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Product Designer

Accenture
Full-time
On-site
Johannesburg, South Africa

Introduction

Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence (COE); dedicated to building future-focused digital products designed to empower and revolutionize the continent. This is your opportunity to join an innovative team and grow your career at the forefront of technological advancement, as we accelerate towards a brighter, more connected future for Africa.


Role Summary


As a Product Designer, you are a multi-skilled individual that combines UX and UI capabilities to deliver value for businesses and their customers. The role requires foresight to produce sustainable outputs that can be tested, validated, and integrated into the daily lives of many.

At all times you will assess the value of the designed experience and ensure a high level of craft within your work.


Key Responsibilities

Relationship management:



  • Team member check-ins and support

  • Integration relationship building

  • Client team relationship management


 


Analysis:



  • Requirements elicitation

  • Behavioural data analysis

  • User surveys and interviews

  • Persona's and mental models

  • Empathy maps

  • Current product analysis

  • Competitor product analysis

  • Best practice analysis

  • User testing and feature validation


 


Ideate:



  • Solutioning workshops

  • Feature listing and prioritization

  • UX definition and principles

  • Browsing flows

  • Low-medium fidelity wireframing

  • Functional prototyping

  • Accessibility implementation guidelines

  • User stories and product roadmap contribution

     


Create:



  • Look and feel establishment

  • Graphic user interface design

  • Accessibility implementation and testing

  • Multi-device design and rollout

  • Design system setup and documentation

  • Micro-interactions and motion principles


 


Integrate:



  • Annotated design specifications

  • Visual asset preparation

  • Development implementation review

  • Product experience testing

  • Design system integration and governance


Minimum Requirements


  • Relevant tertiary qualification

  • Strong portfolio of product and platform design work

  • Proficient in utilising prototyping software, Figma and the Adobe suite

  • A superb eye for design with strong attention to detail

  • Good understanding of branding, marketing, data, media, social UI, UX, business analysis and technology

  • Ability to articulate and defend design decisions

  • The ability to create flexible design systems and component libraries

  • Good understanding of the development process and agile methodologies

  • Ability to work well alongside internal and external client teams

  • Take initiative and follow a self-leadership approach

  • Positive can-do attitude

  • Organised and efficient

  • Deadline orientated

  • Empathetic towards others

  • Strong team player contributing towards positive and respectful collaboration

  • Willingness to be challenged

  • Be able to perform within a high-pressure environment




Desired Skills: 



  • Axure 

  • UX Design 

  • Zeplin 

  • Sketchup 

  • Figma 

  • Javascript 

  • User testing and research 


 


with: 


Desired skills and experience: 



  • Requirements elicitation 

  • User testing and research  

  • Product benchmarking and analysis

  • Behavioural data analysis

  • Information architecture

  • User flows

  • Design documentation  

  • Development handover and implementation

  • Accessibility standards

  • Figma design

  • Figma prototyping 

  • Figma UI lIbrary creati


Package & Remuneration

Market Related


Disclaimer

Should you not receive a response from us within two weeks of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.


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