Digital Design Specialist

1001 Absa Bank; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank is seeking a digital design professional to deliver end-to-end experiences across web, mobile, and digital platforms. You will translate customer, business, and technical requirements into intuitive experiences through user research, interaction design, and usability testing.

The role requires strong Figma skills, experience with prototyping and design validation, and a solid understanding of responsive design across devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas in Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences are required.
• Experience with Figma and end-to-end digital design is expected.
• Strong ability to translate customer, business and technical requirements into intuitive digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end digital design experiences across web, mobile, and digital platforms.
• Translate requirements into intuitive, accessible, and engaging designs through user research, interaction design, and usability testing.
• Provide specialist advice to ensure that solutions are effective and up-to-date with best practices in digital design.

Skills

Figma proficiency

Prototyping & design validation

Wireframes & user flows

Responsive design

Education

Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas in Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. Belonging at Absa Absa is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds. In support of our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) commitments and Employment Equity objectives, preference may be given to candidates from underrepresented designated groups, including persons with disabilities. We encourage applicants who may require reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process to let us know so that appropriate support can be provided.

Job Summary

Support end-to-end user experience design, including discovery, ideation, conception, detailed design, prototypes and validation across multiple products and areas.

Job Description

Service Delivery: Deliver end-to-end digital design experiences across web, mobile, and digital platforms. Responsible for translating customer, business, and technical requirements into intuitive, accessible, and engaging digital experiences through user research, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and usability testing Digital design services as per agreed performance contract Advanced proficiency in Figma. Strong experience with interactive prototyping and design validation. Experience creating wireframes, user flows, journey maps, and high-fidelity designs. Strong understanding of responsive design principles across desktop, tablet, and mobile. Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards. Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective. Identify and recommend new innovative ways of achieving quality results.

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)

At Absa, our story is not a single narrative. It’s thousands of individual journeys unfolding across Africa and beyond.

From colleagues serving customers in local communities to teams shaping financial solutions across borders, Absa is built on people who bring their lived experiences, ambitions and perspectives into the workplace every day.

Whether you’re starting your career, a seasoned leader or somewhere in between, your contribution is seen, valued and connected to something bigger.

Our presence across Africa – which spans personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, and insurance – exists because of the people who show up in their roles with purpose.

Across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, our colleagues are shaping what Absa becomes in each market.

Beyond the continent, teams in global offices and a technology hub support and extend the stories that prove that African talent can lead, influence and innovate on the global stage.

At Absa, your story matters because progress is driven by human experience, not hierarchy.

When people are enabled to bring their whole selves to work, they don’t just build careers. They help shape the future of Africa’s financial services landscape.