This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. UI/UX Designer based in South Africa.
This is a senior design role focused on creating intuitive, polished, and engaging digital experiences across web and mobile products.
You’ll work at the intersection of creative design and technical execution, partnering closely with developers and creative teams.
The role offers ownership from early concepts and user flows through high-fidelity designs and interactive prototypes.
You’ll bring strong visual design fundamentals while considering usability, responsiveness, accessibility, and how products are actually built.
AI-powered design tools will be part of the workflow, helping you explore ideas and prototype quickly without compromising quality.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on conventional and experimental digital experiences, with room to contribute creative ideas and new approaches.
This is a fully remote position requiring strong communication, autonomy, attention to detail, and availability during AEST working hours.
Accountabilities:
- Design intuitive, high-quality user interfaces and experiences for web and mobile products, balancing usability, aesthetics, and technical feasibility.
- Translate briefs, business objectives, and product requirements into user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and polished digital experiences.
- Develop interactive prototypes in Figma that effectively communicate user behaviour, interactions, transitions, and overall product experience.
- Establish and maintain strong visual design systems, applying disciplined grids, spacing, typography, hierarchy, and responsive layouts.
- Use AI-powered design and creative tools to accelerate ideation, exploration, and rapid prototyping while maintaining a high standard of design quality.
- Collaborate closely with developers and technical teams throughout the design process to ensure accurate and practical implementation.
- Present design concepts and decisions clearly to colleagues, clients, and stakeholders, incorporating feedback while confidently explaining design rationale.
- Take ownership of projects from initial concept through final delivery, identifying problems and developing thoughtful, creative solutions.
- Help structure and organise design work, documentation, and workflows so projects progress efficiently across distributed teams.
- Contribute to experimental and innovative digital experiences, including immersive websites, animations, micro-interactions, and other emerging design approaches where relevant.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional experience in UI/UX Design, Product Design, Digital Design, or a comparable senior design position.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating excellent UI/UX capabilities, visual design quality, and creative range, particularly across web experiences.
- Advanced proficiency in Figma, including interactive prototyping and the ability to communicate complex interactions effectively.
- Strong understanding of UI/UX principles, usability, information architecture and hierarchy, responsive design, and accessibility fundamentals.
- Excellent visual design skills, with a deliberate and consistent approach to grids, spacing, typography, composition, and layout.
- Proven experience collaborating closely with developers or other technical teams and understanding the practical considerations involved in implementation.
- Ability to take an idea from an initial concept or rough brief through user flows, design exploration, prototyping, and a polished final experience.
- Strong creative problem-solving skills, curiosity, and the ability to challenge conventional approaches when appropriate.
- Excellent written and verbal English, with confidence presenting designs and articulating the reasoning behind design decisions.
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and collaborate effectively within a fully remote environment.
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus, particularly for designers who enjoy working closely with front-end development.
- Additional experience with motion design, UI animation, micro-interactions, transitions, 3D assets, mobile applications, e-commerce, AI-driven creative workflows, or experimental digital experiences is advantageous.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite is beneficial.
Benefits:
- Fully remote work arrangement.
- Full-time position with a fixed employment term.
- Working schedule aligned with 9:00 AM–5:00 PM AEST (Brisbane/GMT+10).
- Figma subscription provided by the partner company.
- Opportunity to work across branding, web, content, digital marketing, and product experiences.
- Exposure to creative, experimental, and highly interactive digital projects.
- Opportunity to incorporate AI tools into modern design and prototyping workflows.
- BYOD setup, with candidates providing their own computer capable of running Figma and relevant design software.
- Reliable high-speed internet and a professional remote working environment are required.
- Opportunity to collaborate with creative, design, development, and client-facing professionals in a distributed environment.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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