- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience 5 – 8 years
- Location KwaZulu-Natal
- City Durban
- Job Field ICT / Computer
UX Designer at Ignition Group
UX Designer
- Responsible for designing intuitive, accessible, and visually engaging digital experiences with a strong user focus. This role includes conducting user research, turning insights into wireframes and prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that align user needs with business goals while shaping product direction through evidence-based design decisions.
Job Description
User Research & Analysis
- Plan and conduct user research using methods such as interviews, surveys, contextual inquiries, and usability testing.
- Analyse qualitative and quantitative data to uncover user needs, pain points, and behavioural patterns.
- Develop user personas, scenarios, and journey maps to inform design decisions.
- Stay informed about industry trends, competitor products, and emerging technologies.
- Conduct research within regulated environments (e.g., financial, telco), ensuring user experience aligns with compliance and security standards.
- Map omni-channel experiences across products, platforms, and partner ecosystems.
Experience Design & Prototyping
- Translate research insights and business requirements into wireframes, mock-ups and interactive prototypes that drive measurable outcomes.
- Design intuitive user flows and navigation structures that support task completion and engagement.
- Create and maintain design documentation including interaction specifications and annotated wireframes.
- Iterate designs based on stakeholder feedback, usability testing, and performance metrics.
- Design seamless cross-product journeys that integrate payments, identity, and connectivity services.
- Collaborate with product and engineering to simplify complex financial or telco processes into intuitive digital experiences.
Visual Design & Systems
- Apply visual design principles to ensure clarity, consistency, and aesthetic appeal across interfaces.
- Contribute to and maintain design systems, style guides, and component libraries.
- Ensure designs are responsive and optimized for various devices and screen sizes.
- Collaborate with engineering to ensure design fidelity in implementation.
- Ensure visual and interaction design align with relevant brand, compliance, and accessibility guidelines.
Collaboration & Delivery
- Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
- Conduct heuristic evaluations and usability audits to identify areas for improvement.
- Advocate for user-centred design principles throughout the product lifecycle.
- Monitor user journey performance through analytics and feedback loops, identifying opportunities for optimisation.
- Collaborate with Data and Product teams to run experiments and measure the impact of UX changes
- Partner with compliance, risk, and data teams to balance usability with regulatory and security requirements.
- Support product managers with UX input into discovery, prioritization, and go-to-market planning.
Documentation & Governance
- Maintain organised records of research findings, design iterations and decision logs.
- Contribute to UX governance by documenting best practices and design guidelines.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of UX processes.
Job Requirements
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD)
- Strong understanding of user-cantered design principles and methodologies
- Experience working in agile or cross-functional product teams.
- Portfolio demonstrating UX design and problem-solving approach.
- Bachelor’s degree in human-Computer Interaction, Design, Psychology or related field – or equivalent practical experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating user-centred design expertise.
- 5–8+ years of proven experience in UX design, product design, or interaction design, with a strong track record of delivering successful digital products end-to-end.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Ignition Group on ignitionjobs.mcidirecthire.com to apply

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