regarding information visualisation needs.
- Contribute to conversations based on domain knowledge when appropriate, with potential knowledge in business, brand, marketing, or product strategy.
- Communication & Professional Development
- Communicate effectively, clearly, concisely, and in an audience-oriented way, in written and verbal form.
- Actively listen to others and ensure they are understood.
- Openly share opinions and contribute to discussions in a respectful manner.
- Work with teammates to resolve disagreements in a healthy manner.
- Deliver on commitments with a sense of urgency and act according to task prioritisation.
- Has daily conversations with the team about the progress of their work.
- Seek out mentorship to grow their own experience.
- Receive training from senior staff and create a professional development plan.
- Work to build strong relationships with their teammates and manager.
About You:
We’re looking for someone who not only has the right skills but also embodies our guiding principles:
- The Owner – You take accountability, act with integrity, and treat challenges as opportunities.
- The Ambitious Maverick – You bring bold ideas, challenge the status quo, and are unafraid to take smart risks.
- The Radical Optimist – You maintain a solutions-focused mindset, inspiring others with your positivity and resilience.
- The Connector – You build authentic relationships, foster collaboration, and create space for diverse voices to thrive.
Skills & Experience:
- Problem Solving: Can confidently follow a well-established approach to the problem to be solved.
- Critical Thinking: Understands the importance of weighing cost and value in decision making, and asks more senior staff for help in applying this type of thinking.
- Collaboration: Helps teammates when requested and gives or shares credit where due.
- Public Speaking: Ability to present informally to peers.
- Estimating: Estimates task length for self.
