Remote Lead UX/UI Designer

Placements24; George; Hybrid; ZAR 482,000 - 758,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead UX/UI Designer to drive the end-to-end user experience of multiple digital products in a fully remote contract role. You will define strategy, mentor a distributed design team, and ensure intuitive, visually compelling interfaces from concept to launch.

The role emphasizes leading user research, prototyping, and collaborating with product and development teams to translate complex requirements into user-centered designs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Lead UX/UI Designer or senior design role.
• Extensive portfolio for web and mobile UX/UI.
• Ability to lead and mentor a remote design team.
• Strong user-centered design and visual design knowledge.
• Experience with design systems and component libraries.

Responsibilities

• Define UX/UI strategy across multiple digital products.
• Lead and mentor a remote design team to design excellence.
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and heuristic evaluations.
• Produce wireframes, flows, and high-fidelity mockups for web and mobile.
• Develop and maintain design systems and style guides.

Skills

Lead UX/UI design

Team leadership

User research

Wireframes & prototypes

Design systems

Interaction design

Education

Design / HCI degree

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

InVision

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead UX/UI Designer to drive the end-to-end user experience of multiple digital products in a fully remote contract role. You will define strategy, mentor a distributed design team, and ensure intuitive, visually compelling interfaces from concept to launch.

The role emphasizes leading user research, prototyping, and collaborating with product and development teams to translate complex requirements into user-centered designs.