Web Designer

Job Description

The role involves developing and refining web pages, templates and visual assets in line with best practice, ensuring accuracy and coherence while coordinating feedback from stakeholders.

Duties will include:

• Conduct an initial audit of the current website to identify design, usability, and technical issues, and provide ongoing support to maintain and improve the site after the audit is completed.
• Create high quality UI/UX designs and visual assets that enhance user engagement while ensuring full alignment with Australia Awards branding and DFAT requirements.
• Ensure the website remains secure, up to date, and compliant by monitoring for vulnerabilities, applying necessary updates, and following security best practices.
• Support the Communications and Public Diplomacy Team to refine and enhance existing page layouts and visual elements to improve usability, brand consistency, and overall aesthetic quality.
• Build and update web pages and campaign landing pages within the CMS, ensuring they are responsive, on brand, and effectively structured.
• Apply SEO and accessibility best practices to ensure the site is discoverable, compliant, and usable for all audiences.
• Actively engage in design discussions, brainstorming sessions, and design critiques, contributing creative ideas and solutions to enhance visual designs.
• Apply the latest trends in website design and GEDSI principles to ensure all materials are inclusive, accessible, and representative of the diversity within Australia Awards recipients, alumni, and stakeholders.
• Support internal capability development by documenting web processes and delivering hands‑on training to the Communications and Public Diplomacy team, enabling ongoing management of website updates and content independently after contract completion.
• Create responsive templates for desktops, laptops, mobile devices, and tablets.

About you

You will possess:

• Relevant qualifications in web design, supported by at least three years’ professional practical experience.
• Professional portfolio with at least five designs for internal review.
• Familiarity with website development languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of WordPress standards and functionality.
• Experience with responsive design, UI/UX interface designs and user experience design principles.
• Advanced Photoshop and Illustrator skills.
• Proficiency in graphic design with strong understanding of colour theory, typography, layout design and usability principles, especially for websites.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively, interpret requirements, and remain flexible and adaptable to changing project needs.
• Commitment to inclusive, accessible, and high-quality web design that reflect program values and comply with government accessibility requirements (WCAG) and branding guidelines.

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