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We're looking for a UI/UX Design Intern to join our early-stage SaaS startup on a part-time, remote basis. This is an opportunity to gain real-world design experience, contribute to a live product, and build portfolio-ready work with mentorship from an experienced product designer.

This internship is ideal for emerging UI/UX designers looking to build real-world experience in ux research, visual design and design systems, under the mentorship of an experienced designer.

This is an unpaid internship opportunity with flexible hours (5-8 hours/week), ideal for students needing practical experience while studying or freelancing.

• Create wireframes, mockups, and UI screens.
• Support in building a design system (components, styles, typography).
• Refine user flows and onboarding experiences.
• Receive regular feedback and guidance to improve your craft.

Must-Haves

• Own laptop capable of running Figma smoothly (browser or desktop app).
• Reliable internet connection for Figma, video calls, and file sharing.
• Basic proficiency in Figma (creating frames, components, exporting files).
• Portfolio or sample design work (to demonstrate interest and baseline skills).
• Good eye for layout, typography, and colour
• Eager to learn, open to feedback, and reliable
• South Africa only

Nice-to-Haves (Not essential, but a bonus)

• Experience with Notion/Trello (or any task tracking tool).
• Familiarity with Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive).
• Interest in SaaS, startups, or business tools.
• Basic understanding of UX research (user flows, wireframing, usability).

• Portfolio-ready case study (with approved work samples).
• Flexible hours (approx. 5–8 hrs per week, for 6 months).
• A letter of recommendation.
• Weekly mentorship and design critiques to help grow your skills
• Real-world insight into product design and startup processes.
• Flexibility to work remotely on your own time (no fixed hours).

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a brief design assessment and Google Meet interview.

Please Note: This is a remote, unpaid position - not a salaried role or internship.

Overview

Are you a recent design graduate looking to kickstart your career in UX and UI design?

Isoflow is a close-knit team of creative problem-solvers delivering impactful design solutions for web and mobile products. We love pushing the boundaries of UX and UI, inspired by the ever-evolving tech world around us.

Our 3-month graduate program starting in January 2025 is designed to equip you with hands-on experience and skills needed to successfully join our team as a full-time member. Work closely with our talented design team on exciting projects for local and global brands. If you're passionate about creating purposeful products and enhancing user experiences, and you thrive in a collaborative setting, we'd love to hear from you!

• You're a recent graduate or finishing your degree this year
• Problem-solving and communication are your superpowers
• Your portfolio boasts top-notch UX/UI designs for functional digital products
• Proficiency in Figma design is not essential, but it will capture our attention instantly
• You stay up to date on tech and design trends for web and mobile applications

• A hunger to keep learning
• A sharp eye for detail
• Solid self-management skills
• A drive for excellence

Employee happiness is just as important as client happiness. Enjoy flexi-hours, team outings, training brunches, team lunches, growth days and more.

We're the ultimate team players, designing with purpose, not ego. While others spot issues, we uncover possibilities. Ready to gain all the UX and UI knowledge to succeed? Apply now!

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated UI/UX Designer/Developer Intern who is eager to gain experience in mobile app design, website design, and game design. This is a hands-on role where you will use Figma to create user interfaces and work with either Unity or Unreal Engine to bring game UI concepts to life.

If you are passionate about design, technology, and creating engaging user experiences, this internship is the perfect opportunity to grow your skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Mobile Design
• Assist in designing intuitive and responsive mobile app interfaces.
• Create prototypes and design systems in Figma.
• Website Design
• Support the design of websites with clean, user-centered layouts.
• Work with front-end developers by providing assets and design guidance.
• Game UI/UX Design
• Design in-game elements such as menus, HUDs, and navigation systems.
• Help implement UI assets in Unity or Unreal Engine.
• General UX Support
• Conduct basic user research and usability testing.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and design reviews.
• Learn and apply industry best practices across platforms.

Requirements

• Familiarity with Figma for creating wireframes, prototypes, and UI designs.
• Basic knowledge of Unity or Unreal Engine for UI/UX design workflows.
• Understanding of UI/UX principles for mobile, web, and game design.
• Creativity, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
• A portfolio of previous design work (student projects are acceptable).

Application Process

• Instead of an interview, shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a design assignment to demonstrate their skills.
• Applicants must provide a portfolio (link or file) when applying.

What You'll Gain

• Experience working across mobile apps, websites, and games.
• Mentorship from senior designers and developers.
• The opportunity to contribute to real-world projects and build your portfolio.
• Exposure to design and development workflows in a professional environment.

Job Types: Full-time, Internship

Contract length: 3 months

Pay: R3 500,00 per month

Work Location: In person

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).

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Recommendations:
   • Suggest changes to policies, processes, standards, and practices to improve operational support.
9. Customer Needs/Experience Research:
   • Lead customer research projects, collecting and analyzing data to understand customer segments, trends, needs, and expectations.
10. Customer Experiences Implementation:
    • Design and manage the implementation of initiatives, tools, and processes to enhance customer experiences.
11. Performance Management:
    • Monitor team performance, allocate tasks, review progress, and take corrective action as needed. Contribute to formal performance management and appraisals.

Competencies:

1. Balances Stakeholders:
   • Effectively balance and anticipate the needs of multiple stakeholders, fostering an environment of high ethical standards and cultural sensitivity.
2. Manages Complexity:
   • Navigate complex and ambiguous situations by asking insightful questions and enriching analyses.
3. Decision Quality:
   • Make timely, effective decisions, ensuring compliance with policies and standards. Integrate analysis and experience to make informed decisions.
4. Cultivates Innovation:
   • Encourage and support creative ideas, fostering a collaborative environment to develop new solutions.
5. Drives Results:
   • Achieve outstanding outcomes by emphasizing urgency and challenging unproductive behaviours.
6. Action Oriented:
   • Approach new opportunities and challenges with high energy and enthusiasm, encouraging others to do the same.
7. Nimble Learning:
   • Learn from successes and failures, promoting experimentation to find the best solutions.
8. Ensures Accountability:
   • Hold yourself and others accountable for meeting commitments, tracking performance, and learning from feedback.
9. Interpersonal Savvy:
   • Build rapport and maintain productive relationships with diverse groups, showing tact and sensitivity in difficult situations.
10. Being Resilient:
    • Maintain composure in crises, using hardships as opportunities for growth and learning.
11. Business Insight:
    • Apply business knowledge to drive organizational goals, sharing industry insights with the team.
12. Directs Work:
    • Provide direction, delegate tasks, and remove obstacles to ensure work gets done efficiently.

Skills:

1. Interaction Design, Prototyping, Information Architecture:
   • Apply comprehensive knowledge, act independently, and provide guidance and training to others.
2. 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.
3. Assessment:
   • Analyze data from multiple sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations, providing guidance to others.
4. Verbal and Written Communication:
   • Use clear and effective communication skills to express ideas and formulate plans, providing training to others.
5. Market Research and Analysis:
   • Conduct research and analysis to understand market conditions and facilitate the success of brands, products, or services.
6. 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.

Overview

.NET DEVELOPER – Design and build software applications that power one of South Africa’s leading FMCG businesses – Johannesburg, R780-R840K

This is an excellent opportunity for a .NET Developer to design and develop software applications for a fast-growing South African FMCG business based in Johannesburg. The role pays R780K-R840K PA.

This is a leading South African FMCG business that has become a well-renowned household name. The organisation is proudly South African, tech-enabled, and has manufactured and distributed a well-known range of household products for over 20 years. The business has grown significantly in recent years, driven by strong consumer demand and ongoing investment in modern, technology-enabled operations.

As a .NET Developer, you’ll design and build software applications that support one of South Africa’s fastest-growing FMCG businesses. You’ll contribute across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and sales operations by designing, coding, testing new applications, and enhancing existing systems. You’ll analyse business needs, define solution roadmaps, and deliver improvements. You’ll maintain and support current software to ensure reliability by identifying and resolving issues, and you’ll produce technical specifications and test plans to guide development and ensure quality.

Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or similar.

4+ years of relevant experience with both front-end and back-end development.

• 4+ years of relevant experience with both front-end and back-end development.

• Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Employment type: Full-time
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Salary: R780K-R840K per annum

This is an excellent opportunity for a .NET Developer to design and develop software applications for the fastest growing South African FMCG business.

Based in Johannesburg, this .NET DEVELOPER role is paying R780K-R840K PA.

THE COMPANY:

This is a leading South African FMCG business that has become a well-renowned household name. This proudly South African, tech-integrated organisation has manufactured and distributed their very well-known range of household products for well over 20 years.

The business has seen significant growth in recent years, driven by strong consumer demand and supported by continuous investment in modern, technology-enabled operations.

THE ROLE

As a .NET Developer, you'll play a key role in designing and building software applications that support one of South Africa's fastest-growing FMCG businesses. This is a role where you'll see the real impact of your work across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and sales operations.

You'll work across the full development lifecycle by designing, coding, and testing new applications, while also enhancing existing systems by analysing business needs, defining solution roadmaps, and delivering improvements. You'll maintain and support current software to ensure reliability by identifying and resolving issues, and you'll produce technical specifications and test plans to guide development and ensure quality.

THE REQUIREMENTS:

Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or similar.

4+ yrs relevant experience with both Front-End and Back-End development.

Tech stack: C#/VB.NET, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core MVC, SQL Server, Oracle, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DevExpress Components, Bootstrap.

Aramex has rapidly grown into a global brand, recognized for its customized services and innovative products. Listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and based in the UAE, Aramex is centrally located at the crossroads between East and West, which allows us to provide customized logistics solutions anywhere in the world effectively and reach more businesses and consumers regionally and globally.

We are committed to continually enhancing our operations across the region while pursuing opportunities for business growth in emerging markets abroad. This approach is core to the sustainable development of our business and commitment to facilitating wider, global trade in an ever-changing world.

The Team

We are a high-performance team who use data to hyper-focus our creativity on real commercial objectives. We settle for nothing but the best for ourselves, our team and our brand. We are tactical. We are strategic. We work hard. We make excellence a habit. We get results.

Think you've got what it takes?

Job Description

• Creating user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, user feedback and technology limitations for a mobile payment application
• Breaking any design problem down into viable actionable chunks and solving them with clarity and precision.
• Translating design requirements into style guides, design systems, design patterns and attractive user interfaces.
• Composing designs of reusable components and UI elements.
• Delivering illustrated designs and process flows using Adobe XD.
• Collaborating effectively with the product team and development team and work closely with them.
• Design emailers on both light mode & dark mode.
• Optimize websites for maximum speed and scalability whilst ensuring website function and stability across devices i.e. desktop, mobile and tablet
• Staying up to date of UX trends and look for creative ideas and inspiration from new trends and events.
• Ensure that all designs, pages, sites, and emails adhere to company brand guidelines, always acting as a brand champion

Job Responsibilities - Experience and Education

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a UI / UX designer
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in interactive design, new media design or related design field preferred
• Excellent knowledge of Android and iOS components and UI related aspects of programming frameworks
• Strong working knowledge of prototyping and related design tools
• Strong conceptualization ability, strong visual communication ability, drawing skills and sketchbook technique
• Exceptional design skills, production value and attention to detail
• Understanding of common software development practices
• Basic knowledge of HTML & CSS

Leadership Behaviors

Building Outstanding TeamsSetting a clear directionSimplificationCollaborate & break silosExecution & AccountabilityGrowth mindsetInnovationInclusionExternal focus

Overview

Do you have a creative mind and a passion for design Our clients in the automotive industry are on the hunt for a seasoned UI / UX Designer to join their dynamic team and paint the future. Your portfolio and your detailed CV will be required apply now and lets get you creating!

• Design and deliver user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile applications.
• Conduct user research to understand user needs and pain points.
• Create wireframes prototypes and high-fidelity designs using Figma.
• Collaborate with developers to ensure designs are implemented accurately.
• Conduct usability testing and iterate designs based on feedback.
• Maintain and contribute to the design system and component library.
• Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and align on design goals.
• Ensure designs meet accessibility standards and best practices.
• Stay updated on the latest design trends and tools.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior designers.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts to translate business requirements into design solutions.
• Present design concepts and solutions to stakeholders and team members.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

• A degree or diploma in Design Human-Computer Interaction or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in UI / UX design.
• A strong portfolio showcasing a range of design projects.
• Proficiency in Figma for designing user interfaces and prototypes.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles.
• Experience in creating wireframes storyboards and user flows.
• Ability to conduct user research and usability testing.
• Expertise in designing for both web and mobile platforms.
• Strong visual design skills with an eye for detail.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and adapt to changing requirements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a creative mindset.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

• Business Analyst skills including requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with other design tools like Adobe XD Sketch or InVision.
• Knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML CSS JavaScript).
• Familiarity with design systems and component libraries.
• Understanding of data visualization and dashboard design.
• Experience in conducting workshops and design sprints.
• Knowledge of branding and graphic design principles.
• Familiarity with project management tools like Jira Confluence.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Basic understanding of analytics tools to measure user experience.

• CSS
• InVision
• HTML5
• Ux
• Usability
• Wireframing
• Fireworks
• UI
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Responsive Web Design
• Sketch

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1