UX/UI Designer

Boardroom Appointments; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Product Designer to craft scalable, data-informed digital experiences across Africa. You will work across discovery, description, and design phases to deliver valuable customer experiences with strong craft and cross-functional collaboration.

Expect interaction with internal and external teams to shape product directions. Responsibilities include conducting user research, prioritising features, and developing design systems for scalable products that align

Qualifications

• Portfolio and platform design experience.
• Strong eye for design and high craft level.
• Proficiency with prototyping tools, Figma and Adobe Suite.
• Good understanding of branding, marketing and data trends.

Responsibilities

• Discover through behavioural data analysis, surveys and interviews.
• Define features via workshops, prioritisation and UX principles.
• Create low-mid fidelity wireframes and functional prototypes.
• Contribute to user stories and product roadmap.
• Ensure accessibility in design and multi-device experiences.

Skills

Portfolio work

Prototyping

Figma

Adobe suite

Attention to detail

Branding understanding

Data/analytics awareness

Collaboration

Agile methodologies

Self-leadership

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Prototyping software

Job description

• Strong portfolio of product and platform design work
• Proficient in utilising prototyping software, Figma and the Adobe suite
• A superb eye for design with strong attention to detail
• Good understanding of branding, marketing, data, media, social UI, UX, business analysis and technology trends
• Ability to articulate and defend design decisions
• The ability to create scalable component libraries
• Good understanding of the development process and agile methodologies
• Ability to work well alongside internal and external client teams
• Take initiative and follow a self-leadership approach
• Organised and efficient
• Deadline orientated
• Empathetic towards others
• Strong team player contributing towards positive and respectful collaboration
• Willingness to be challenged
• Be able to perform within a high-pressure environment

Responsibilities

As a Product Designer in the CoE, you are a multi-skilled individual that is able to combine capabilities to deliver value for businesses and their customers. The role requires foresight to produce sustainable outputs that can be tested, validated, and integrated into the daily lives of millions across Africa. At all times you will assess the value of the designed experience and ensure a high level of craft within your work. You will have the chance to work across a broad range of projects that enable the business to scale, bring new products to market, and captivate customers through powerful digital experiences.

Daily activities include but not limited to:

Discover

• Behavioural data analysis
• User surveys and interviews
• Personas and mental models
• Empathy maps
• Current product analysis
• Competitor product analysis
• Best practice analysis
• User testing and feature validation

Describe

• Solutioning workshops
• Feature listing and prioritization
• UX definition and principles
• Browsing flows
• Low-medium fidelity wireframing
• Functional prototyping
• Accessibility implementation guidelines
• User stories and product roadmap contribution

Design

• Look and feel establishment
• Accessibility implementation and testing
• Micro-copy and UX writing
• Multi-device design and rollout
• Design system utilisation and extensionMicro-interactions and motion prototyping