Senior Brand Designer

About the Role

BOQ Group is looking for a Senior Brand Designer to join The Inside Job, our in-house creative studio. In this role, you’ll contribute to the visual identity of ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, and Bank of Queensland, working across a range of brand and marketing projects.

You’ll be responsible for translating strategic direction into clear, effective design across both digital and print channels. Your experience with brand systems, attention to detail, and strong design craft will be key to delivering high-quality work.

Working alongside the Brand Design Lead, you’ll help maintain and evolve our multi-brand design systems and libraries, ensuring consistency and creative excellence across all touchpoints.

Key Accountabilities include:

Lead the design and execution of brand projects, ensuring creative excellence and alignment with brand strategy. Contribute to creative direction and conceptual development, offering strategic design thinking and technical insight. Translate business and marketing objectives into effective visual communications across digital and print. Act as a brand guardian, ensuring consistency and integrity across all touchpoints. Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and external agencies to deliver cohesive, high-quality design outcomes. Provide informal mentorship and support to midweight and junior designers, sharing knowledge and best practices. Help us to establish and maintain a fit for purpose digital design system including style guides, libraries, and templates to ensure consistency and scalability across brands and platforms. Identify opportunities to improve workflows, and processes for greater efficiency and impact. Confidently present design work and rationale to stakeholders, responding to feedback with clarity and professionalism. Stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies, bringing fresh thinking to the team.

We’re looking for someone who values collaboration, understands brand storytelling, and can confidently turn briefs into thoughtful, well-executed design solutions.

Stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies, bringing fresh thinking to the team.

About you

You’re experienced with Adobe and Figma, and you’re comfortable working within design systems. You understand how to use variables, tokens, and reusable components efficiently. When it comes to typography, layout, and visual hierarchy, you apply best practices with clarity and purpose.

You present your work clearly and respond to feedback constructively. Collaboration comes naturally, whether you're working with internal teams or external partners, and you’re always looking for ways to improve workflows and outcomes.

You value mentorship and enjoy supporting junior designers, helping them grow while contributing to a strong creative culture. You stay informed about industry developments and bring thoughtful, forward-looking ideas to your projects.

The successful person will demonstrate the below:

10+ years’ experience in brand design, ideally within an agency or in-house creative team. Proven ability to lead design projects from concept to delivery with minimal oversight. Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) Expert-level proficiency in Figma – specifically in ability to set up and maintain variables, tokens, re-usable components and template creation. Master of design fundamentals, including typography, layout, and visual hierarchy. Deep understanding of brand strategy, visual identity systems, and digital design principles. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing shifting priorities and tight deadlines. Passionate about craft, detail, and delivering beautifully executed design work.

Experience in establishing and maintaining design system governance

About Us

BOQ Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands with a purpose – to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees.

Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal – to build social capital through banking. That’s creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities.

BOQ Group’s inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.

Since , BOQ Group is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

In , we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

Our Perks

At BOQ Group, we are passionate about creating an exceptional work environment that nurtures both your professional and personal growth. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to enhance your well-being, provide financial security, and foster a sense of community and inclusion. Here are just some of the fantastic perks you can enjoy as part of our team:

Flexible working arrangement - Balance your work and personal life with ease. Discounted financial products - Enjoy exclusive rates on our financial services across the Group. Salary sacrificing options - Maximise your take-home pay with our salary packaging options. Paid parental leave with no minimum requirements - Spend quality time with your new family member without any worries. Purchase additional annual leave - Need more time off? You can buy extra leave days. Discounted private health insurance plan - Take care of your health with our special rates. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access confidential support for personal and professional challenges for you and your family Access to employee network groups - Connect with peers through our First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers, and accessibility groups. Pride in Diversity membership : We are proud members of Pride in Diversity and actively participate in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Join us and be part of a company that truly cares about its people and community

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