UX/UI Designer — Remote Cape Town (AI‑Driven)

Go Up; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 391,000 - 502,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday per year

Job summary

Go Up in Cape Town is recruiting a UX/UI Designer to work with our London-based Head of UX on diverse client projects. You will translate business goals and user needs into intuitive journeys, wireframes, and polished interfaces while embracing AI-assisted design and maintaining accessibility.

You’ll contribute to building our SA team, collaborating with UK specialists and an SEO colleague, and delivering measurable improvements in user experience and conversions.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of commercial UX/UI work.
• Experience taking briefs through stakeholder feedback, revisions and delivery.
• Sound understanding of UX and UI principles, responsive design and accessibility.
• Ability to explain design decisions in relation to user needs and business goals.
• Clear communication, good organisation and the confidence to ask questions or flag problems early.
• Ability to manage workload independently while collaborating with a manager overseas.
• Experience using AI tools and judgement to refine results.

Responsibilities

• Designing websites, landing pages and improvements from wireframes to polished UI and prototypes.
• Turn business goals and user needs into clear journeys and layouts.
• Collaborate with Head of UX and SEO to make content easy to discover and act on.
• Create responsive, accessible designs with strong typography, spacing and interaction.
• Develop reusable components and document design decisions for developers.
• Incorporate feedback and balance priorities across clients.
• Explore AI tools for ideation and production and apply design judgement.
• Use research, user feedback and performance data to inform designs and identify further usability testing.

Skills

UX design

UI design

Communication

Independent work

Tools

Figma

Job description

Go Up in Cape Town is recruiting a UX/UI Designer to work with our London-based Head of UX on diverse client projects. You will translate business goals and user needs into intuitive journeys, wireframes, and polished interfaces while embracing AI-assisted design and maintaining accessibility.

You’ll contribute to building our SA team, collaborating with UK specialists and an SEO colleague, and delivering measurable improvements in user experience and conversions.