Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

The Digital Platforms design team at Standard Bank is looking for an intermediate Product Designer to join us. We’re a small, talented team of experienced designers, writers and researchers tasked with providing core platform services to the Bank’s various business units. The role is specifically within the Partnerships Acceleration team which focuses on opening up our banking ecosystem to bring more financial value and opportunities to our customers.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Action changes to products in line with Business Lines specifications so that the product may serve the business needs more effectively.
• Understand the requirements of UX and UI that contribute to intuitive and seamless product functionality, and contribute to a flexible and fluid product design that will enhance how end users interact with the product, currently and in the future.
• Build and iterate high quality designs, drawing feedback from iterative analysis and user testing to create the ideal user experience within specified guidelines and deadline. Keep in mind the scalability of the product to meet future business, customer and product requirements.
• Develop design solutions as part of a wider team through a solid understanding of device and ecosystem platforms to assure good customer experience by utilising various design and research methods to understand customer needs, friction points and decision-making processes.

Requirements:

3-5 years demonstrated UX/UI Product Designer experience 

Minimum Qualifications

A tertiary degree in Information Studies

Behavioural Competencies:

• Generating Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Examining Information
• Documenting Facts
• Interpreting Data

Technical Competencies:

• Research & Information Gathering
• Service Management Processes
• Product and Services Knowledge
• Effective Design
• Client Journeys and Personas
• Data Analysis
• Checking Details
• Requirements Gathering and Management