About This Opportunity

Are you a UX visionary who thrives on solving complex design challenges and advocating for user needs? Join UQ’s Marketing and Communication team and help us create intuitive, inclusive, and impactful digital experiences for our diverse community.

As a UX Designer at The University of Queensland, you’ll play a pivotal role in enhancing the usability and accessibility of UQ’s websites. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional digital teams and internal stakeholders to deliver user-centred solutions that support Future Students, Current Students, Researchers, Alumni, and Staff.

This is a hands-on role where your creativity and strategic thinking will shape user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes that make a real difference. You’ll lead UX design initiatives, conduct user research, and champion best practices in a dynamic, business-as-usual environment.

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading UX design for digital initiatives, including user journeys, flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Conducting or supporting user research and usability testing to validate design decisions.
• Collaborating with UI designers, content designers, developers, and other digital specialists.
• Engaging with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into user-focused solutions.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world. Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• UQ Study for Staff
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.15 a day)
• Salary packaging options

About You

You’re a confident and creative UX professional with:

• Demonstrated experience in UX design and a strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end UX processes.
• A degree in design, marketing, business or a related field with at least four years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Proficiency in tools such as Figma, User Testing, Miro, or similar.
• A commitment to UQ’s values of Creativity, Excellence, Truth, Integrity, Courage, Respect, and Inclusivity.

The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia. You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Gemma Laws, UX Design Manager at g.laws@uq.edu.au. For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload: Resume, A cover letter summarising how your background aligns with the 'About You' section. Our strength as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.