Holistic Digital Design Leader | Contract

Holistic Digital Design Leader | Contract Join to apply for the Holistic Digital Design Leader | Contract role at Macquarie Group The Digital Brand Experience team is dedicated to shaping and elevating the bank’s digital presence, ensuring every customer interaction is intuitive, consistent, and on‑brand. By developing holistic design systems and championing innovative digital solutions, our team plays a pivotal role in unifying the customer experience across all platforms. Our work empowers cross‑functional teams to deliver seamless and memorable journeys, supporting Macquarie’s ambition to become a loved and iconic digital bank. Through collaboration and creative excellence, we drive the transformation of digital banking for our customers. At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone – no matter what role – contributes ideas and drives outcomes. What role will you play? You will be responsible for leading the development of a unified design system, translating a high‑level vision into actionable principles and guidelines that serve the entire digital ecosystem—including websites, apps, advertising, and communications. You will architect the system’s key elements, such as visual brand codes and typography, collaborating closely with our digital design and One UI team as well as engineers to ensure components and documentation are aligned and scalable. By defining a cohesive design language, you’ll unify brand, product, and user experience across platforms. You will also be involved in hands‑on design, documenting decisions with clear recommendations, and maintaining high standards for interaction and visual quality to deliver a world‑class user experience. As a central connector, you’ll bring together engineering, product, and brand teams around a shared strategy, and drive operational excellence by integrating DesignOps principles to ensure the system evolves and endures. What You Offer Proven experience in strategic design leadership, with a strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to create and scale a comprehensive design system that works across a brand’s digital ecosystem / customer experiences Deep expertise in UX/UI, interaction, and visual design Excellence in documentation: clear, concise and actionable articulation Collaborative and clear communicator with exceptional stakeholder management & influence skills with a track record of uniting cross‑functional teams around a common goal Deep expertise in digital systems thinking, UX/UI and the ability to design modular, scalable solutions Exceptional craft in visual design, UX/UI, interaction, and motion, typography, layout, and brand integration – for logged in as well as advertising/comms – with a meticulous eye for detail Technical fluency, including a strong understanding of front‑end frameworks, design tokens, and modern design–developer workflows (to collaborate with engineering & UX/UI teams) A strategic mindset with the ability to connect design decisions to business impact and customer delight About Banking and Financial Services Banking and Financial Services is our technology‑driven retail bank. You will be part of a team that supports clients to achieve their full potential – whether that’s buying a home, growing a business or investing to manage wealth. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio‑economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team by clicking here. Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Contract Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr