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Join to apply for the Senior Visual Designer role at NearaImagine preventing wildfires before they start or ensuring power grids stay resilient during extreme weather. That''s the real-world impact we create every day at Neara. We build 3D physics-enabled digital twins of critical infrastructure networks that help utilities and infrastructure companies run scenarios, assess risks, and make smarter decisions that affect millions of lives. We''re not just another tech company we''re TIME''s 2024 Most Influential Company, backed by leading venture capital investors. Our culture rewards ownership, innovation and quality. We''re ready for the next chapter of growth.Shape the Premium Visual ExperienceLead the aesthetic evolution of Neara across our core application, design system, website and all customerfacing materials. This dualimpact role blends highend product UI craftsmanship with premium marketing and brand execution.What You Will DoLead the visual evolution of the Neara platform by auditing and refining key screens, flows and components to deliver a premium, cohesive aesthetic.Own the aesthetic layer of the Figma design system, refining hierarchy, colour, typography, spacing, motion, and interaction states.Collaborate with Product Designers, Engineers, PMs and Marketing to ensure visual polish enhances clarity, usability and intuitive interaction.Translate complex UI states into elegant, marketingready visuals for use in campaigns, paid media and key moments.Deliver a prioritised backlog of highimpact visual improvements and implement a plan for uplifting the most impactful screens (e.g., Login, Onboarding, Home).Brand, Marketing & Collateral DesignRedesign and unify all customerfacing materials: decks, brochures, templates, website pages, banners and event assets; ensuring every touchpoint reflects Neara''s premium identity.Build and maintain a scalable master marketing template library across formats, including Ceros for landing pages and web content, and Google Slides for sales and marketing decks.Partner with Marketing to refresh the public website''s visual language, elevating clarity, sophistication and overall brand perception.Provide ongoing visual design support for campaigns, events, category launches and other timesensitive initiatives.Create powerful visuals that communicate Neara''s physicsbased, 3D spatial modelling and platform differentiators across channels.CrossFunctional ImpactServe as Neara''s trusted visual design authority across both Product and Marketing, guiding teams on aesthetics, interaction design, motion and brand execution.Establish consistency and excellence across all channels by setting, documenting and championing premium visual standards.Deliver early "quick wins" that demonstrate immediate value while laying the foundation for longterm design systems and scalable assets.Build strong relationships across teams, balancing dual streams of work and influencing stakeholders through highquality execution.Help set the stage for future growth of the visual design function, with the potential to mentor a supporting team as Neara scales.Who You Are5+ years in digital, visual, UI or product design roles within SaaS or technology environments.A strong, diverse portfolio showcasing exceptional visual craft across both complex product UI and highend marketing/communications collateral.Expert proficiency in Figma, with strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator).Experience collaborating within agile product teams, shipping productionready UI design and working closely with engineers, PMs and product designers.Ability to translate complex product/UI states into compelling marketing visuals for websites, ads and campaigns.Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, typography, colour, spacing, interactions and motion.Excellent communication skills able to articulate design decisions clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.Comfort working across both Product and Marketing streams, managing multiple priorities with autonomy and accountability.NicetoHaveExperience with Ceros (or ability to upskill quickly).Experience designing for mobile applications.Familiarity with brand systems, brand architecture or brand strategy.Experience with motion design tools such as Rive, Lottie or Protopie.Experience designing for 3D, spatial modelling or physicsbased products.Exposure to categorylaunch creative or complex crosschannel campaigns.Capabilities & Attributes We Look ForAutonomous & proactive sees opportunities and acts decisively without waiting for instruction.Pragmatic & systemsoriented designs for scale, clarity and longterm reusability.Collaborative & low ego works fluidly across teams and values feedback.Detailobsessed deep appreciation for craft, polish and premium visual quality.Energetic & entrepreneurial thrives in a fastmoving environment and is motivated by building, not maintaining.Adaptable balances multiple streams of work and navigates changing priorities with ease.Why Work HereCompetitive salary + ESOP. Significant career development and growth opportunities.Flexible working arrangements with a wellstocked office in Redfern.Highly meritocratic, nonbureaucratic, and noego work culture.The opportunity to work on complex, meaningful products and realworld problems.The opportunity to play a direct, critical role in the trajectory of a highgrowth company.Neara values diversity, belonging and equal employment opportunities. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr