Job Reference: 1252136
About us Curtin's high functioning Marketing Operations and Engagement department drive digital marketing innovation and student recruitment activities to keep pace with the market, improve effectiveness and meet changing customer expectations. The UX team operate as part of the Digital Experience team, and together are responsible for crafting leading digital experiences that delight and empower future students on their journey towards personal growth and meaningful impact.
Your new role As User Experience (UX) Manager, you will play a critical role in the Digital Experience team. Working closely with the Deputy Director Digital Experience, you will lead and manage a team of UX/UI Designers and Developers, creating world-class digital experiences for future students, whilst supporting brand, acquisition and engagement activities for the University.
This role includes overseeing the planning, design, development and continual optimisation of the future student websites that attracts over 8 million visitors annually, ensuring they are user-friendly, functional and engaging to our diverse audiences. This is a great opportunity for an experienced UX professional seeking to broaden their skillset within a highly reputable, global organisation.
Your mission? To lead UX endeavours and ensure a deep connection with our audience across Curtin's future student website portfolio and drive us confidently towards our objectives. Here's how you'll make it happen:
To be successful in the role you will have:
In this role, you can look forward to truly making a difference, as your efforts seek to attract and engage our future students. At Curtin, you will have the opportunity to work within an exciting and innovative environment, you will actively notice the impact of your work as you are surrounded by bright minds solving the problems of tomorrow. If you have a strong passion for digital strategy and user-centred design and are looking for your next greatest challenge, we are keen to hear from you!
We are committed to providing a flourishing and progressive workplace. This role provides opportunity to develop leadership and management capabilities, working alongside talented mentors in an environment that advocates for your success. This position would be well suited towards a strategic thinker with strong stakeholder management skills and a positive attitude towards leading a team to enhance user experience.
As this is a Fixed Term Position, you will require working rights for the tenure of this role to be considered.
Curtin University Curtin University offers a competitive remuneration and benefits package, a friendly and collaborative work environment, generous leave entitlements and superannuation, flexible working arrangements, and salary-packaging. Our vibrant Bentley campus situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country and includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, and a wide range of food options including a full-range grocer, parking onsite and great public transport connections.
For more information on our university, please visit www. curtin.edu.au
Join us! Please provide a cover letter, and your CV to allow us to assess your suitability for this role.
Applications close: Sunday 1st of September 2024 @ 2pm
Applicants should note that prior to appointment, any offer of employment is subject to completion of National Police Records checks, and background, integrity, and reference checks to Curtin's satisfaction. At Curtin, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation and this position may also require you to have a current Working With Children Check.
Disclaimer Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert.
If you have any queries in relation to this application process, please contact our careers team on 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number.
Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time.