Senior / Lead Product Designer

Location: Auckland
Discipline: Design & Product
Job type: Permanent
Salary: $Annual Salary Package
Contact email: jobs@digitalbakery.co.nz
Job ref: 1772398
Published: about 4 hours ago
Startdate: New year / 2026
The Digital Bakery is on the lookout for a Senior to Lead Product Designer to join a tight-knit digital team located in central Auckland. We’re after someone with strong visual and interaction chop’s, confident leading early stage conversations from intro and discovery, to strategy and hands on delivery.  
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and facilitate discovery sessions to uncover insights, define strategy and project direction    
  • Ask smart questions, able to challenge ideas to help shape design that makes sense. (A good dollop of commercial nous goes a long way…)
  • Translate requirements into design approaches that deliver aesthetically appealing and thoughtful solutions. One’s that don’t just meet the brief, but lift it
  • Contribute to planning and ensure approaches are fit for purpose
  • Communicate design choices clearly and effectively to your team and stakeholders
  • Uphold and elevate design best practice
  • Collaborate with product owners, designers, and developers
  • Get on the tools, deliver UI designs, wireframes, mock-ups, and working prototypes
  • Test, refine and provide feedback on prototypes
 
Required Skills & Key Ingredients:
  • Extensive end to end UX/UI design in digital product, INCLUDING research and strategy.
  • Naturally user centric, with a passion for what makes great experiences
  • Ability to turn research insights into actionable design strategies
  • Solid experience in stakeholder engagement and navigating business interactions 
  • Great with industry tools, especially Figma. Experience with Webflow is a nice bonus
  • An impressive design portfolio. This is non negotiable
 
Personality and Culture Fit:
  • Creative and passionate about all things design
  • Believe that MVPs don’t have to look sh*t
  • Meticulous attention to detail and consistently high quality output
  • A calm energy and team player who leaves the ego at the door
  • Open to constructive feedback
  • Enjoys team events and contributes to a positive team culture
Benefits:
  • Opportunity to work on bespoke applications and digital product design
  • Awesome office with a great atmosphere and team events
  • Tight-knit team that values hard work, fun, and ensures a work-life balance
  • Enjoy four days in the office, with one day WFH to keep things flexible