37 Product Designer jobs in South Africa

JHiring : Product Designer (Cape Town and Johannesburg)What You'll DoTake full ownership of UX / UI design across mobile and web platformsTranslate user needs and product strategy into wireframes, prototypes, and final high-fidelity designsCreate and maintain a scalable design system and ensure consistency across the productWork closely with Product Owners and Engineers throughout the build process to ensure high-quality implementationRun user research, usability testing, and post-launch evaluations to inform and refine design choicesUse best practices and competitor analysis to solve complex design challenges efficientlyCollaborate with external design resources and gradually build and mentor an internal teamContribute to shaping the overall product experience and long-term design visionWhat We're Looking For3+ years' experience in UX / UI, product, or interaction designA portfolio that demonstrates clean user flows, polished UI, and thoughtful design decisionsFluency in Figma and experience creating responsive, developer-friendly designsStrong grasp of user-centered design principles and methodologiesExcellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in fast-paced teamsA startup mindset—proactive, adaptable, and unafraid of rapid iteration(Bonus) Experience designing fintech, SaaS, or data-driven platforms

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POSITION INFO:

JHiring: Product Designer (Cape Town and Johannesburg)

Product Designer

Recruiter:

Curiska

Job Ref:

645954861

Date posted:

Monday, June 9, 2025

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY:

POSITION INFO:

JHiring: Product Designer (Cape Town and Johannesburg)

What You’ll Do

Take full ownership of UX/UI design across mobile and web platforms

Translate user needs and product strategy into wireframes, prototypes, and final high-fidelity designs

Create and maintain a scalable design system and ensure consistency across the product

Work closely with Product Owners and Engineers throughout the build process to ensure high-quality implementation

Run user research, usability testing, and post-launch evaluations to inform and refine design choices

Use best practices and competitor analysis to solve complex design challenges efficiently

Collaborate with external design resources and gradually build and mentor an internal team

Contribute to shaping the overall product experience and long-term design vision

What We’re Looking For

3+ years’ experience in UX/UI, product, or interaction design

A portfolio that demonstrates clean user flows, polished UI, and thoughtful design decisions

Fluency in Figma and experience creating responsive, developer-friendly designs

Strong grasp of user-centered design principles and methodologies

Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in fast-paced teams

A startup mindset—proactive, adaptable, and unafraid of rapid iteration

(Bonus) Experience designing fintech, SaaS, or data-driven platforms

If you are intersted, please send your CV to with your qualifications.

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries Advertising Services

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Govchain is looking for a skilled product designer to join our team. You'll be using your design skills to solve real customer problems on a product used by thousands of South African entrepreneurs.

We believe starting a business should be as easy as a single click . The reality? There’s a ton of paperwork. We’re on a mission to remove that friction, helping entrepreneurs focus on what really matters—growing their business, not drowning in admin .

• Solving interesting design problems from start to finish.
• Building new products and features, designing the workflows and interactions required to make them a reality.
• Working closely with the engineering team to ensure the implementation and user experience are of high quality.
• Keeping the end user as the primary focus in all your decisions.
• Working with customers and our customer support to identify opportunities to better the user experience.

• 2+ years experience designing digital products and systems, not just websites.
• A strong portfolio or examples of your previous work that showcase your craft.
• Experience with prototyping as a means to explore and convey design solutions.
• Ability to design polished, high-fidelity mockups of your solutions using modern design tools such as Figma and Sketch.
• An understanding of the entire product development process.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work remotely with periodic meetups & workdays.

• Technical founders with a bunch of product dev experience.
• Competitive salary with room to grow in a fast-paced start-up.
• Flexible work hours and a great working environment.
• Regular performance reviews - we value hard work.
• Flexible vacations and holidays - take time off when you need it.

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We are looking for a Product Designer who is creative, detail-oriented, a strong problem-solver, an excellent communicator, and passionate about crafting seamless user experiences.

At Future Forex, we're committed to exceeding expectations and providing South Africans with the exceptional financial services they deserve. By offering streamlined processes, a personal touch, and unwavering transparency, we're redefining the status quo.

