Brightside Collective

 🎉 🎂 Brightside Collective Turns One! 🎂 🎉 A year ago, we officially took the leap from being employees to becoming business owners, and wow, what a ride it’s been. Moving from the security of a regular paycheck to the unpredictability of running your own business is wildly exciting and terrifying all at once. There’s freedom, sure—freedom to build something that reflects our values, our vision, our lifestyle around parenting small humans, and our way of working. But it also comes with risk. And there are days when the pressure feels overwhelming. Jumping into business couldn’t have been done without a supportive business partner. And we’re lucky that our foundation was the fact that we've been friends and colleagues for almost nine years now. We couldn’t have made this leap with each other - how bloody lucky are we? And to celebrate this milestone and say thank you to the people who’ve supported Brightside Collective—new clients, loyal clients, and everyone who’s cheered us on—we’re offering a special birthday discount! [Slide on into our DM’s and we’ll tell you all about it] So? Here’s to another year of learning, growth, and BIG, bold leaps. If you’ve ever thought about working with us folks, now’s the perfect time. Thank you for being part of this journey everyone. Even if it’s been liking our posts here, or wishing us well—it’s been one of the most rewarding adventures of our life to date. #BrightsideCollective #hirehappy #OneYearOn #ThankYou #SmallBusinessJourney

Senior UI Designer (Design Systems) - Exclusive Opportunity 🚀 Contract Role | Remote (Brisbane/Sydney preferred) 🚀 Brightside Co. is exclusively seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead the evolution of a core design system for a renowned global SaaS company. If you’re a seasoned UI Designer with a passion for building scalable, sophisticated design systems, this role might be your next big career move! 🔹 About the Role: In this role, you’ll play a critical part in a design team that supports multiple products worldwide. You’ll lead the design system’s evolution—shaping, documenting, and maintaining reusable UI components and patterns. Collaboration is key: you’ll work closely with product leaders, engineers, and other designers to streamline workflows and ensure a seamless user experience. 🔹 What You’ll Do: Own and maintain a flexible design system that scales effortlessly. Collaborate with engineers for a smooth design-to-development handover. Establish a robust process for component reuse, enhancing design consistency. Leverage design tokens, Figma, and Atomic Design principles for responsive UI. Champion accessibility (WCAG standards) and integrate motion design elements. 🔹 What We’re Looking For: 7+ years in UI design, with expertise in building large-scale design systems. Proficiency in Figma, design tokens, and responsive UI across devices. Experience with accessibility (A11y) and motion design. Strong communicator able to engage with stakeholders across teams. 💼 Why Consider This Role? Flexible Work: Remote-friendly, with the option to join weekly in Sydney/Brisbane. Growth & Impact: Join a forward-thinking team and contribute to industry-shaping products. Inclusive Culture: Our client values diversity and fosters a collaborative, supportive work environment. This is an exclusive opportunity with Brightside Co., where you’ll have the chance to make a lasting impact on products that serve a global audience. Ready to lead the design evolution? Send your portfolio and apply today! [email protected] hashtag #hirehappy

We made a post a few weeks ago on our socials for a bit of a laugh [a LOL/ROFL/LMAO if you will, hahaha!], but also for some real talk. The post had a cute Labrador wearing sunglasses on it that said recruitment is sh*t, because sometimes it just really is. But folks, it doesn’t have to be. At Brightside, we want to do the opposite. We want to make hiring happy, so that’s what we’re doing at our beaut little people + talent studio. If you’re like us and you want to hire happy too, then give us a call on the blower, or slide on into our in-box! #hirehappy

It’s been six months since we launched our people and talent studio, and being people who love to lean into change, we thought our brand palette needed a little tweaking. We love colour, [if you haven’t already guessed] and we’ve always been eager to portray our brightness in a space that can look quite bland at times. And with two other brands to launch under the Brightside Collective over the coming weeks that we want to seamlessly connect, it was time to get creative and make a few changes. And speaking of launching our new brands, as a little teaser, we’ll be bringing to life Fraction & Kodi. Fraction will be geared specifically towards senior fractional recruitment, and Kodi will be a dedicated brand for the tech & software space, but with a neuro spicy and inclusive twist! Let us know what you think about our new colour palette, and as always, give us a shout if you wanna talk building teams or making career moves. Oh, and if you’re keen to come along the journey and join our team[s] then give us a shout!

