Product Design Lead

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Nedbank Full time

**Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant**
- REQ 123521 Thembi Mtshali- Job Family- Information Technology- Career Stream- Digital- Leadership Pipeline- Manage Self: Technical- FAIS Affected**Job Purpose**

We're seeking a driven
- **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, high-level storyboards, mock-ups, wireframes etc.) to effectively communicate UI and UX needs.
- Develop and maintain design elements, mock-ups, 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 mock-ups, 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 cross-functional teams to ensure designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
- Advocate for the end-user throughout the development process and work closely with other members of the Service Design Team to craft a world-class 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 front-end development understanding (HTML & CSS)
- Basic understanding of product development life cycles and methodologies (Agile, Lean etc)
- Experience in design practice of Omni-channel 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
- Disclaimer**_Please contact the Nedbank._**
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_


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