Product Design Lead

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant

  • REQ Thembi Mtshali
  • Job Family
  • Information Technology
  • Career Stream
  • Digital
  • Leadership Pipeline
  • Manage Self: Technical
  • FAIS Affected
    Job Purpose
We're seeking a driven
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Product Design Lead to join Avo SuperShop within the Nedbank Design Team, who is passionate about creating solutions that solve experience problems. This role is going to help drive and create new market-leading experiences that execute against Avo SuperShop's strategy, producing the best craft behind a sustainable and growing digital business by employing advanced Product Design approaches as well as dynamic functional testing that measures scale, viability, feasibility and desirability.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and shape product innovation through a human centered design process
  • Develop compelling visual artefacts (UI layouts, interface elements, prototypes, highlevel storyboards, mockups, wireframes etc.) to effectively communicate UI and UX needs.
  • Develop and maintain design elements, mockups, and specifications as needed
  • Research the latest visual design, UI and interaction concepts, presentation layer technologies, digital best practices, online trends, and provide recommendations for improvements
  • Custodian for developing visual, UI and interaction design assets to be adopted within the design system
  • Conducting best practice research to develop and improve UI and interaction design to solve end user problems effectively.
  • Formulate testing parameters to effectively assess user experience
  • Conduct competitor research to develop and improve features of products and to balance user needs, technical constraints, and business objectives to solve user problems effectively
  • Understand scope, requirements, and drive innovative solutions aligned with business goals and UX metrics.
  • Develop user experience flows and integrating them to mockups, usage scenarios, prototypes, specifications, navigation maps, and other design documents.
  • Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience.
  • Effectively communicate ideas, both verbally and visually to gain stakeholder agreement
  • Collaborate actively and work effectively with crossfunctional teams to ensure designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
  • Advocate for the enduser throughout the development process and work closely with other members of the Service Design Team to craft a worldclass user experience
  • Create solid recommendations and prioritization based on technology and business needs.
  • Adhere to design standards by understanding and following the design system.
  • Adhere to our client centred design process.
  • Consider user feedback from user testing results in order to deliver the best customer experience.
  • Accountable for time management within each project to ensure agreed deadlines are met.
  • Adhere to consistent design patterns and principles.
  • Align to technical infrastructure of the Group.


Essential Qualifications
  • NQF Level
  • Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate


Preferred Certifications
  • Design Certification from an accredited Design School
  • Minimum Experience Level 8+ years Senior UI & UX Design experience

Types of Exposures

  • Solid understanding of design tools: Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop & Illustrator)
  • Solid knowledge of prototyping with InVision
  • Basic frontend development understanding (HTML & CSS)
  • Basic understanding of product development life cycles and methodologies (Agile, Lean etc)
  • Experience in design practice of Omnichannel product development so as to attain seamless UX through service design thinking practice.


Technical/ Professional Knowledge
  • Understanding of Interaction Design
  • Understanding of colour, typography and layout
  • Knowledge of working on Apple MAC
  • Understanding of Service Design
  • Understanding of User-Centered Design


Behavioural Competencies
  • Collaborating
  • Continuous Learning
  • Customer Orientation
  • Decision Making
  • Earning Trust
  • Innovation
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