At a Glance
- Tasks: Design engaging user experiences for ABC iview across web, mobile, and TV platforms.
- Company: Join the ABC, a leading media organisation with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Flexible work location, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diversity is valued; applications from all backgrounds are encouraged.
- Why this job: Shape the future of digital media while collaborating with a creative team.
- Qualifications: Experience in UI design and collaboration within multi-disciplinary teams.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 $ per year.
Flexible location. Fixed Term Contract for Approximately 12 Months.
This is an exciting fixed-term contract (12 months) opportunity to help shape the user experience across the ABC iview ecosystem, creating intuitive and engaging experiences for audiences across web, mobile and connected TV platforms.
Working within a cross-functional product team and under the broad direction of a Design Lead, you will own complex design work from discovery through to delivery. You will apply human-centred design practices, audience insights and experimentation to solve problems and create meaningful improvements to the iview experience.
You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Content and other designers to translate audience needs into clear, accessible and high-quality product experiences.
The Job
- Own end-to-end product design activities for complex iview experiences, from discovery and problem definition through to detailed design, testing and delivery.
- Work closely with Product Managers and Engineers to explore opportunities, assess trade-offs and deliver feasible, valuable solutions.
- Create user flows, concepts, wireframes, prototypes and detailed interface designs that clearly communicate the intended experience and support engineers to build and ship.
- Apply human-centred design practices to create intuitive, accessible and engaging audience experiences.
- Plan and conduct audience research, usability testing and beta activities in collaboration with relevant research and product partners.
- Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into clear design opportunities, recommendations and product improvements.
- Define and evaluate product experiments that help the team understand whether proposed changes improve the audience experience.
- Facilitate workshops and collaborative design activities to build shared understanding and progress the work.
- Present research findings, design concepts and recommendations clearly to team members and stakeholders.
- Contribute design expertise and audience evidence to roadmap, backlog and prioritisation discussions.
- Apply and contribute to the ABC’s design system, accessibility practices and shared experience patterns.
- Support and mentor other designers where appropriate, contributing to a collaborative and constructive design culture.
About You
- Demonstrated extensive experience turning insights from concept-level audience research into finished UI that has been successfully deployed.
- Experience working in a functional, collaborative multi-disciplinary product team.
- Keep up to date with market changes and competitive trends across the broader digital, media and technology industries, with a specific focus on developments in Video on Demand, streaming, and design community.
- Experience testing with beta groups, driving experiments into product analysing and measuring the outcomes.
- Extensive experience collaborating remotely via tools such as Figma, Mural, Miro, the Atlassian suite and usertesting.com, and an openness to experiment with/adapt to others.
- Demonstrated significant experience in leading and developing teams or mentoring colleagues.
- A bold and decisive decision maker who works pragmatically and effectively in a rapidly evolving media landscape.
- Outstanding communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to present confidently and establish strategic working relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- Outstanding time management skills with high level of self-motivation and accountability to thrive in multidisciplinary teams.
About ABC Product & Technology:
The Product & Technology (P&T) division is responsible for delivering the technology and services that enable the ABC to fulfil its creative, strategic and business goals. The scope of activities and responsibilities of the P&T division range from keeping ABC programs and services on-air and on-line, to delivering on key projects, as well as assisting in setting the technology strategy and architecture for the ABC.
More Info:
In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
If you want to know more, please contact Brett Whyte, Recruitment and Projects Specialist.
Applications Close: 5:00pm, 5 November 2026.
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