57 Design Professional jobs in South Africa
UX/UI Design Lead | Sandton
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Our client is looking for an individual to join their growing IT team as an UX/UI Design Lead to Lead the design of user interface and the visual and user-experience elements of digital products. Applying an advanced level of expertise, guide stakeholders and team members in the practice of product design and lead the translation of high-level requirements into interactive designs
Responsibilities:
Design and Conceptualisation
- Lead a collaborative digital product/service design process by gathering input across all product/service portfolios to define a design system that is viable and scalable, and which strengthens the brand. Lead a cross-portfolio, multidisciplinary team that contributes to the evolution of the system.
Customer Experience Mapping:
- Lead implementation and performance of techniques such as voice of the customer initiatives, journey mapping, and qualitative touchpoint analysis to identify customer pain points, challenges, and hurdles; advise on approaches to eliminate negative experiences and enhance customer interactions.
Internal Client Relationship Management:
- Manage relationships with internal clients and act as a business partner to them, building high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust, and managing the deployment of appropriate internal and/or external resources to support in delivering business strategy and plans.
Product and Solution Development:
- Is responsible for managing the definition, development and delivery of a significant product or service within the product development and engineering program, ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
Improvement / Innovation:
- Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organisation’s change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
Personal Capability Building:
- Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team and beyond in the function. Maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging technologies, external regulation, and industry best practices through continuing professional development, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Building Capability:
- Work within existing development framework to build own capabilities and those of direct reports. Provide specialised training or coaching to others throughout the organisation in area of expertise.
Recommendations:
- Recommend changes to policies, processes, standards and practices that would improve operational support.
Customer Needs/Experience Research
- Lead the design and execution of customer research projects by collecting and analysing customer and market data to develop an understanding of customer segments, trends, needs, and expectations.
Customer Experiences Implementation:
- Design and coordinate implementation of differentiating customer experience initiatives, tools, and processes.
Performance Management:
- Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance. OR Monitor the performance of the team; allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality; contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
Behavioral Competencies:
Balances Stakeholders:
- Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders. For example, shares stakeholder feedback while inspiring others to consistently seek input and learn from their internal and external stakeholders. Promotes an environment of high ethical standards and cross-cultural sensitivity in working with all stakeholders.
Manages Complexity:
- Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, asks questions to encourage others to think differently and enrich their analyses of complex situations. Accurately defines the key elements of complex, ambiguous situations.
Decision Quality:
- Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, ensures that people’s decisions comply with policies and standards. Integrates analysis, experience, and other inputs to make effective decisions. Accepts workable decisions and also seeks better alternatives.
Cultivates Innovation:
- Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. For example, offers creative ideas, finds unique connections between previously unrelated elements. Actively encourages and supports others’ creativity; builds upon and strengthens new solutions in a positive and collaborative manner.
Drives Results:
- Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances. For example, emphasizes the importance of results; encourages a sense of urgency in others; challenges poor outcomes or unproductive behaviors. Provides assistance or encouragement to help others over obstacles.
Action Oriented:
- Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, encourages others to take timely action and take on new challenges with a can-do attitude. Secures new business opportunities.
Nimble Learning:
- Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. For example, gives people opportunities to try new things; urges people to try new ways to find best solutions. Helps the team leverage the lessons from their successes and failures when facing new situations.
Ensures Accountability:
- Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, measures and tracks team’s and own performance, and helps the team learn from success, failure, and feedback. Adheres to, and enforces, goals, policies, and procedures.
Interpersonal Savvy:
- Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. For example, recognizes even subtle social cues and nimbly responds to others’ needs and preferences. Helps to defuse difficult interpersonal situations by showing high levels of tact, sensitivity, and consideration. Builds rapport with ease.
Being Resilient:
- Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations. For example, deals effectively with crises and volatile situations. Puts people’s failures in perspective and helps them move forward. Maintains calm in adversity; stays objective. Uses hardships and difficult experiences as an opportunity for personal and team growth.
Business Insight:
- Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. For example, leverages insights to shape and drive critical initiatives. Shares industry developments with the team; helps them grasp business and industry fundamentals and understand how they contribute.
Directs Work:
- Provides direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done. For example, delegates tasks, providing generally clear expectations to staff. Coordinates and integrates the team’s work, reducing duplication. Measures team progress using the right indicators; recognizes when problems or shortfalls occur.
