Designer: Design Systems

Absa Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in South Africa seeks a Design System Designer to support the Senior Manager in creating design standards across UI, UX, and service design. The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and quality in design practices, focusing on scalable solutions and mentorship. Candidates should have a strong background in design systems and be passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in design systems, product design, or UX/UI.
• Experience in large, complex organizations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Champion and evolve design system standards across UI, UX, and service design.
• Build and maintain robust Figma component libraries.
• Utilize customer experience measurement insights for continuous improvement.

Skills

Mentorship

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Physical, Mathematical, Computer, or Life Sciences

Tools

Figma

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and a strong position 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.

Job Summary

The Design System Designer is responsible for supporting the Senior Manager of Design Systems in creating and disseminating design standards and methodologies across all design disciplines (UI, UX, SD, Process, and System Design) at Absa. The role aims to foster innovation, reduce time-to-market, lower costs, improve quality, and maintain competitiveness in the financial services marketplace. The designer will focus on enabling scalable design solutions, supporting complex projects, and creating self-service tools for non-designers. Collaboration with various departments to gather customer experience insights and demonstrate the impact of design work is also key.

A successful candidate is passionate about enabling quality design at scale, capable of strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement, yet detail-oriented. Proven experience in driving large-scale projects and ensuring organization-wide adoption of design standards is essential.

Job Responsibilities

• Champion and evolve Absa’s design system standards and methodologies across UI, UX, and service design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to codify and scale design practices that foster innovation, efficiency, and quality.
• Build and maintain robust Figma component libraries to ensure consistency and usability.
• Apply and promote design tokens to facilitate scalable, themeable, and accessible design implementations.
• Partner with the Design Systems Manager to mentor and upskill team members, sharing knowledge on tools and industry trends.
• Lead the development of tools and guidelines that enable non-designers to create within brand and system standards.
• Utilize customer experience measurement insights to drive continuous improvement.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in design systems, product design, or UX/UI.
• Mastery of Figma, including component creation, variants, and libraries.
• Deep understanding of design tokens and their integration with development workflows.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Passion for mentorship, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Experience in large, complex organizations is a plus.

Education

Bachelor’s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas in Physical, Mathematical, Computer, or Life Sciences are required.

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. Preference will be given to candidates from designated groups to promote demographic representation.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to fill the position.