Product Designer

Are you an experienced Product Designer looking for your next big career challenge? Be part of the team taking our proprietary management product to the next level. You'll be working closely with a niche user base solving complex problems. This is a bold project with lots of room to grow and contribute. 

We are excited to be building a marketing team management system made specifically for professional service firms that have adopted a hybrid agile methodology. This role provides you with the opportunity to work on sophisticated and complex problems – rather than designing individual product features, you’ll understand that owning the design process from the ground up is needed. More importantly, bringing people along and making it a team effort in that process is critical to the success of our work together. 

No one works on anything alone when you’re an August team member. You’ll be expected to collaborate and contribute – for someone who thrives in this type of environment, you’ll be driven to add to the fabric of our strong culture and quality work through your commitment to learning and delivering. 

The job in 55 words or less 

• Be a champion for the people using this product; actively listening to their feedback and gaining insights into how we can best serve them and make a product that truly improves their experience and business outcomes. 
• Collaborate with a smart, talented team of people who are committed to learning and sharing something new every day; no one works on anything alone. 
• Be part of the team involved in user research, user persona development, wireframing and prototyping, usability testing, feature prioritisation, interaction design, and design system creation. 
• Establish ways of working within the product team in your first few months that provides context and room for growth and scalability. 

Does this sound like you? 

• Proven experience designing software that tackles complex problems and is used by people; in other words, this isn’t your first product and you’ve been collaborating on this type of work for a minimum of six years, preferably longer. 
• Collaboration is a skill and a way of working that enables you to collect feedback, give feedback, and convert conversations into productive design discussions. 
• You are focused on human-centred design when it comes to solving product issues; product design is great, but if it’s not solving a person’s problem then it’s not helpful. 
• Excited by the opportunity to contribute to a senior and experienced team in developing ways of working, processes and feedback mechanisms. 
• You know the best practice tools of the trade and you use them everyday including (but not limited to) Figma, Principle, AI tools and more… 
• Can work autonomously but loves being part of a team and actively contributing to it 

You get extra credit for 

• Experience with public speaking opportunities. 
• Formal facilitation and coaching qualifications. 

What you will get 

Working at August is not just another agency job. While we take our work seriously, we really enjoy the company of the people we work with and we don’t take ourselves too seriously. It takes time to find the right people to join our team. There’s a level of trust and flexibility that is hard to describe, but here goes nothing. You’ll enjoy the freedom to create and contribute to sophisticated projects the way you want, combined with a robustness of process that ensures you have total support to focus all your energy and inspiration on compelling design and technical challenges. If you’d like more detail, we’d love you to ask us about it! 

Our values play an important part in everything we do at August. They help us deliver epic work for clients around the world and they’ve seen us through some difficult times. As a team member, you’ll continue to develop not just your technical craft, but other valuable qualities such as powerful communication skills, commercial and business nous, and handy insights into totally random stuff, like a quick and easy killer dumpling recipe, or the engineering magic behind the latest SpaceX test flight (again, you might want to ask us!). When we hire someone to join the team, we’re interested and invested in all the different parts that make up you – because ultimately, that’s what makes August. 

As a team member, you can also expect: 

• A competitive salary package with various incentives and rewards. 
• Flexible and hybrid working is part of our daily jam. 
• Working within a highly motivated, talented and technology–driven team. 
• A team of people who will invest in your career progression and development. 
• Generous company policies that help you grow and balance life. 
• Many other perks we will discuss when we meet you. 

Apply Now 

Applications for this role are open now and we are actively hiring to fill this spot in our team. 

If you have questions about this role or about August, feel free to contact us and ask for Simon. 

To apply for this position, you need to: 

• Mention one of our clients in your application. 
• Provide your CV, outlining your skills and experience. 
• Include a covering letter explaining why you are perfect for this role. 
• If you have a personal website or folio site, feel free to include it in your application; we’d love to check it out. 

Are you a recruiter? 

We understand you work in a competitive industry and you will be tempted to contact us with potential candidates for this and other listed roles. We respectfully request that you do not contact us regarding applicants for this role and please do not send us unsolicited applications. 

About August 

August is an independent award-winning digital consultancy headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. We aim to nudge the world just enough to make a change. Help us to make it happen. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at August. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.