Skills:
Interaction Design:
- Apply comprehensive knowledge / skill, acts with independence and provide guidance and training to others.
Prototyping:
- Apply comprehensive knowledge / skill, acts with independence and provide guidance and training to others.
Information Architecture:
- Apply comprehensive knowledge / skill, acts with independence and provide guidance and training to others.
Computer skills:
- Support business processes with comprehensive understanding and the effective use of standard office equipment and standard software packages, while also providing guidance and training to others.
Assessment:
- Use comprehensive knowledge and guide and train others on analysing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
Verbal and Written Communication:
- Apply comprehensive knowledge and guide and train others to use clear and effective verbal and written communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.
Market Research and Analysis:
- Provide technical guidance when required to use research and analysis to develop a comprehensive understanding of market conditions in order to facilitate the success of a brand, product or service.
Planning and Organising:
- Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently and provide guidance and training to others to plan, organise, prioritise and oversee activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Education:
- Matric / Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential).
- A relevant design related qualification (degree / diploma / certificate) (Essential).
Experience:
- 5 or more years’ UX/UI design experience (Essential).
- Experience in the Financial Services industry (Advantageous).
- 1 or more years’ experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues (Essential).
UX/UI Design Lead | Johannesburg
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Our client is seeking an experienced UX/UI Design Lead to head the design of user interfaces and the visual and user-experience elements of digital products. This role involves guiding stakeholders and team members in product design and leading the transformation of high-level requirements into interactive, user-friendly designs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and Conceptualisation:
- Oversee a collaborative design process for digital products/services, incorporating input from various portfolios to create a scalable and robust design system that enhances the brand. Lead a multidisciplinary team to evolve this system.
- Customer Experience Mapping:
- Implement and manage techniques such as voice of the customer initiatives, journey mapping, and qualitative touchpoint analysis to identify and address customer pain points, improving overall customer interactions.
- Internal Client Relationship Management:
- Foster and maintain relationships with internal clients, acting as a trusted business partner. Manage the deployment of internal and/or external resources to support the delivery of business strategies and plans.
- Product and Solution Development:
- Oversee the definition, development, and delivery of key products or services within the product development program, ensuring alignment with customer needs.
- Improvement / Innovation:
- Identify and implement improvements in existing business practices, and manage projects or work streams within the organization’s change management program, with guidance from senior colleagues.
- Personal Capability Building:
- Serve as a subject matter expert in specific technology, policy, regulation, or operational management areas. Stay updated on current and emerging technologies and industry best practices through professional development.
- Building Capability:
- Enhance your own capabilities and those of your direct reports within the existing development framework. Provide specialized training or coaching to others across the organization.
- Recommendations:
- Suggest changes to policies, processes, standards, and practices to improve operational support.
- Customer Needs/Experience Research:
- Lead customer research projects, collecting and analyzing data to understand customer segments, trends, needs, and expectations.
- Customer Experiences Implementation:
- Design and manage the implementation of initiatives, tools, and processes to enhance customer experiences.
- Performance Management:
- Monitor team performance, allocate tasks, review progress, and take corrective action as needed. Contribute to formal performance management and appraisals.
Competencies:
- Balances Stakeholders:
- Effectively balance and anticipate the needs of multiple stakeholders, fostering an environment of high ethical standards and cultural sensitivity.
- Manages Complexity:
- Navigate complex and ambiguous situations by asking insightful questions and enriching analyses.
- Decision Quality:
- Make timely, effective decisions, ensuring compliance with policies and standards. Integrate analysis and experience to make informed decisions.
- Cultivates Innovation:
- Encourage and support creative ideas, fostering a collaborative environment to develop new solutions.
- Drives Results:
- Achieve outstanding outcomes by emphasizing urgency and challenging unproductive behaviours.
- Action Oriented:
- Approach new opportunities and challenges with high energy and enthusiasm, encouraging others to do the same.
- Nimble Learning:
- Learn from successes and failures, promoting experimentation to find the best solutions.
- Ensures Accountability:
- Hold yourself and others accountable for meeting commitments, tracking performance, and learning from feedback.
- Interpersonal Savvy:
- Build rapport and maintain productive relationships with diverse groups, showing tact and sensitivity in difficult situations.
- Being Resilient:
- Maintain composure in crises, using hardships as opportunities for growth and learning.
- Business Insight:
- Apply business knowledge to drive organizational goals, sharing industry insights with the team.
