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Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Direct message the job poster from Communicate RecruitmentDriving IT Recruitment Success | Technical RecruitingSenior UI / UX Designer – Shape the Future of Digital Experiences!Are you a visionary Senior UI / UX Designer who thrives on pushing creative boundaries?

Do you dream in Figma, obsess over user experience, and love mentoring designers to elevate their craft?

If so, we need YOU to take the lead in designing innovative, user-friendly, and visually stunning digital products!What's in it for you?Own the creative direction of cutting-edge applications and design systems.Work alongside brilliant Front-End Engineers & Product Managers to bring ideas to life.Mentor and guide a team of senior designers, shaping the future of our design culture.Leverage UX research, competitive analysis, and user testing to build data-driven, intuitive experiences.Design and refine high-impact applications & features that make a difference.What you bring to the table : 7+ years of UI / UX design experience (at least 3 years leading creative direction).A killer portfolio showcasing your problem-solving and design thinking skills.Mastery of Figma and expertise in scalable design systems.Passion for user-centered design, usability, and accessibility standards (WCAG).Strong collaboration with Front-End Engineers (bonus points if you understand Angular, Ionic, TailwindCSS).Leadership skills – you'll mentor, inspire, and elevate the design team.Experience with user testing tools & analytics to drive decision-making.If you're ready to lead, innovate, and create the future of UI / UX, let's talk!Apply now and let's design something extraordinary

• levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionEngineering, Design, and Information TechnologyIndustriesMarket Research, IT System Data Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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Senior UI/UX Designer – Shape the Future of Digital Experiences!

Are you a visionary Senior UI/UX Designer who thrives on pushing creative boundaries? Do you dream in Figma, obsess over user experience, and love mentoring designers to elevate their craft? If so, we need YOU to take the lead in designing innovative, user-friendly, and visually stunning digital products!

What’s in it for you?

• Own the creative direction of cutting-edge applications and design systems.
• Work alongside brilliant Front-End Engineers & Product Managers to bring ideas to life.
• Mentor and guide a team of senior designers , shaping the future of our design culture.
• Leverage UX research, competitive analysis, and user testing to build data-driven, intuitive experiences.
• Design and refine high-impact applications & features that make a difference.

What you bring to the table:

• 7+ years of UI/UX design experience (at least 3 years leading creative direction).
• A killer portfolio showcasing your problem-solving and design thinking skills.
• Mastery of Figma and expertise in scalable design systems .
• Passion for user-centered design, usability, and accessibility standards (WCAG) .
• Strong collaboration with Front-End Engineers (bonus points if you understand Angular, Ionic, TailwindCSS ).
• Leadership skills – you’ll mentor, inspire, and elevate the design team.
• Experience with user testing tools & analytics to drive decision-making.

If you’re ready to lead, innovate, and create the future of UI/UX, let’s talk!

Apply now and let’s design something extraordinary together!

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering, Design, and Information Technology

• Market Research, IT System Data Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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Discover Africa Group is a team of innovative, experienced, and ambitious go-getters passionate about sharing Africa’s best with travelers from around the world.

• Discover Africa Safaris: Bespoke luxury safari travel in Southern and East Africa.
• Drive South Africa: Africa’s first online rental car comparison and booking engine.

Our team culture is friendly, supportive, and professional—we value creativity, collaboration, and personal growth. Based in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, you might even enjoy a smoother commute, traveling against peak traffic.

Your Purpose

As our UI Designer, you’ll lead the creation of stunning, responsive design interfaces that bring our digital platforms to life. You’ll help shape the visual identity of our web, email, and social touchpoints, collaborating with content, development, and marketing teams to ensure everything we create is beautiful, intuitive, and consistent.

You’ll balance craft and logic, using your eye for detail and understanding of user experience to design assets that are both pixel-perfect and user-friendly.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Create responsive, mobile-friendly web pages, templates, and interfaces.
• Design high-quality visuals using Figma in line with our brand and product guidelines.
• Translate wireframes and UX concepts into polished UI screens.

Design Systems & Visual Assets

• Maintain and evolve our digital design system and UI components.
• Design on-brand visual content across digital formats (web, email, PDF, social).
• Develop and refine icons, infographics, and visual content to support storytelling.
• Partner closely with developers to hand off specs and support implementation.
• Participate in Dev QC and testing to ensure pixel-perfect execution.
• Align visual design with content strategy and messaging goals.
• Design branded emailers that support lifecycle and campaign goals.
• Create compelling visuals for social media, motion graphics, and occasional video FX.

