Product Designer - 100% Remote - R840K Per Annum

E-Merge IT Recruitment; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 720,000 - 840,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT recruitment agency is seeking a creative Product Designer for a permanent remote position in South Africa. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of experience in a product company or B2B SaaS environment, with strong skills in Figma and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Competitive salary ranges from R720k to R840k, negotiable based on experience.

Qualifications

• 4 years of relevant experience ideally within a product company or B2B SaaS environment.
• Experience in application design and complex business processes.
• Deep knowledge with design libraries and systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to UX and interaction design challenges.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers throughout the product lifecycle.
• Explore creative ways to solve customer problems and iterate towards an improved customer experience.

Skills

Figma proficiency

Interaction Design

User Research

Visual Design

Design Thinking

Tools

InVision

Zeplin

Sketch

Job description

Overview

HEY YOU! YES YOU. DESIGN WIZARD. We are on the hunt for a Product Designer who doesnt play by the book because we never wrote one.

We are not your average startup. We're a fast-moving deal-making user-loving machine reimagining how people save, shop, and smile online. Our platform helps millions discover smarter deals with zero spam and max delight.

Responsibilities

• Have 4 years of relevant experience ideally within a product company or B2B SaaS environment
• Application design experience
• Have designed tools that support complex business processes or data-intensive workflows
• You have deep knowledge and experience with design libraries and systems
• Proficient in Figma - Components, Auto-layout, Variable prototyping etc. As our core design tool experience in Figma is important
• Bring deep experience collaborating with product managers and engineers throughout the product lifecycle—not just at the start or end
• Have experience driving the design contributions from the initial uncovering of customer problems, exploring potential solutions, to working collaboratively with engineers to enable delivery and test assumptions

Your day will look like this

• Aim to remain deeply oriented around our customers context, goals, and pain-points
• You will be expected to lead and contribute to UX and interaction design-focused challenges, closely collaborating with product managers and engineers
• Full product lifecycle involvement in our collaborative streams representing the design counterpart from early ideation through to post-launch iteration. (No traditional handovers; you're expected to remain involved throughout the process)
• Explore creative ways to solve customer problems, prototype and test our assumptions, and iterate towards an improved customer experience
• In collaboration with product managers and engineers, seek to gather and analyse insights from usage data and customer research efforts

Reference Number for this position is MM60712. This is a permanent REMOTE position offering a cost to company salary of R720k to R840k per annum, negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Mavis Mathabela to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Key Skills

InVision, Interaction Design, UX, Usability, Visual Design, Design Thinking, Zeplin, User Research, UI, IOS, Figma, Sketch

Employment Details

• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Experience: years
• Vacancy: 1