- Directs Work:
- Provide direction, delegate tasks, and remove obstacles to ensure work gets done efficiently.
Skills:
- Interaction Design, Prototyping, Information Architecture:
- Apply comprehensive knowledge, act independently, and provide guidance and training to others.
- Computer Skills:
- Support business processes using standard office equipment and software, providing training to others. Proficient in Microsoft Office and design tools like Adobe Suite, Zeplin, Figma, Sketch, InVision, Axure, and Miro.
- Assessment:
- Analyze data from multiple sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations, providing guidance to others.
- Verbal and Written Communication:
- Use clear and effective communication skills to express ideas and formulate plans, providing training to others.
- Market Research and Analysis:
- Conduct research and analysis to understand market conditions and facilitate the success of brands, products, or services.
- Planning and Organising:
- Plan, organize, prioritize, and oversee activities to meet business objectives efficiently, providing guidance and training to others.
Qualifications:
- Matric / Grade 12 / SAQA Accredited Equivalent.
- Relevant design-related qualification (degree/diploma/certificate).
Experience:
- 5+ years of UX/UI design experience.
- Experience in the Financial Services industry preferred.
- At least 1 year of supervisory experience.
Ux/ui design lead | johannesburg
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Professional Logo Design
Posted 19 days ago
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Welcome to my professional logo design portfolio! Here, you’ll find a collection of my work. It showcases my ability to create compelling and effective logos. These logos help businesses of all sizes achieve their branding goals. I am passionate about using design to communicate brand messages clearly. I strive to create logos that are visually appealing and strategically sound.
My Design PhilosophyI believe that great design is more than just aesthetics. It’s about understanding the client’s needs and goals and then using design to help them achieve those goals. I firmly believe in the power of simplicity. I always strive to create designs that are easy to understand. They should also be visually appealing. I also believe that design should be functional. I always make sure that my logos are easy to read. They are easy to reproduce.
My Design ProcessMy design process typically involves the following steps:
- Client consultation: I meet with the client to discuss their needs and goals for the logo.
- Research and concept development: I research the client’s target audience. I explore their industry. Then, I develop a few early concepts for the logo.
- Design and layout: I create the final design for the logo, including the layout, typography, and imagery.
- Presentation and revisions: I introduce the final logo design to the client and make any necessary revisions.
- File preparation and delivery: I prepare the final logo files for the client in a variety of formats. These include formats for both print and web.
I offer a wide range of design services, including:
- Branding and identity: I can help you develop a strong brand identity for your business. This includes your logo, colour palette, and typography.
- Print design: I can design a variety of print materials, including business cards, letterheads, and brochures.
- Social media graphics: I can create eye-catching graphics for your social media platforms, like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
I am quite knowledgeable in the fundamentals of graphic design. I know how to use a variety of design software applications. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator , and InDesign are among them. I can communicate well. I collaborate well with clients to ensure that their goals are fulfilled.
To view more samples of my work, please visit my design portfolio. I have no doubt that my ability to produce excellent, useful designs will impress you.
My pricing is based on the complexity, scope, and time investment required for each project. I offer both hourly rates and project-based flat rates, depending on the specific needs. We can discuss this in more detail during our consultation.
#J-18808-Ljbffrdhk Architects – PROFESSIONAL DESIGN ARCHITECT
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Minimum experience: 3 years
Job Type: Full time
City: Cape Town and Johannesburg
The opportunity:
Don’t miss this opportunity to work for a leading design-led studio working on iconic projects in multiple sectors and locations in South Africa and internationally. Our designs have shaped city skylines and raised the bar for architectural design across the country. We’re looking for new talent to boost our capacity as we embark on a series of exciting projects. If your portfolio showcases your design capability and your CV fits our criteria, get in touch today.
The role:
We’re looking for a talented and experienced senior design architect. You will be involved in the design from Stage 1 to Stage 4 on major projects that reflect dhk’s leading reputation as a design-led studio. Your portfolio must showcase your ability to take a concept sketch and turn it into a fully expressed design, demonstrating innovative approaches and creative thinking from concept to completion.
Your experience:
We will consider you if:
- You are a SACAP-registered Professional Architect with a minimum of ten years post-qualification experience.
- You can demonstrate a fine eye for design with creative flair and elegant articulation.
- You have led projects and managed teams, applying your extensive design skills to achieve sophisticated design outcomes.
