UX Designer

Golden Rule; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in Johannesburg is seeking an Intermediate UX Designer to create engaging and user-friendly digital interfaces. The role involves collaborating with design leads and development teams, conducting user research, and ensuring a seamless user experience. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years of experience and a strong portfolio of design projects.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a UX Designer.
• Experience within the Financial Industry is advantageous.
• Portfolio of design projects, including mobile and web-based designs.

Responsibilities

• Design visually appealing and user-friendly digital interfaces.
• Conduct user research and create user flows.
• Collaborate with other designers and developers to ensure seamless user experience.

Skills

User experience design

User interface design

Analytical thinking

Collaboration skills

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in UX Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Job description

Overview

SUMMARY : Role overview

The role of the intermediate UX Designer is responsible to work closely with their assigned squads and the associated Design Lead from those squads to deliver on objectives.

Design visually appealing and user friendly (digital) interfaces for the new services

The Intermediate UX Designer will play ...

POSITION INFO : Role overview

The role of the intermediate UX is responsible to work closely with their assigned squads and the associated Design Lead from those squads to deliver on objectives.

Design visually appealing and user friendly (digital) interfaces for the new services

The Intermediate UX Designer will play a key role in shaping the user experience of the company's digital products. This role involves conducting user research, creating user flows, and collaborating with other designers and developers to ensure a seamless user experience.

Responsibilities and KRA’s

• User experience, user interface and interaction design planning and management on all platforms.
• Analyses online business process flows.
• Demonstrated ability to create engaging user experiences that improve the overall user experience.
• Demonstrated ability to understand UX fundamentals and principles.
• Creating wireframes, sitemaps, process and screen flows designs.
• Creating product prototypes and user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Developing personas and usage scenarios.
• Translates user feedback and business requirements into user interfaces.
• Recognises and helps define the differences between the platforms and how it directly affects the user experience in each.
• Ensures consistency of the user experience, regardless of the platform.
• Works close with the multiple development teams to ensure accuracy of the final product to those of the product specs Uses analytics to gain insight to customer / user behaviour to improve UI.
• Capable of managing user testing process.
• Capable of doing user testing.
• Provides user testing reports.
• Ability to define visual elements, product elements and overall design.

Competencies

• Strategic
• Executing
• Customer First mentality
• Innovative
• Leading with Influence
• ‘Forever Learningâ€
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to balance user needs with business goals
• Knowledge of interaction design and information architecture
• Basic understanding of financial products and services
• 3-5 years of experience as UX Designer
• Experience within the Financial Industry advantageous
• Interaction Design is a bonus
• Bachelorâ€s degree or similar in UX Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field
• Built or managed a design systems team
• Portfolio of design projects experience designing UX and UI solutions for both mobile and web-based design
• Sound Knowledge and Experience in Figma
• Understanding of Agile Practices
• Built or managed a design systems team
• Portfolio of design projects