Junior Product Design

Candide Limited.; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily catered lunch

Flexible working hours

Choice of equipment (Apple)

Generous training budget

30% Babylonstoren discount

Admission to Babylonstoren for you and

Job summary

Candide Limited, an AI-first tech company based in the Cape Winelands, is seeking a Junior Product Designer to work across user-facing aspects of its digital products. We build experiences for luxury brand estates and guest services, with a small, high-impact team.

You will research cohorts, craft intuitive experiences, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to elevate design across our brands. Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of design experience, fluency in Afrikaans and English, and a

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in product design, UI/UX, or a closely related field
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English
• A portfolio that shows your thinking, not just your final screens – we want to see the problem, your process, and the trade-offs you made along the way
• Confident working in Figma day‑to‑day
• A sharp eye for detail and an instinct for when something looks and feels right
• Curiosity about how AI tools can speed up or improve parts of the design process
• Collaborative and enjoys working as part of a team
• Eager to learn and continuously improve
• Good communicator, able to ask questions and raise issues early
• Comfortable presenting and defending your decisions to a cross‑functional team

Responsibilities

• Working directly with the design team, product owners and engineers to help build our products and services
• Understanding the needs of our customers, bringing these to life for your teammates and using them to inform your work
• Ensuring consistency in the digital expression of our sister estate brands
• Designing new user journeys and iterating on existing ones to constantly improve our products and services
• Refining interfaces and interactions to create slick, user friendly experiences across our products
• Identifying quick wins or opportunities for driving conversion rates
• Using and following our multi‑brand design system consistently across your work, flagging gaps or inconsistencies as you find them
• Moving quickly, testing ideas at scale and iterating
• Embracing AI‑first tools across the design process – from research to hand‑off – and helping us find faster, better ways of working

Skills

Team collaboration

Strong communication

Curiosity about AI tools

Problem solving

Tools

Figma

Job description

Junior Product Design

Candide is an AI‑first tech company based at Babylonstoren in the Cape Winelands, with a second office in the UK. We build the digital products behind some of the world's most celebrated hospitality and lifestyle estates – Babylonstoren, The Newt in Somerset, Vignamaggio, and others. Our office sits on the Babylonstoren estate itself, surrounded by gardens, mountains, and farm‑to‑table food. We design, build and maintain eCommerce platforms, mobile apps, admissions and membership systems, booking engines, and brochure websites. Our team is small but high‑impact, working across a portfolio of luxury brands that people genuinely love.

Role Description

As Junior Product Designer, you'll work across all user‑facing aspects of Candide's digital products. Through research, you'll build a deeper understanding of the cohorts our products serve and spot opportunities to simplify and elevate the experience. We want you designing things that are truly intuitive, a delight to use, and held to the standard our estates are known for.

What We're Looking For

• 1–3 years of experience in product design, UI/UX, or a closely related field
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English
• A portfolio that shows your thinking, not just your final screens – we want to see the problem, your process, and the trade‑offs you made along the way
• Confident working in Figma day‑to‑day
• A sharp eye for detail and an instinct for when something looks and feels right
• Curiosity about how AI tools can speed up or improve parts of the design process
• Collaborative and enjoys working as part of a team
• Eager to learn and continuously improve
• Good communicator, able to ask questions and raise issues early
• Comfortable presenting and defending your decisions to a cross‑functional team

Key Responsibilities

• Working directly with the design team, product owners and engineers to help build our products and services
• Understanding the needs of our customers, bringing these to life for your teammates and using them to inform your work
• Ensuring consistency in the digital expression of our sister estate brands
• Designing new user journeys and iterating on existing ones to constantly improve our products and services
• Refining interfaces and interactions to create slick, user friendly experiences across our products
• Identifying quick wins or opportunities for driving conversion rates
• Using and following our multi‑brand design system consistently across your work, flagging gaps or inconsistencies as you find them
• Moving quickly, testing ideas at scale and iterating
• Embracing AI‑first tools across the design process – from research to hand‑off – and helping us find faster, better ways of working

Perks & Benefits

• Daily catered lunch
• Flexible working hours – core hours are 9am to 3pm
• Choice of equipment (most of us use Apple)
• Generous training and conference budget
• 30% discount at Babylonstoren – online shop, hotel, spa, and farm shops
• Arranged admission to Babylonstoren for you, and immediate family
• Access to Babylonstoren's recreation centre, gym, swimming pool, and studios
• Quarterly socials and team building