Paper Giant is a strategic design consultancy made up of a creative and welcoming team who help organisations deliver better products, services and policy in order to create a more just, equal and sustainable society.
We’re most known for our experience in visual design, product strategy, co-design and design research. We strive to create positive impact through work that considers the perspectives and lived experience of the people our projects effect.
In the past year, we've worked on diverse projects including: delivering a design system for one of Australia's most progressive financial institutions, co-designing better outcomes to support people leaving prison and facilitating conversations on a national strategy on energy performance.
We have offices in Naarm / Melbourne and on Ngunnawal country / Canberra and we strive to create flexibility to support you to do your best work wherever you are. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, and are an equal opportunity employer. If you're not sure you meet all the criteria, we absolutely encourage you to apply.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQA+) people.
Who we are looking for...
As a Product Designer at Paper Giant, you will apply your design expertise to a diverse range of client problems. You will be a hands-on maker and work collaboratively with project team members to deliver high-quality work for clients in the government, not-for-profit, and private sectors. You’ll scope and define design approaches, prototype and design digital interfaces, and create pathways for change through effective design and storytelling.
You have in-depth knowledge and experience in visual and communication design in diverse contexts and mediums. Knowledge and experience in applying human-centred design methodologies to achieve design outcomes is essential.
What you will do:
Show impact through design practice
- Tackle design problems that range from well-defined to ambiguous
- Solve client problems by applying a variety of design and creative approaches
- Use conceptual thinking to respond to user and client needs
- Use sketching, wireframing and prototyping to communicate and test possible futures for products, services, and physical/digital touchpoints
- Use design research to test ideas and inform design decisions and rationale
- Support the design and facilitation of online and in-person workshops
- Use customer journeys, service blueprints and experience maps as a way to uncover challenges and opportunities
- Collaborate on qualitative research (interviewing and sense-making) and turn insights into actionable plans for the client
- Document your work in design systems and brand guidelines.
Deliver client projects to a high standard
- You understand how to communicate research findings, strategic foresight and conceptual ideas.
- You can create detailed designs and communicate the design rationale both verbally and visually to drive change within an organisation
- You are comfortable with your personal design process and are able to communicate it to others
- You are willing and open to try new processes, tools, ways of working and methods of production
- You can identify when you are uncertain or require help
Manage client relationships
- You are comfortable speaking directly to clients/stakeholders
- You can deliver an excellent presentation
- You can tell a story in a convincing and compelling way
Demonstrate ethics, purpose and care
- You are a kind, generous and respectful individual
- Your personality is a reflection of your personal practice
- You can understand or engage in ethical conversations about your work
- You have a strong desire to contribute to the studio practice and culture
Essential skills and experience
- At least 2 years of experience working in a product design, UX/UI, communications design, graphic design or human-centred design role;
- Excellent skills with Figma, Adobe Suite, and other no-code prototyping services;
- Experience using and creating design systems and brand guidelines;
- You can show at least one project where you designed and conducted qualitative research with the users of a product, service or policy;
- You can tailor outputs and design communication to meet client needs;
- You are willing to travel to conduct research if required;
- You will help us to design and build a positive, collaborative, inclusive studio culture;
- Fluent in written and spoken English; and
- Full and current working rights for Australia.
Your application
Please supply a resume and answer the following questions:
- Why do you want to work at Paper Giant?
- What’s the design achievement you’re most proud of in the past two years?
- What do you think makes an effective product designer when working in a team?
Flexible, part-time and remote working arrangements will be considered.
Remuneration
The salary range for this role is between $80,000 - $110,000, depending on your experience.
What’s it like to work at Paper Giant?
Working at Paper Giant means working as part of a passionate and supportive team of design and research practitioners.
We work together on projects and the company, and our culture is one of generosity, sharing, inventiveness and openness.
We offer flexible work hours, a generous professional development allowance, and support volunteering and learning opportunities for all our staff.
We work on diverse, complex, interesting and challenging projects, and are passionate about using design to solve complex problems at all scales.
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, and are an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
