UX/UI Product Designer

REQUIREMENTS:

• Matric is essential
• 3 year Degree/Diploma in one or more of these disciplines :
• Information design, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Information Systems / Informatics, Human Computer Interaction or other related fields.
• Minimum 1 year industry product design experience with expertise in the following:

• Design discovery and ideation
• User interface and experience design
• Design library and systems development
• Wireframes and prototyping of user interfaces (using tools such as Figma [preferred], Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin, Miro)
• Incorporate customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings into designs.
• User Research Techniques and disciplines such as usability testing and contextual inquiries.

OR

• Matric is essential
• Short courses in one of the following disciplines
• Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Information Systems / Informatics, Human Computer Interaction or other related fields
• Minimum of 4 years industry experience essential in the following:

• Design discovery and ideation
• User interface and experience design
• Design library and systems development
• Wireframes and prototyping of user interfaces (using tools such as Figma [preferred], Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Zeplin, Miro)
• Incorporate customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings into designs.
• User Research Techniques and disciplines such as usability testing and contextual inquiries.

Knowledge, Competencies & Skills

UX and UI Design:

• Follow the user-centred design approach in designing journeys across all digital product verticals.
• Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off with a mobile-first focus.
• Establish and promote visual design guidelines, best practices and standards within a broader cross functional team.
• Collaborate with the team and work directly with product managers and developers to implement final design.

User Testing and Research:

• Conduct user testing on new and existing journeys.
• Understand their customers’ needs through interviews and other research techniques.
• Use these insights to validate product concepts and inform design decisions.
• Participate in design workshops to ideate and problem solve collaboratively across business departments.
• Conduct workshops with clients and relevant business stakeholders to uncover problems and prioritise work needing to be designed and developed.

Channel Strategy

• Conduct competitor reviews and research to inform strategy.

Performance Tracking & Improvement

• Use these insights to inform design improvements.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong problem solver.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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