Who We’re Looking For:

• 3–5+ years’ experience designing UI across web and digital platforms.
• Mastery of Figma and familiarity with modern design systems.
• Strong visual design, typography, and layout skills.
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS and responsive frameworks.
• Highly organised, collaborative, and detail-oriented.
• A flair for storytelling and an eye for what makes digital design delightful.
• Passion for Africa, design excellence, and meaningful user experiences.

Why Join Us?

At Discover Africa Safaris, we believe that our team’s passion and dedication deserve to be celebrated and rewarded. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• 20 days of annual leave
• After 5 years, earn one extra annual paid leave day per year, up to a max of 25 days
• Paid birthday leave—because no one should work on their special day!
• Professional development opportunities to support your growth.
• Africa travel at discounted rates, giving you the chance to explore and deepen your connection to the continent.
• Hybrid working opportunities in a flexible, supportive environment.
• A chance to work with a team of passionate, like-minded individuals who share your love for Africa.

How to apply:

If you’re ready to turn your passion for Africa into a career that inspires and transforms lives, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and join us in sharing Africa’s wonders with the world.

Discover Africa Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries Travel Arrangements

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We are seeking a talented and creative UI Designer to join our team.

As a UI Designer, you will be responsible for creating visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces for digital products.

You will work closely with our development team, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure that applications have an intuitive and engaging user experience.Responsibilities : Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and understand user requirements and translate them into visually stunning interface designs.Design user interfaces for applications, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.Create wireframes, prototypes, and mockups to effectively communicate design ideas and concepts.Develop and maintain design guidelines, style guides, and UI patterns to ensure consistency across our digital products.Collaborate with developers to implement and refine UI designs, ensuring feasibility and optimal user experience.Conduct user research and usability testing to gather feedback and make iterative improvements to designs.Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, techniques, and technologies, and apply them to enhance the visual appeal and usability of our applications.Work closely with the front-end development team to ensure seamless integration of design elements and optimal performance.Collaborate with the back-end development team to understand technical requirements and constraints for UI implementation.Utilize cloud technologies, specifically Google Cloud, to optimize the performance and scalability of our applications.Requirements : Matric / Grade 12Relevant design related degree from an accredited institution.5 years of proven work experience as a UI Designer or similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing your design skills and projects.Graphic design experienceProficiency in design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, InDesign, or other visual design and wire-framing tools.Solid knowledge of front-end technologies, including Flutter, Angular, and React.Familiarity with back-end technologies such as Node, Spring, and .NET Core.Experience with cloud platforms, with a primary focus on Google Cloud.Strong communication skills and the ability to present and explain design concepts clearly and persuasively.Join a dynamic team and contribute to the creation of innovative and user-centric digital experiences.

Apply now and be part of this exciting journey!

We are currently looking for a UX / UI Designer to join the Ditto product team. In this role, we are looking for an individual who will drive the design of our core products. You will work on three of our core products, including a stealth project launching later this year.

About us

Ditto is a technology company creating products that recruiters and candidates love to use. Recruiters use Ditto to source and place top candidates, while candidates use Ditto to connect with new opportunities worldwide. If you're ready to reach new heights and have your product in the hands of over 1 million users per month, Ditto is the place for you.

What you’ll do :

• Understand the insights and needs of our users.
• Participate actively in the ideation, strategy, and design of our products, features, and user journeys.
• Conduct research, brainstorming, sketching, prototyping, and collaborate with engineers to ship great features and products.
• Design reusable components.
• Develop and maintain standardized UI kits and design guidelines.
• Implement and maintain design systems.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure design consistency.
• Design and prototype user interfaces.
• Ensure best design practices are followed continuously.
• Assist in quality assurance processes.

What you’ll need :

• At least 5 years of experience in UI/UX or Product Design (less if your previous work is exceptional).
• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment and work well with teams.
• Excitement about building new things.
• Strong communication, design, and creative thinking skills.
• Extensive experience using Figma.

What We'll Give You

• Competitive compensation.
• Hybrid work setup, with in-person brainstorms and catchups preferred.
• Comprehensive time-off and generous leave policies.
• Excellent working environment with talented colleagues.
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun office culture.
• Opportunities for accelerated professional development.
• Ongoing learning and growth.

Sound good? Apply and help us change the way people find work.