Our mission is to transform the Forex industry in South Africa through premium support, automation, innovation (i.e. Blockchain), and complete transparency. In addition to this, we also continue to enhance our Crypto Arbitrage investment product, which to date yields returns leagues ahead of traditional investments, making it one of the best-performing investment products in South Africa.

Future Forex is powered by a young, open-minded team that values autonomy and works remotely. We’re looking to grow exponentially in the Forex space and need to scale our service efficiently to do so.

We recently rolled out our cutting-edge Forex platform and mobile app, and have some exciting projects planned. This means you’ll play a massive role in setting product direction, designing high-impact solutions and be perfectly positioned to become an integral part of the team as we continue growing. Joining now offers the rare opportunity to play a massive role in this goal.

To grow our service offering, we need to enhance our existing platform, expand our service with new features, and begin to look beyond the local Forex space at other exciting opportunities. We are looking for a Product Designer who is creative, adaptable, sharp, and keen to help us make the above a reality!

• Design streamlined solutions for our Forex and Arbitrage services
• Oversee the UX/UI design team
• Put yourself in the client’s shoes to develop the best possible user experience
• Plan and manage projects end-to-end
• Understand business processes with the aim to enhance them
• Coordinate with our operations team, engineering team, and other stakeholders to iron out processes and develop holistic solutions
• Quality control new features to ensure they’re up to spec
• Continuously analyse, improve and adapt existing products

• At least 2 years' experience in a product, UX/UI or similar role
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (i.e. Design, Engineering, data analytics, etc)
• Experience in the finance space is beneficial, but not necessary
• Strong UX/UI intuition to guide early designs
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly map out a MVP
• The ability to wear multiple hats to work with a multitude of teams and solve a variety of problems
• Deliverable focused with a strong eye for detail
• Highly organised with an affinity towards keeping things neat and tidy
• Sound communication skills to coordinate teams effectively
• A start-up mindset, comfortable with products failing and having to be rapidly iterated
• Comfortable as a self-starter working remotely

• We’re deliverable focused: Working a set number of hours a week is not important to us. What matters is how quickly we can bring high-quality deliverables to production. If you’re focused and effective, you’ll find yourself well-rewarded!
• We reward excellence: We deeply appreciate anyone who relishes making a real impact and is happy to go the extra mile in doing so. We are quick to reward those who overachieve with deserving performance bonuses.
• We don’t like micromanaging: We want to integrate you quickly so you can manage your own time and projects. That being said, we love collaboration, so we’re always happy to help one another and will never leave you in the dark!
• We’re all about transparency: We believe transparency is key to our success and have made it the cornerstone of our investment offering, giving clients full access to their funds and trading history at all times. We also focus on transparency amongst our team, creating an enjoyable and inclusive workplace.

If you think you'd be a great fit for the above, please fill out the form below to apply:

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JHiring: Product Designer (Cape Town and Johannesburg)

What You’ll Do
Take full ownership of UX/UI design across mobile and web platforms
Translate user needs and product strategy into wireframes, prototypes, and final high-fidelity designs
Create and maintain a scalable design system and ensure consistency across the product
Work closely with Product Owners and Engineers throughout the build process to ensure high-quality implementation
Run user research, usability testing, and post-launch evaluations to inform and refine design choices
Use best practices and competitor analysis to solve complex design challenges efficiently
Collaborate with external design resources and gradually build and mentor an internal team
Contribute to shaping the overall product experience and long-term design vision

What We’re Looking For
3+ years’ experience in UX/UI, product, or interaction design
A portfolio that demonstrates clean user flows, polished UI, and thoughtful design decisions
Fluency in Figma and experience creating responsive, developer-friendly designs
Strong grasp of user-centered design principles and methodologies
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in fast-paced teams
A startup mindset—proactive, adaptable, and unafraid of rapid iteration
(Bonus) Experience designing fintech, SaaS, or data-driven platforms

JHiring: Product Designer (Cape Town and Johannesburg)

