Product Designer (Information Technology)

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JOB OVERVIEW

• Date Posted: Posted 5 days ago
• Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng
• Job Title: Product Designer (Information Technology)
• Education Level: Bachelors Degree
• Job Level: Senior
• Minimum Experience: 10 - 15 Years

• Develop compelling visual artifacts (UI layouts, interface elements, prototypes, high-levelstoryboards, mock-ups, wireframes etc.) to effectively communicate UI and UX needs.
• Develop and maintain design elements, mock-ups, and specifications as needed
• Research the latest visual design, UI and interaction concepts, presentation layertechnologies, digital best practices, online trends, and provide recommendations forimprovements
• Custodian for developing visual, UI and interaction design assets to be adopted withindesign system
• Conducting best practice research to develop and improve UI and interaction design tosolve end user problems effectively.
• Formulate testing parameters to effectively assess user experience
• Conduct competitor research to develop and improve features of products and to balanceuser needs, technical constraints, and business objectives to solve user problemseffectively
• Understand scope, requirements, and drive innovative solutions aligned with businessgoals and UX metrics
• Develop user experience flows and integrating them to mock-ups, usage scenarios,prototypes, specifications, navigation maps, and other design documents
• Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI detailsthat promote ease of use and optimize the user experience
• Effectively communicate ideas, both verbally and visually to gain stakeholder agreement
• Collaborate actively and work effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure designs aresuccessfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
• Advocate for the end-user throughout the development process and work closely with othermembers of the Service Design Team to craft a world-class user experience
• Create solid recommendations and prioritization based on technology and business needs
• Adhere to design standards by understanding and following the Design System
• Adhere to our client centred design process
• Consider user feedback from user testing results in order to deliver the best customerexperience.
• Accountable for time management within each project to ensure agreed deadlines are met.
• Adhere to consistent design patterns and principles.
• Align to technical infrastructure of the Group.
• Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by ensuringdelivery of process, services and solutions.
• Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback frommanagement.
• Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
• Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal andinformal interaction.
• Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes)that will improve the functioning of stakeholders’ businesses by highlighting benefits insupport of the implementation of recommendations.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals byparticipating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).
• Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of businessstrategy (e.g. Green Strategy).
• Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying andrecommending effective ways to operate and adding value
  Salary / Rate: R400 – R500 per hour.