About The Role
As UX Strategist, you will be responsible for shaping and driving the direction of digital product experiences at Daylight. Your role is at the intersection of strategy, design, and technology, ensuring we create seamless, engaging, and effective experiences across platforms.
You will work with multidisciplinary teams through the entire product lifecycle, from discovery and ideation to delivery and optimisation.
You are able to define vision, craft engaging user journeys, and work closely with designers, developers, and clients to bring exceptional digital products to life. We are a small, agile team, so while you'll be engaging in big-picture thinking, your day will also involve you being hands-on, defining experiences.
You are passionate about human-centred design, business strategy, and technology, and you thrive in a fast-moving environment where collaboration is key. You’ll work closely with our leadership team and key clients to develop products and digital experiences that are insight-driven, culturally relevant, and commercially effective.
What Your Day Could Look Like
- Work alongside our senior lead team to outline the product experience strategy, from research and ideation to prototyping, development, and launch.
- Be hands-on with the design, development, and delivery teams to create user-centred experiences that balance creativity, functionality, and business impact.
- Own, define and refine the user journey across digital touchpoints, ensuring a seamless, intuitive, and engaging experience.
- Take the lead on defining site maps, creating wireframes, and outlining content structures of pages.
- Responsible for owning the development of user stories—crafting clear, well-defined requirements that align with user needs and business objectives, ensuring a seamless handover between design and development teams.
- Input into product roadmaps, working with clients and internal teams to align on strategic priorities and milestones.
- Facilitate user testing and interviews to uncover insights that inform experience design.
- Oversee usability testing and data analysis, ensuring product decisions are evidence-based and performance-driven.
- Partner with client teams to educate and align stakeholders on product vision and execution.
- Stay at the forefront of emerging trends, technologies, and industry best practices, ensuring our work is innovative and future-ready.
Who Are We Looking For?
- 5+ years of experience in UX/UI, product design, or product strategy within an agency, consultancy, or high-growth digital business.
- A strong strategic mindset, able to translate business needs into effective digital experiences.
- Deep experience in user research, design thinking, and human-centred design methodologies.
- Strong understanding of design systems, prototyping, and user testing frameworks.
- A Figma pro - deeply engaged with the software and can lead the way in how it’s embedded within the business and with our design team
- Experience working with leading cross-functional teams and working closely with developers, designers, and business stakeholders.
- A data-driven approach, comfortable with analytics tools, A/B testing, and measuring user engagement.
- Excellent communication skills—able to present ideas, facilitate workshops, and gain buy-in from teams and clients.
- Passionate about creating meaningful, culturally relevant, and inclusive digital experiences.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a high degree of ownership and initiative.
Why Our Team Loves Working at Daylight
- We often have the privilege of working on challenges that are answering real-world problems - driving impact and making a difference in communities
- We have a collaborative, high-trust environment where ideas are valued
- Our senior leadership team are hands-on and work directly across key client projects, delivering impact and driving the team energy around how we tackle projects
- We invest in staff training and development, ensuring opportunities to grow and develop skills are made possible
- Weekly restocked drinks and snacks cupboard - which can be dangerous
- Excellent office space in the heart of Morningside - The Chambers building, dog-friendly with great public transport access and parking
- A culture that embraces work-life balance, well-being, and growth.
Our approach to flexible working
For this role, we are looking for an Auckland-based candidate, as we love to work closely and ensure that lead roles across the business are present in the office, helping to steer and direct our design, development and project teams.
We have a flexible working environment where staff are asked to be in the office on Monday and Friday and can choose WFH days in the middle of the week as required.
Join Our Team
As a business, Daylight acknowledges Te Tiriti o Waitangi and recognises that Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are mana whenua of the land where the Daylight office is based in Tāmaki Makaurau.
At Daylight, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives and inclusive storytelling. If you think you’re a great fit for this role but don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.
Apply now with your CV and a cover letter to jobs@daylightgroup.nz, also feel free to check out daylight.nz/newsroom and to follow us on Linkedin & Instagram.
Applications close 14th of March, 2025. Please note, given the volume of applications, we will respond to those who have been shortlisted for interviews as quickly as possible.
Details:
Location: Auckland, NZ
Job type: Full-time
Reporting to: Managing Partner
Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: Auckland based