What You’ll Do
Take full ownership of UX/UI design across mobile and web platforms
Translate user needs and product strategy into wireframes, prototypes, and final high-fidelity designs
Create and maintain a scalable design system and ensure consistency across the product
Work closely with Product Owners and Engineers throughout the build process to ensure high-quality implementation
Run user research, usability testing, and post-launch evaluations to inform and refine design choices
Use best practices and competitor analysis to solve complex design challenges efficiently
Collaborate with external design resources and gradually build and mentor an internal team
Contribute to shaping the overall product experience and long-term design vision

What We’re Looking For
3+ years’ experience in UX/UI, product, or interaction design
A portfolio that demonstrates clean user flows, polished UI, and thoughtful design decisions
Fluency in Figma and experience creating responsive, developer-friendly designs
Strong grasp of user-centered design principles and methodologies
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in fast-paced teams
A startup mindset—proactive, adaptable, and unafraid of rapid iteration
(Bonus) Experience designing fintech, SaaS, or data-driven platforms

Hey you! yes, you. Design Wizard

We are on the hunt for a Product Designer who doesn’t play by the book because we never wrote one.

We are not your average startup. We’re a fast-moving, deal-making, user-loving machine that’s reimagining how people save, shop, and smile online. Our platform helps millions discover smarter deals—with zero spam and max delight.

You’re our person if you have:

• Have 4+ years of relevant experience, ideally within a product company or B2B SaaS environment
• Application design experience
• Have designed tools that support complex business processes or data-intensive workflows
• You have deep knowledge and experience with design libraries and systems
• Proficient in Figma - components, auto-layout, Variable prototyping etc. As our core design tool, experience in Figma is important
• Bring deep experience collaborating with product managers and engineers throughout the product lifecycle—not just at the start or end
• Have experience driving the design contributions from the initial uncovering of customer problems, exploring potential solutions to working collaboratively with engineers to enable delivery and test assumptions

Your day will look like this:

• Aim to remain deeply oriented around our customers’ context, goals and pain-points
• You will be expected to lead and contribute to UX and interaction design-focused challenges, closely collaborating with product managers and engineers
• Full product lifecycle involvement in our collaborative streams, representing the design counterpart, from early ideation through to post-launch iteration. (No traditional “handovers”, you’re expected to remain involved throughout the process)
• Explore creative ways to solve customer problems, prototype and test our assumptions and iterate towards an improved customer experience
• In collaboration with product managers and engineers, seek to gather and analyse insights from usage data and customer research efforts

Reference number for this position is MM60712 which is a permanent remote  position offering a cost to company salary of R720k to R840k per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Mavis Mathabela on target or call him on to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Hey Guys is a strategic product design partner helping forward-thinking companies use design as a driver for progress and sustainable growth. We work as an extension of our clients’ teams, working alongside businesses to create impactful, scalable digital experiences.

We’re looking for a skilled Product Designer who thrives on understanding user needs and shaping solutions that truly work. You’re not just about designing screens—you see the big picture, collaborate seamlessly, and craft designs that make a difference.

While you'll be focusing on design, your potential for leadership and your ability to inspire others won't go unnoticed.

If you’re ready to join a team where your work makes a real difference and you’re excited about the chance to work with leading clients like Checkers Sixty60, Mukuru, and other industry innovators, then you’re the kind of person we want to chat with!

As you partner with our clients’ cross-functional teams, you will turn your insight into beautiful and functional products in an environment where leadership skills are essential and creativity is a must. You will:

• Conduct research and set design requirements based on findings.
• Collaborate with internal teams, as well as cross-functional client teams and stakeholders (including development, product management, design, and marketing), to create seamless and impactful consumer experiences and products.
• Identify opportunities for product or feature enhancements.
• Remain up-to-date on industry trends, market conditions, and consumer preferences.
• Iterate existing designs to meet industry or consumer needs.
• Present product design ideas to leadership and client partners and take direction whenever necessary.
• Strong working knowledge of prototyping, design and hand-off tools (such as Figma).