We’ve been working in and around helping businesses for years now. Helping them grow, helping helping them reshape teams, and even scale back, too. And the common theme around where things go wrong? It’s not listening and making poor decisions. Not listening to feedback from leaders.  Not listening to employees when they have constrictive feedback and insights.  And most importantly, not listening to customers. We knew leading into creating Brightside that we had to take the market insights we already had, and to double down on feedback we received from people we trusted to create something that was fit for market. So we did. Do we think we’ve got it right? A little bit. Are we open to changing things as the market changes? Absolutely! Will we be flexible to meet the needs of our customers? You better believe it. So if you have any ideas around how you might need support with your people and talent challenges, then we’re all ears. 

Yes, you read that correctly folks. 0% Recruitment. It’s no secret that recruitment can be bloody expensive. And typically, the higher the salary, the higher the fee you pay. Why should a recruiter be paid more money because you decided to pay a candidate $20k more than you anticipated you would? The truth is, you shouldn’t have to pay more. It’s wrong, and simply unfair. At Brightside Collective, our rates are flat. Whether you choose to pay your new employee $80k or 180k, you’ll pay us exactly the same. And frankly, so you should. The same amount of work goes into the work behind the scenes for us to find them. Anyway, we think we’re onto something here. It feels like the right thing to do, and so far, our clients really like it too. Wanna know more about our rates and how we do things? Say g’day. Slide into our DM’s, or give us a call on the blower! [email protected]

Whether you’re a growing internal people + talent team, or a team who doesn’t yet have that function in place, we may very well be able to help you! For a monthly fee, we can do all of your recruitment across a whole range of business functions, and we can fully integrate with your internal teams; acting as a fully fledged part of your crew. We can help you create internal people + talent documentation, create talent pipelines, write engaging ad-copy for your job advertisements AND careers pages, and play a leading role in helping you with your employer branding, too! And the best bit? There are 3, 6, and 12 month options. Pretty great, huh! Fancy finding out a little more? Slide on into our DM’s here, or send an email over to [email protected] 

Pals. Buds. Mates. Partners. For us, the friendships we’ve made in business mean the absolute world to us. And now more than ever, particularly after launching Brightside Collective back in November last year, they mean even more. Around seven years ago, we were introduced to a wonderful human by the name of Ryan Pinkerton from our pal Joe Fox. Joe was adamant that we meet with Ryan, and honestly, from the moment we sat down over coffee and started talking, it was pretty clear that we’d pals forever. Almost straight away we started to make impactful introductions to people in our respective networks, and we continue to do that to this very day. Over the past 7 years it’s been a beautiful, symbiotic relationship. A friendship we’re very grateful for. Thanks for your friendship and support Ryan. Here's cheers to many more years of laughs, beers, and success!

There. We said it, and louder for the people at the back. Working in a people + talent studio as we do, we hear it all. And one thing we know for sure is that the main reason why people leave their jobs is always because of the way other people make them feel. And if you’ve got empathy and care, and you’re clued in on the signs, you can see it, too. They become quieter in meetings and on Slack. They stop contributing their ideas and opinions. And they start taking more sickies. Then BOOM. They resign. Obviously these examples are the obvious ones, but the moral of the story here folks? If you know better, then do better.

It ain't all about the hard skills, folks! Here are three qualities WE believe are important to assess when interviewing potential teamies. What are your three? #recruitment #peopleandculture #digitalrecruitment #brightside