- You have a sound understanding of technical and commercial feasibility.
- Your experience includes involvement in projects from design stage to construction, with a track record of working on complex, large-scale projects in various sectors.
- You can balance a strong aesthetic sensitivity with thorough technical knowledge.
- You have an intimate understanding of building systems and materials, alongside detailed knowledge of industry standards and codes.
Your personality:
Apply for this role if you:
- Have a global mindset and proactive approach, with a client-centric attitude.
- Can demonstrate considerable project management skills.
- Are an effective communicator, expressing ideas and instructions clearly to colleagues.
- Thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Can self-manage your responsibilities and enjoy working with teams.
- Have exemplary time-management skills and outstanding delivery skills.
Requirements
Technical requirements:
• Fully proficient in Revit and BIM CDE. This is non-negotiable.
• A thorough understanding of collaboration techniques, modelling techniques, and Revit best practices is expected. All interviewed candidates must undergo a Revit assessment and demonstrate proficiency in other Autodesk software.
Other requirements:
• Fluent in English.
• Prepared to travel when necessary.
• Eligible to work in South Africa.
dhk Architects – PROFESSIONAL DESIGN ARCHITECT
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Minimum experience: 3 years
Job Type: Full time
City: Cape Town and Johannesburg
The opportunity:
Don’t miss this opportunity to work for a leading design-led studio working on iconic projects in multiple sectors and locations in South Africa and internationally. Our designs have shaped city skylines and raised the bar for architectural design across the country. We’re looking for new talent to boost our capacity as we embark on a series of exciting projects. If your portfolio showcases your design capability and your CV fits our criteria, get in touch today.
The role:
We’re looking for a talented and experienced senior design architect. You will be involved in the design from Stage 1 to Stage 4 on major projects that reflect dhk’s leading reputation as a design-led studio. Your portfolio must showcase your ability to take a concept sketch and turn it into a fully expressed design, demonstrating innovative approaches and creative thinking from concept to completion.
Your experience:
We will consider you if:
- You are a SACAP-registered Professional Architect with a minimum of ten years post-qualification experience.
- You can demonstrate a fine eye for design with creative flair and elegant articulation.
- You have led projects and managed teams, applying your extensive design skills to achieve sophisticated design outcomes.
- You have a sound understanding of technical and commercial feasibility.
- Your experience includes involvement in projects from design stage to construction, with a track record of working on complex, large-scale projects in various sectors.
- You can balance a strong aesthetic sensitivity with thorough technical knowledge.
- You have an intimate understanding of building systems and materials, alongside detailed knowledge of industry standards and codes.
Your personality:
Apply for this role if you:
- Have a global mindset and proactive approach, with a client-centric attitude.
- Can demonstrate considerable project management skills.
- Are an effective communicator, expressing ideas and instructions clearly to colleagues.
- Thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Can self-manage your responsibilities and enjoy working with teams.
- Have exemplary time-management skills and outstanding delivery skills.
Requirements
Technical requirements:
• Fully proficient in Revit and BIM CDE. This is non-negotiable.
• A thorough understanding of collaboration techniques, modelling techniques, and Revit best practices is expected. All interviewed candidates must undergo a Revit assessment and demonstrate proficiency in other Autodesk software.
Other requirements:
• Fluent in English.
• Prepared to travel when necessary.
• Eligible to work in South Africa.
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GSquared Architects – PROFESSIONAL DESIGN ARCHITECT
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Listing Architect: GSQUARED ARCHITECTS
GSQUARED Architects are seeking a Professional Design Architect to join our team in de Waterkant, Cape Town.
The following skills and experience are required:
- Minimum 3 – 5 years continuous experience.
- Proficiency in REVIT – additional software beneficial (Lumion, Twinmotion).
- Experience through all stages of the project cycle, from inception to construction.
- Experience with local authority planning procedures.
- A thorough and comprehensive understanding of SANS and building regulations.
The successful candidate will be:
- A team player who is energetic, hardworking, creative, self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Able to prepare drawings and documentation of a high standard.
- Computer literate, have good administration skills and excellent communication skills.
- Someone who is willing to continue learning to enhance their skills, and who is looking for experience across all stages of projects.
- A solution-driven problem solver.
Please send your CV and a portfolio to Potential candidates will be sent an application form.
#J-18808-LjbffrGsquared architects – professional design architect
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