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Location: Hybrid | Cape Town CBD | Fridays in-office (Innovation City)
Type: Permanent

Now Boarding is a specialist digital product design studio based in Cape Town. We partner with startups, scale-ups, and established businesses to bring exceptional digital products to life. Our team is passionate about creating intuitive, beautiful and effective design solutions, primarily for product-led businesses, rather than just traditional websites.

Our work spans industries like fintech, proptech, edtech, and healthtech. Past and present clients include names like SnapScan, SwissBorg, Private Property, AutoTrader, Everything.Insure, Averly, and Betterhome Group. We also have a number of stealth projects currently in studio, exploring how to incorporate AI technology into interfaces in natural, intuitive ways.

We believe in designing beautifully-crafted, user-centred digital experiences, and we’re looking for someone who shares that mindset.

We're looking for a UI/UX Designer who’s comfortable designing visually-engaging, user-friendly interfaces and shaping product experiences from the ground up. While this role leans into both UX skill and UI execution, strong visual design capability is essential. You should be able to create polished, modern interfaces that support the needs of the end user while also looking fantastic.

You’ll join a small, focused design team that thrives on collaboration and clear thinking. Our culture supports independence but we work with strong, established structures and processes to maintain quality and ensure designers have the space to focus. We work at a fast pace but never at the expense of clarity, feedback, and purposeful design.

• Designing end-to-end product experiences
• Creating wireframes, user flows and prototypes for complex interactions
• Conceptualising new UIs from scratch and building design systems
• Crafting modern, on-brand visual designs with high attention to detail
• Visualising information clearly through layouts, dashboards and UI components
• Working closely with developers and project managers throughout delivery
• Contributing to internal design systems and reusable component libraries

• Has 3 - 5 years of design experience, ideally with agency or multi-client exposure
• Has a strong portfolio showcasing both UX thinking and refined UI design
• Is highly proficient in Figma (or similar)
• Has a deep understanding of layout, typography, colour theory and responsive design
• Is open to feedback, collaborative by nature, but not afraid to speak up
• Brings new ideas to the table and enjoys solving problems creatively
• Is comfortable working independently but values being part of a strong, supportive team

• Work with clients doing exciting things in real digital product spaces
• Join a design-led business where your craft is truly valued
• Be part of a culture that encourages learning, feedback, and quality
• Collaborate in person every Friday at our Innovation City studio in the Cape Town CBD
• Enjoy the benefit of structured support so no one burns out or gets stuck

Send your CV and portfolio to . We’d love to see examples of both UX work (flows, wireframes, prototypes) and UI work (final interfaces, visual design systems). Tell us a little about yourself and what kind of work energises you.

We are seeking an experienced UX / UI DESIGNER to join our team and lead the creative direction within our projects. The ideal candidate should have strategic thinking skills, be able to conceptualise, problem-solve, and manage stakeholder conversations from initial sales to project completion. They should ensure that all designs align with client business requirements and project objectives.

At Bluegrass, we primarily use Figma for design. Deep experience with Figma is essential, as creating beautiful, modern, and highly creative UI designs is our main focus. Our team has strong UX expertise to support the UX process.

You will work closely with our Head of Product and Solutions Director and will be supported throughout your projects.

• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in a similar creative software development or product development environment
• Design-related qualifications
• Proven experience conducting design workshops and interacting with clients to understand project requirements and business problems
• Experience structuring and architecting Figma projects
• Proficiency in creating modern, creative UI designs for websites and mobile apps within Figma
• Experience with Google’s Material Design system (advantageous)
• Experience implementing Design Systems (advantageous)
• Experience in corporate branding, logos, and CI guidelines (advantageous)
• Ability to write HTML/CSS code (advantageous)
• Experience using JIRA for project management (advantageous)
• Experience with WebFlow (advantageous)
• Ability to design and code HTML mailers (advantageous)
• Ability to create professional branding videos and showreels (very advantageous)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to guide clients through the creative process

• Engage with clients to scope project requirements and propose solutions
• Support sales with creative pitches to secure new business
• Master Figma and Adobe CC Suite for design tasks
• Create UX wireframes and prototypes using Figma
• Present UX prototypes and UI designs to clients, explaining solutions and achievements
• Stay updated on new design trends for digital, web, and mobile experiences
• Design for Mobile Apps (iOS & Android), considering various screen sizes and orientations
• Recommend and employ Design Systems to improve internal processes, utilizing platforms like
• Implement Google’s Material Design guidelines and components
• Create branding assets, logos, and CI style guides
• Assist clients and project managers in theme selection for platforms like WebFlow and WordPress
• Utilize project management tools like JIRA and follow our creative processes
• Provide design estimates for project planning
• Track time logs accurately using Bluegrass tools
• Understanding HTML & CSS to suggest functional design solutions (advantageous)
• Support marketing with website content, social media, and case study assets
• Assist with award submissions and branding videos/showreels

The clientis a digital marketing agency whose main focus is helping eCommerce brands grow their most profitable revenue channels. We are seeking a passionate UX/UI Designer to join our growing marketing team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of user experience principles and a proven ability to create visually appealing and intuitive interfaces. As a UX/UI Designer, you will play a critical role in shaping the user experience of our client’s products and services.

