Senior Designer - Retail Design

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Who We Are

We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.

This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.

Role Purpose

The Senior Designer – Innovation & Experience plays a key role in shaping the design and experience direction for Telstra’s future retail environments. This is a hands-on design role (not leading a group of designers). Operating within the Innovation & Experience stream, this role contributes to defining and evolving experience direction, supporting flagship experience, future retail concepts and translating innovation into scalable formats across the network.

Key Accountabilities

Design Direction & Experience

• Contribute to defining Telstra’s retail innovation and experience strategy.
• Support development of experience principles, design intent and success measures.
• Apply a strong design lens across initiatives, ensuring alignment to customer, brand and business objectives.

Innovation & Flagship Delivery

• Lead or support design of flagship, icon and pilot environments as test‑beds for future retail.
• Develop concepts, prototypes and spatial experiences that explore new formats and service models.
• Translate innovation into practical, scalable design outcomes.
• Balance ambition with feasibility, operational requirements and commercial outcomes.

Collaboration & Influence

• Collaborate across Retail Operations, Brand, Marketing, Product, Space Planning and Technology.
• Partner with agencies, vendors and consultants to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Present design concepts clearly and contribute to stakeholder alignment and decision-making.

Design Execution & Quality

• Deliver high standards of design thinking, craft and execution.
• Translate strategy into cohesive spatial and experiential solutions.
• Support documentation, prototyping and pilot delivery.
• Embed learnings into future design improvements and formats.

Business Impact

• Contribute to:
  • Improved customer experience and NPS
  • Stronger brand differentiation
  • Enhanced retail and service performance
• Ensure design outcomes are customer-led, insight-driven and commercially viable.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Experience Design or similar.
• Strong experience delivering design outcomes within complex retail or service environments.
• Ability to contribute to experience strategy and translate into physical environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration capability.
• Understanding of end‑to‑end retail ecosystems and customer journeys.
• Ability to balance creative ambition with practical and commercial constraints.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and external partners.

Desirable

• AutoCAD
  • Technical drawings, plans and elevations

If you enjoy collaborating with different people and delivering amazing experiences for the customer, we want to hear from you! 

As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive. 

As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

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