Full-Time Product Designer
IKhokha is hiring a remote Full-Time Product Designer. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting uMhlanga, South Africa based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Are you a visionary with a passion for designing seamless, user-centred experiences? We’re looking for a talented Product Designer to help us transform ideas into innovative, user-friendly products. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and love bringing creative concepts to life, we want to hear from you!
What will you do?
The Product Designer is responsible for creating high-quality, user-friendly interfaces across multiple platforms (Android, iOS, web views, and card machines). This role requires deep collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, focusing on delivering intuitive, platform-specific experiences while ensuring seamless handoff to developers. Best practices in design systems, prototyping, and design standards are essential.
The designer must have a strong understanding of responsive design, platform-specific constraints, and user behaviours on different devices.
Product Design:
- Collaborate with the Product Design Manager to contribute to the product design strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Manage and prioritize multiple projects effectively, focusing on delivering high-quality design outputs on time.
- Maintain a high standard of design execution by rigorously applying UI and/or UX best practices.
- Facilitate the smooth handover of designs to developers, ensuring clear, well-documented files and specifications.
- Stay up-to-date with global design standards and best practices.
User Experience Design:
- Frame and understand design challenges early in the project lifecycle, incorporating user research and business problems.
- Collaborate with research analysts to gather insights, validate hypotheses, and translate them into actionable design decisions.
- Apply user-centred design principles throughout the design process.
User Interface Design:
- Develop user interface designs that adhere to usability heuristics, delight, accessibility, and brand consistency.
- Utilize and contribute to the product design system.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of grid systems, layouts, and responsive design.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Maintain excellent communication with stakeholders.
- Use tools like Figjam and Miro.
- Provide clear, actionable feedback to peers.
Design System & Developer Collaboration:
- Work closely with developers.
- Maintain organized and up-to-date master design files.
- Contribute to the design system.
Essential Collaboration & Preparation for Design Execution:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure clear business requirements and creative briefs are provided.
- Engage in a collaborative feedback loop.
- Ensure mutual agreement on design deliverables, milestones, and timelines with all relevant stakeholders.
Essential Qualifications:
- Degree or certification in a related field.
Deal breakers:
- 3-5 years of experience as a Product Designer with an understanding of UX and UI practices, with a stronger focus on UI.
Additional Skills & Knowledge:
- Design thinking
- User experience design
- User interface design
Software: Figma, Adobe XD, Miro