HLE Nepal is an Australian mortgage broking company with a difference: our mission is to operate ethically for the benefit of society. That includes our customers as well as our employees.

We have a team of expert digital marketing gurus who strive to create an overarching image of our company in the international mortgage broking market. In collaboration with our team of tech geniuses, ex-credit officers, property addicts, and finance experts, the Marketing team has been continually offering the best services to the customers for over 10 years. How good are we? Over AUD $5 billion in settled loans.

We have two offices; one in Australia and another one in Nepal and most importantly we grew to over 470 happy employees and we still intend to grow, pandemic or not! That’s because our employees share the value of training and professional development so that we can continue to help Australians in tough situations with home loans as well as lead the way to produce a professional workforce in Nepal.

As a Design Manager, you are expected to drive the Design team to take initiative and coach them, ensure continuous improvements in the design process, and align the team goals to the strategic goals of the company. The incumbent is responsible for developing and managing all aspects of HLE’s design/creative output and conversion optimization.

Some of your deliverables are:

• Ownership of online and offline design output and success of the design team
• Align designs and creatives with stakeholder expectations, business goals, budget constraints, and deadlines
• Come up with design solutions in collaboration with various teams
• Recruitment, lead, and coach multidisciplinary teams
• Assist the marketing team in increasing the online quality leads and traffic to the website and the technology team in providing UX/UI Resources to create great products.
• Ensure creative projects are delivered in time
• Plan, build, and maintain our branding throughout all creative assets.
• Maintain continuous improvement in the website and product design system.

Requirements

Essential:

• Degree in Digital Media, Creative Media, or similar
• 5+ years in the design industry (with some experience in leading a small team)
• Extensive experience working across multiple businesses in multiple territories.
• Experience across all phases of a project - from the client brief to product launch.

Technical Skills:

• Design fundamentals, layouts, typography & limitations of online and offline design work.
• Strong working knowledge of online and offline design, brand development, and creative processes (ex. Design Thinking).
• Extensive skills in Web, UX, UI, Graphics, Digital Ads Design, Wireframing
• Knowledge of tools - XD, Figma, Invision, Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, WordPress CMS
• Excellent Leadership, organization, and analytical skills.
• Desirable (not mandatory):
• Understanding of Design Thinking, working experience in Agile/Lean Methodology, and using Jira
• Experience with working in Branding and with both Product and Marketing Teams
• Working knowledge of - Google Office Suite, Adwords, Google Analytics, Google Tag manager
• Strong understanding of Conversion Optimisation | A/B testing

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an independent and self-motivated leader who loves to learn and has a growth mindset. They respect feedback from others and offer feedback as well. They can implement timely and practical solutions. Although comfortable with taking risks, they have an eye for details and are process-oriented.

If this resonates with you, check out the benefits that the company has to offer.

Benefits

What’s in it for you?

Do you love to share ideas and wish to see them grow into reality? Are you looking to indulge in strategic discussion with the top management hoping to make a larger impact? Then this is the right platform for you. Your team is very proactive learn and initiating ideas and is very receptive to receiving and offering constructive feedback.

Although we work in a high-paced environment and work can get really hectic at times, we offer flexible working hours to maintain that very important work-life balance. Of course, we love to have fun too so we have team-building activities, and team lunches and take every opportunity to celebrate our wins!

Oh did we mention, that we only work 5 days a week? Mon- Fri.

Besides the list of benefits that the Labour Law mandates, we also offer;

• Competitive Salary
• Personal and professional training and development
• COVID-19 leaves
• Annual Flu shots
• Work From Home - Assist you to set up your workstation
• Partially paid internet service while working from home
• Book Bonus - you get paid for reading!
• Customer Referral - Refer your friends and relatives in Australia to use our services and we’ll reward you!

Work Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (including 1-hour lunch break)