UI Designer – SaaS - Innovation Management - (m/f/x) in Cape Town

Festanstellung, Vollzeit · Cape Town

Your Contribution
As a UI Designer, you’ll shape the design and functionality of our SaaS platform, creating seamless, user-friendly interfaces that elevate our product’s usability and appeal. You will collaborate with UX designers, product managers, requirements engineers, and developers to bring design ideas to life. Your work will be instrumental in delivering a refined, impactful experience to our customers, empowering them to unlock insights and achieve innovation.
Your Day-to-Day Tasks
  • Product Spec Analysis: Analyze and deconstruct product feature specifications, ensuring a thorough understanding and proper documentation in FigJam to support effective design alignment.
  • User Flow Mapping: Map out detailed user flows in Figma to ensure a seamless and intuitive user journey from start to finish.
  • Workflow Management: Create and maintain organized Figma setups, including libraries and design objects to streamline project workflows.
  • Design Systems: Leverage and improve our Design System to streamline development and maintain design consistency. Develop and maintain design systems, UI libraries, and style guides to ensure consistency across all platforms and products.
  • UI Design: Create high-quality interfaces, including wireframes, mockups, and final designs, that enhance the user experience and align with brand standards.
  • Illustration design: Improve/create icons/illustrations for our design system.
  • Prototyping: Build interactive prototypes to visualize the flow and interaction of the product and to aid in development handoff.
  • Responsive Design: Design adaptive interfaces that provide a consistent experience across multiple devices and screen sizes.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with UX designers to integrate feedback from customer insights and usability testing into the UI, ensuring a cohesive user journey.
  • Design Optimization: Gather and analyze feedback to iterate on designs, focusing on usability improvements and user satisfaction.
  • Handoff to Development: Deliver high-quality Figma handoffs, providing developers with everything they need for an efficient build process. Prepare and deliver design assets, documentation, and specifications to developers, supporting a smooth transition from design to implementation.
  • Maintain Best Practices: Stay current with the latest UI design trends, tools, and technologies and apply best practices to enhance the overall user experience.
Your Skills & Qualifications
REQUIRED
  • Portfolio: Proven experience (3+ years) as a UI designer or similar role, with a strong and compelling portfolio (e.g., website, dribble, Behance, etc.) showcasing your UI design work and relevant projects.
  • Visual Design Skills: Strong understanding of color theory, typography, layout, and visual hierarchy to create aesthetically pleasing and functional interfaces.
  • UI Design Tools: High level of proficiency in using Figma as a design tool.
  • Understanding of UX Principles: Familiarity with UX methodologies, ensuring that UI designs align with research findings and provide an intuitive experience.
  • Responsive Design: Knowledge of responsive and adaptive design principles for multi-device compatibility.
  • Team Player: Strong collaboration, ownership, and accountability skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
NICE TO HAVE
  • Front-End Knowledge: Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to effectively communicate with developers.
  • Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Digital Design, Interaction Design, Visual Arts, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Collaboration Tools: Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Trello, or Asana.
  • Design Systems: Experience building or maintaining design systems.
  • Agility: Strong interpersonal skills, with a focus on collaboration, adaptability, and the ability to take constructive feedback.
Why us?
At ITONICS, we’re driven by a Rockstar culture that thrives on talent, creativity, and a shared belief that “anything is possible.” We recognize and reward high performance, offering growth, learning opportunities, and a dynamic, supportive environment. Our team benefits from flexibility, diverse global perspectives, and cutting-edge tools, all while working on an agile SaaS platform that scales innovation for top clients worldwide. Enjoy meaningful work, robust benefits, and a culture where achievements are celebrated. Join us to make an impact and grow your career.
About us
ITONICS is a leading provider of SaaS innovation solutions, empowering organizations to anticipate and shape their futures. Our Innovation OS combines +15 years of specialist experience in end-to-end innovation management with cutting-edge technologies to streamline how global businesses manage, scale, and execute their growth strategies. With more than 150 experts worldwide, we support innovation leaders such as adidas, AUDI, BMW, CISCO, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, and KPMG. Our diverse, high-performing teams across inspiring global locations thrive on a culture of collaboration, bold thinking, and continuous growth. We’re not just building a platform; we’re shaping the future of innovation. 
 
ITONICS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are dedicated to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability. ITONICS offers competitive salaries benchmarked against international industry standards. We rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis for processing personal information under the GDPR for recruitment and employment applications.  
 
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