AI‑powered platform building 3D digital twins of utility networks to model, simulate & manage infrastructure.
Lead visual design across product UI, design system, website, and marketing assets.
21 days ago ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Office Full-Time
Company Size
138 Employees
Service Specialisms
Construction services
Project Management
Consulting
Engineering
Architecture
Design
Technical Services
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Infrastructure
Utilities
Transport
Electric Utility
Network Resiliency
Grid Planning
Disaster Response
Role
Description
figma system
template library
ui audits
marketing visuals
website refresh
design authority
Redesign and unify all customer-facing materials: Decks, brochures, templates, website pages, banners, and event assets; Ensuring every touchpoint expresses Neara’s premium identity.
Deliver a prioritised backlog of high-impact visual improvements and implement a plan for uplifting the most impactful screens (e.g., Login, Onboarding, Home).
Collaborate with Product Designers, Engineers, and PMs to ensure visual polish enhances clarity, usability, and intuitive interaction.
Help set the stage for future growth of the visual design function, with the potential to shape and mentor a supporting team as Neara scales.
Create powerful visuals that communicate Neara’s physics-based, 3D spatial modelling and platform differentiators across channels.
Build strong relationships across teams, balancing dual streams of work and influencing stakeholders through high-quality execution.
Own the aesthetic layer of the Figma design system, refining hierarchy, colour, typography, spacing, motion, and interaction states.
Provide ongoing visual design support for campaigns, events, category launches, and other time-sensitive initiatives.
Establish consistency and excellence across all channels by setting, documenting, and championing premium visual standards.
Translate complex UI states into elegant, marketing-ready visuals for use in campaigns, paid media, and key moments.
Deliver early “quick wins” that demonstrate immediate value while laying the foundation for long-term design systems and scalable assets.
Partner with Marketing to refresh the public website’s visual language, elevating clarity, sophistication, and overall brand perception.
Lead the visual evolution of the Neara platform by auditing and refining key screens, flows, and components to deliver a premium, cohesive aesthetic.
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.
Serve as Neara’s trusted visual design authority across both Product and Marketing; Guiding teams on aesthetics, interaction design, motion, and brand execution.
Requirements
figma
adobe
ceros
5+ years
mobile
motion design
Excellent communication skills — able to articulate design decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to translate complex product/UI states into compelling marketing visuals for websites, ads, and campaigns.
Familiarity with brand systems, brand architecture, or brand strategy.
Exposure to category-launch creative or complex cross-channel campaigns.
Comfort working across both Product and Marketing streams, managing multiple priorities with autonomy and accountability.
Experience collaborating within agile product teams, shipping production-ready UI design and working closely with engineers, PMs, and product designers.
Experience with Ceros (or ability to upskill quickly).
Adaptable: Balances multiple streams of work and navigates changing priorities with ease.
5+ years in digital, visual, UI, or product design roles within SaaS or technology environments.
Experience designing for mobile applications.
Energetic & Entrepreneurial: Thrives in a fast moving environment and is motivated by building, not maintaining.
Experience with motion design tools such as Rive, Lottie, or Protopie.
Experience designing for 3D, spatial modelling, or physics-based products.
Detail Obsessed: Deep appreciation for craft, polish, and premium visual quality.
Highly meritocratic, non-bureaucratic, and no-ego work culture.
Expert proficiency in Figma, with strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator).
Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, typography, colour, spacing, interactions, and motion.
Collaborative & Low Ego: Works fluidly across teams and values feedback.
Benefits
A strong, diverse portfolio showcasing exceptional visual craft across both: complex product UI and high-end marketing/communications collateral (decks, brochures, websites, campaigns).
Flexible working arrangements with a well-stocked office in Redfern.
The opportunity to work on complex, meaningful products and real-world problems.
Competitive salary + ESOP. Significant career development and growth opportunities.
The opportunity to play a direct, critical role in the trajectory of a high growth company.
Training + Development
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Interview process
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Visa Sponsorship
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Security clearance
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Company
Overview
$31M raised
Series C funding in 2024
Secured significant funding enabling expansion across multiple regions.
1.5M sq miles
Global asset mapping
Mapped vast territories to ensure accurate network management.
~10M assets modelled
Worldwide infrastructure optimized
Improved operational efficiency through detailed asset mapping.
5 days vs 3 weeks
Power restoration post-flood
Reduced downtime after disasters using advanced solutions.
Founded as a startup in 2016, aiming to transform utility network planning and protection.
Cloud-based platform generates 3D models from utility data, enabling simulations of weather events, load growth, and maintenance scenarios.
Provides storm-resilience planning, wildfire mitigation, flood response, and grid optimization for major utilities.
Expanding into telecoms and public transport with proven utility expertise.
Culture + Values
Environment + Sustainability
1M+ sq mi
Wildfire Mitigation Area
The company actively manages wildfire risk mitigation and vegetation management across over 1 million square miles.
$24M
Series B Funding
Raised $24 million in Series B funding to expand efforts in clean energy integration and climate-risk reduction globally.
Uses AI-powered 3D infrastructure modeling to reduce utility field activity and lower GHG emissions via data‑driven, pre‑emptive maintenance
Helps utilities double existing network capacity without building new infrastructure, accelerating renewable energy integration
Enables simulation of environmental and climate risks (wildfires, floods, storms, high temperatures) for proactive infrastructure planning
No publicly stated net‑zero target date found
Inclusion & Diversity
No publicly available DEI strategy or gender‑related statistics found on company website or LinkedIn