The Presentation team creates award winning visual stories, illustrations and graphics for The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and WAToday.

We work alongside the country’s best journalists, photographers, video producers and editors to produce industry-leading visual content that informs and engages our audience.

The role of Senior Visual Designer reports into the Creative Director. The primary focus will be to elevate the visual treatment of marquee storytelling, including investigations and exclusives.

Day to day you will:

• Work alongside Journalists and editors on visual content for news and features
• Create digital artwork and illustration for premium stories
• Be audience centric - put our audience experience first and foremost
• Regularly identify potential for visual stories and generate original ideas Employee responsibilities
• Work quickly and accurately to ensure deadlines are met
• Be a supportive member of the team, providing assistance and advice to others when applicable
• Keep abreast of industry best practice

Please include a portfolio of your work in your application

We are seeking an experienced UX Designer to spearhead the discovery and design of a new greenfield software product. In this role, you will lead workshops with key stakeholders and third-party vendors, establish design requirements, and ensure the product delivers a best-in-class user experience. You will collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into compelling and intuitive digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Discovery & Research:

  • Conduct in-depth user research to identify pain points, opportunities, and user needs

  • Facilitate and lead workshops with external stakeholders and third-party vendors to gather insights, define project scope, and set clear design goals.

  • Establish a clear vision for the product's user experience, rooted in research findings and industry best practices.

• Design Strategy & Planning:

  • Develop a UX strategy that aligns with business objectives and user needs.

  • Define design requirements and create a roadmap for the product’s UX development.

  • Create personas, journey maps, and wireframes to visualise user interactions.

• Stakeholder & Vendor Collaboration:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and third-party vendors, to ensure cohesive UX strategies and execution.

  • Promote user-centred design principles during all phases of the product lifecycle.

  • Present design concepts and research findings to stakeholders to guide decision-making.

• UX Design & Prototyping:

  • Lead the design and development of wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity user interfaces.

  • Ensure designs are tested, iterated, and refined based on user feedback.

  • Work closely with development teams to ensure smooth implementation of designs.

The Local Project is Australia, New Zealand, and North America's fastest growing design publication, celebrating extraordinary local design to our global community. With a focus on uncovering and understanding the impact that design makes on everyday experiences, The Local Project celebrates honest and human-centred design through premium print, digital, editorial, video and social content, with over 100,000,000+ impressions per month across our owned, operated and third-party platforms.

Role Introduction...

As Senior Graphic Designer you'll work on every aspect of our creative outputs whilst helping mentor and coach the wider design team.

Some of the things you'll be working on...

- Digital content creation for web and social media: designing and managing assets for our website and social media channels including EDMs, social media content, web banners (static and animated) 

- Lead and mentor an established team of talented mid level designers

- Delivering high-quality design for print collateral and our tri-annual print publications: The Local Project, The Commercial Project, The Local Marketplace 

- Creating and managing documents and presentations for clients as well as internal use 

- Working collaboratively with the wider design team to deliver outputs on time and to brief 

Experience you'll need... 

- Proven experience as a Senior Designer, ideally with a minimum of 2+ years operating at a senior level

- A motivated leadership style with a can-do attitude.

- Advanced skills across the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator 

- Intermediate knowledge of After Effects, Premiere Pro, Figma and Woodwing

- A strong portfolio of work across web, print and social media channels

- Previous experience in print publications highly regarded, as is knowledge or interest in architecture

Application process

At The Local Project we believe that skills and potential come in various forms. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t meet every single requirement in our job posting, we recognise that every candidate brings a unique set of skills, experiences and perspectives. We’re interested in potential, enthusiasm and dedication to your craft, as well as your experience, so if you believe you can make a meaningful contribution then we encourage you to apply. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of any race, sexual orientation, gender, age or ethnicity, and those who are culturally or linguistically diverse, gender diverse, neuro-diverse or living with a disability.

As the Product Designer for the In Life tribe, you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing the experiences of our existing Shift customers and collaborating closely with internal teams.

You will own every aspect of design for the In Life tribe, from helping to identify, prioritise and unpack opportunities to shipping pixel-perfect user interfaces that are robust, and best-in-class where differentiation is important.

What you'll do: 

• Lead end-to-end design processes from discovery to execution, ensuring seamless integration across platforms
• Work closely with stakeholders across the business to define and refine user experiences that meet business objectives
• Map out front-to-back customer journeys and task flows
• Design & prototype intuitive user interfaces
• Talk to our customers to understand their needs and pain points
• Utilise customer insights to drive design decisions and identify growth opportunities.
• Help grow and maintain our design system
• Be an advocate for Product Design by sharing your work regularly, promoting best practices, and building strong relationships with your stakeholders