Senior Design Specialist (Digital Design)

Kia ora!

At Air New Zealand, we’re reimagining the way our customers connect with us across every digital touchpoint. Following an exciting internal promotion, we’re seeking a Senior Design Specialist (Digital Design) to craft digital experiences that are as useful and intuitive as they are delightful. In this role, you will bring the Air New Zealand brand to life online by translating our identity into thoughtful, systematic design solutions that seamlessly blend creativity, consistency and craft. 

What you’ll do 

• Lead the creation of functional, beautiful digital products. From concept and prototypes through to high-fidelity interface design and interaction. 

• Collaborate with design specialists, product owners and developers to integrate digital products into seamless end-to-end customer experiences. 

• Strengthen and extend the Air New Zealand brand digitally, ensuring our design DNA shines through every interaction. 

• Own and evolve Design System components. Ensuring specifications are maintained, best practices applied and our Unison site delivers maximum impact. 

• Present and advocate for the Digital Design Chapter’s vision, sharing expertise and showcasing design excellence across the organisation. 

• Partner with the Chapter Lead to foster a creative, collaborative community within the design chapter, importing global best practices and driving craft excellence. 

What you’ll bring 

• Proven experience designing for complex digital products or platforms. 

• A portfolio showcasing interaction, visual and systems design at a high level of craft. 

• Expertise in design systems, component libraries and maintaining design standards at scale. 

• The ability to translate brand principles into digital interfaces that inspire and engage. 

• Strong collaboration and communication skills; you thrive working cross-functionally. 

• Passion for continuous improvement and design leadership, with a curiosity for emerging tools and techniques. 

Why Air New Zealand? 

Here, design has the power to shape the way the world experiences our airline. You’ll join a team that believes in creativity, empathy, and innovation — all grounded in the unique spirit of Aotearoa. Together, we’re designing digital experiences that feel truly Kiwi, and unmistakably Air New Zealand. 

Applications close at 11:59 pm, Sunday 16 November; however, we will be shortlisting for interviews before then. Please apply with a link to your digital portfolio in your cover letter or CV.

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."