We value experience over education. We want to know that you've worked on all phases of the design process, including desk research, user testing, copywriting, wireframing, prototyping, design, interaction, and usability testing. You should have:

• 6+ years of proven experience working in a product design team, with a well-rounded portfolio demonstrating your expertise.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to design modern, user-friendly UI interfaces.
• Experience identifying customer needs beyond core features and functionality.
• Ability to develop information architecture, user flows, and wireframes that effectively communicate the structure and functionality of digital products.
• Ability to create interactive prototypes to validate design solutions and gather feedback from customers and stakeholders.
• Ability to select and apply appropriate user research methods, analyse findings, and present insights effectively.
• Ability to effectively communicate design concepts and roadmaps.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, leadership, and clients.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Ability to understand and execute client objectives effectively.
• Ability to communicate effectively as a remote team member using voice and collaboration tools such as Google Workspace and Slack.
• Adequate discipline, space, and infrastructure to work remotely.

We’re offering an initial 6-month contract , with the possibility of renewal or even a transition to a permanent role for those who truly stand out in our team.

The remuneration for this position starts in the R25,000 — R35,000 per month range and will reflect your established skill set and prior experience.

Joining the Hey Guys team means you'll enjoy a range of benefits designed to support your professional growth and personal well-being. These include:

• 100% Remote Working: Work from anywhere in South Africa, giving you the freedom to choose your work environment.
• Flexible Working Hours: We understand the importance of a work-life balance and offer flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle.
• Unlimited Leave Policy: We trust our team to manage their time off, ensuring you can take the breaks you need without worrying about leave balances.
• Supportive Working Culture: Our team thrives in an environment that supports growth, learning, and mutual respect.
• Empowerment and Trust: Enjoy autonomy in your role, with a focus on outcomes rather than constant oversight.
• Innovative and Collaborative Team: Work with a team that values innovation and collaboration, offering opportunities to contribute to exciting projects.

If you're ready to take this leap with us, please apply through LinkedIn .

We aim to contact candidates we’re interested in within 10 days. If you don't hear from us by then, please consider your application not having progressed this time.

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• Contract

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Design Services

Lifecheq is a fintech business operating in South Africa, specialising in personal finance. Our unique holistic approach to financial advice, combined with our market-leading advice platform, has redefined the category. We operate one of the fastest-growing and largest financial advice platforms in the mass affluent market. Our technology touches consumers, financial advisors, and large financial institutions. Our mission is to give everyone access to high-quality, personalised, and holistic financial advice.

In this role, you will work on our advisor platform to better serve advisors and their managers by streamlining their workflows and improving their overall experience.

• Closely collaborate with product managers, developers, and other designers to turn designs into working features that meet the squad’s objectives and key results (OKRs).

• Identify pain points and simplify complex processes so financial advisers can focus more on clients and less on admin, and sales managers can manage teams effectively and make well-informed strategic decisions.

• Improve workflows such as lead management, prospecting, client management, fulfilment, approvals, policy servicing, and reporting.

• Regularly engage with advisors and sales managers to understand their challenges and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Plan and conduct usability tests to identify what works and what needs improvement.

• Leverage user data and behavioural insights to refine and enhance designs.

• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.

• Collaborate with the design team to ensure consistency, usability, and a cohesive experience across products.

• Contribute to the design system, ensuring scalable and reusable components.

• Ensure designs meet both business goals and user needs while delivering a smooth, intuitive experience.

• 5-10 years of experience in a Product/UX Designer role, with a strong understanding of user-centered design principles.

• Portfolio showcasing end-to-end design work, from research and wireframing to high-fidelity UI design.

• Solid knowledge of Figma and modern design collaboration tools.

• Team spirit; strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.

• Proficiency in articulating and presenting design decisions, backed by research and data.

• Experience in an Agile environment, working closely with cross-functional teams.

• A problem-solving mindset and the ability to balance user needs with business objectives.

• Good time-management skills.

• Experience in the fintech industry is a bonus but not required.

• Remote-first work environment with regular get-togethers for Cape Town-based team members.

• Medical aid and insurance contributions.

• Paid maternity leave.

• Flexible working hours to support work-life balance.

• An opportunity to grow with one of South Africa's leading fintech companies—your career trajectory grows as we scale.