Responsibilities

● User Research: Conduct user research to understand user needs, behaviors, and pain points.

● Wireframing and Prototyping: Create wireframes, prototypes, and mockups to visualize design concepts.

● Interface Design: Design visually appealing and intuitive user interfaces that align with brand guidelines.

● Usability Testing: Conduct usability testing to evaluate the effectiveness of design solutions.

● Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., developers, product managers) to ensure successful project execution.

● Stay Updated: Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in UX/UI design.

Qualifications

● 2+ years of experience in UX/UI design.

● Agency experience is a plus.

● Strong proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, etc.

● Experience designing for ecommerce platforms is a significant plus.

● Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

● Strong communication and collaboration skills.

● Portfolio demonstrating successful UX/UI design projects.

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Evenco International is an independent executive conference organizer and AI data company dedicated to the asset management industry. Our fund forums bring together influential fund selectors and global asset managers to discuss current investment trends across all asset classes. Evenco Analytics is the market intelligence arm of the company, focused on predictive analytics via cutting-edge AI models.

Role Description

Are you a passionate and innovative UI/UX Designer with a knack for transforming complex data into intuitive and engaging user experiences? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, data-rich environment? We are seeking a talented individual to join our growing team and play a pivotal role in shaping our market intelligence platform. The initial contract term is two months, with the possibility of extension at the company's discretion.

Our platform empowers financial professionals with forward-looking insights, analytics, and tools to navigate the dynamic world of investment funds. As a UI/UX Designer, you will be instrumental inshaping and optimizing the user journey andcontributing to product decisions , ensuring our platform is not only insightful but also incredibly easy and enjoyable to use.

We’re looking for someone who not only crafts interfaces, butthinks in terms of user value, product strategy, and business impact . You should be comfortable asking “why?”, prioritizing features that matter most, and contributing ideas that shape the direction of our platform. Experience working in product-centric teams or startups is a big plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• User Research & Analysis: Conduct in-depth user research (interviews, surveys, usability testing, ethnographic studies) to understand user needs, behaviors, pain points, and motivations within the fintech domain. Analyze market trends and competitor products to identify opportunities for innovation.
• Information Architecture & Wireframing: Develop clear and logical information architectures, user flows, site maps, and navigation models. Create low-fidelity wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes to visualize and test design solutions.
• UI Design & Prototyping: Design intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and highly functional user interfaces for web, adhering to brand guidelines and best practices. Create interactive prototypes to demonstrate functionality and gather feedback. Define and refine interaction patterns, animations, and micro-interactions to enhance usability and provide a delightful user experience.
• Usability Testing & Iteration: Plan, conduct, and analyze usability tests to identify areas for improvement. Iterate on designs based on user feedback, data analytics, and business requirements.
• Design System Management: Contribute to and maintain a robust design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and efficiency across the platform.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with product managers, developers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into user-centered design solutions. Effectively communicate design rationale and present concepts to various audiences.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Portfolio: A strong online portfolio of top-class work showcasing a range of UI/UX design projects, demonstrating your design process, problem-solving abilities, and a keen eye for detail. Projects involving complex data visualization or financial applications are a significant plus.
• UI/UX Design Expertise: Proficiency in industry-standard design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision). Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, usability heuristics, and accessibility standards. Strong grasp of visual design principles (typography, color theory, layout, iconography). Experience with responsive design for various devices and screen sizes. Strong skills in creating user flows, wireframes, and site maps.
• Research & Analysis: Proven experience conducting qualitative and quantitative user research. Ability to synthesize research findings into actionable design insights.
• Prototyping & Testing: Experience creating interactive prototypes and conducting usability testing.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions effectively. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Domain Knowledge (Highly Desirable but not mandatory): Familiarity with financial concepts, market data, trading platforms, or investment tools. Understanding of data visualization best practices for complex financial information.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience as a UI/UX Designer, preferably in a SaaS, B2B, or fintech environment.

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Temporary

• Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

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