NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

UX/UI Designer

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: AucklandNew Zealand

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Salary

💰 NZ$93,357 - NZ$111,623 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Work on a range of internal and external digital products
  • Involved in the end-to-end product design process — from customer research and ideation, to wireframing, prototyping, and testing high-fidelity designs.
  • Help shape meaningful, accessible and intuitive solutions that solve real customer problems through human-centred design.
  • Engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders, and work closely with cross-functional agile squads.
  • Validate and iteratively test ideas and designs with customers.
  • Work with other designers, foster a collaborative team culture, and champion human-centred design within an agile environment.
  • Contribute to our Design System, Human-Centred Design Centre of Excellence, and Design Community of Practice.

Requirements

  • Experience delivering UX/UI design for digital products and applying human-centred design methodologies.
  • Expertise in UX research methods and using customer insights to inform and validate UI designs, patterns and components.
  • Good understanding of the product development lifecycle and working with cross-functional teams.
  • Clear communication and storytelling skills to effectively present designs.
  • Good relationship-building skills to engage stakeholders, peers, internal users, and external customers.
  • Experience working in agile environments, supporting squads with iterative product designs.
  • Ability to ensure product designs comply with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and NZ Government web standards.
  • Proficiency in research and design tools such as Askable, Figma, Miro, and Adobe Creative Cloud.
  • A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a willingness to engage with Te Ao Māori, tikanga, and Te Reo Māori.
Benefits
  • 5 weeks annual leave
  • Free Life, Income Protection, and Critical Illness Insurance package
  • Flexible working arrangements (role dependent)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
UX designUI designhuman-centred designUX research methodsproduct development lifecycleiterative product designWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)NZ Government web standards
Soft Skills
clear communicationstorytellingrelationship-buildingcollaborationstakeholder engagement