Job Opportunity: Design Director – 6 month fixed term:Springload

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Job Description

Our Design Director is away on primary caregiver leave and we're on the hunt for an practiced, detail-driven designer to fill her shoes. this function is a six month contract, working alongside the other Design Director, Content Director, and our Head of practice to lead the practice Team.

Who we are
M? t? m?tou ?hauatanga

The Springload Te Pip?tanga wh?nau is the largest independent digital agency in Wellington. We encourage our employees to thrive at work and at home. We've got great clients, challenging projects, and a friendly workspace. There's always plenty of healthy snacks available, People's Coffee brewing, and craft beer in the fridge.

What we do and why we do it
? m?tou mahi ? m?tou m?t?pono

Our purpose is to make the things that matter better - better for people and for the planet. We follow a human-centred process, keeping the people we're designing for at the centre of the work. We're a multidisciplinary team, we collaborate closely with each other and with our clients on projects that make an impact on real lives.
We celebrate different perspectives. We’re committed to creating an equal, inclusive, and diverse workplace. We know we do better work if we have a diverse mix of people on our team. We’re also acertified B Corporation- ethical and environmentally sustainable practices are a huge focus for us.
We're looking for someone who shares the same values.

We can offer you:

   » a wh?nau-friendly, flexible workplace, with the capability to work in the house
   » a learning and growth budget to support your professional aspirations, and a wellness package to keep you physically and mentally fit
   » highly talented teammates who strive to create world-class practices that make people’s lives better
   » opportunities to get involved in internal initiatives you care about, such as our sustaincapability group, waiata practice, and mental health chats
   » a base in central Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, near cafes, shops, theatres, and the waterfront.

About this function

Our Design Director is away on primary caregiver leave and we're on the hunt for an practiced, detail-driven designer to fill her shoes. this function is a six month contract, working alongside the other Design Director, Content Director, and our Head of practice to lead the practice Team.
Our practice Team includes researchers, designers, and writers all working together to deal with problems. As Design Director, you'll use your creative and strategic know-how to supervise and coach the team, ensuring high-quality practices and results. You won't be shy to get on the tools yourself and experiment with the team, leading to a beautiful execution of designs.
You’ll collaborate with other directors in guiding and evolving human-centred, industry-leading design with a focus on digital branding, design systems, and high-quality front-end implementation.
You'll also direct and contribute to specified projects, engaging directly with clients to ensure prosperous communication of outputs and methodologies, and supporting the team in creating beautiful, usable, useful digital products and practices that enable change for good.
In this function you’ll:
   » use your skills and passion for design as a craft
   » have an entrepreneurial and product minded approach to problem solving
   » have innovation strength, producing strategic ideas for client work and internal thought starter projects underSpringlabs
   » understand our clients' business needs and the needs of their customers/users, using this to inform digital strategy, branding, design and user practice
   » lead, support and coach the team on the communication of work back to the client, and across all levels of engagement: creative, presentation, strategic, management and team
   » ideally have practice and expertise of te ao M?ori, particularly from a design perspective
   » work with account/project managers in project planning, leading client relationships and ensuring the work is delivered on time and budget, meeting scope expectations.
   » collaborate closely with other disciplines to ensure efficient and high-quality delivery of client projects, particularly supporting front-end in the implementation of UI, interactive, and motion design.
   » be a highly skilled guru of our tools, providing design operations support to the team for Figma and Dropbox
   » contribute to high quality proposals and pitches for new projects and clients
   » work closely with fellow directors to mentor, influence, inspire and work with the practitioners to ensure that they are constantly engaged, improving, learning and genuinely cared for.
Who are you?
   » Strategic thinker and manager with sound analytical and problem solving skills.
   » Proven leadership abilities capability, vision, and flexibility to initiate change.
   » Collaborative, creating a sense of unity and enabling everyone to contribute.
   » Warm and authentic, with people at the heart of what you do.
   » Curious and passionate, with initiative and a availability to go the extra mile.
   » BA in Digital, Interactive, or Graphic Design, or related practice.
   » 8+ years practice in Interactive Design, preferably having practice with a leading agency or consultancy.
Other practice we’d love:
   » User research, business or cultural transformation practice.
   » practice collaborating with front-end development teams.

How to submit the application:

Applyonline here:https://apply.workable.com/springloadjobs/j/076192D16A/Please talk about how your practice relates to the job description in your CV. We'd also love you to include a cover letter and tell us a bit more about yourself and why you'd like to work at Springload.Due to current immigration restrictions, we will only be accepting applications for this function from people already in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

If you have any questions, get in touchMehemeo he p?tai ?u, whakap? mai

Please apply online, but if you have any questions about the function, you can email us atapply@springload.co.nzor chat to us via ourLinkedIn,Instagram, andFacebook.

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Job Location:	Wellington
Company Type	Employer
Post Date:	2026/02/09 / Viewed 6105 times
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Company:	Springload
Contact Email:	atapply@springload.co.nzor

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