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Role
Product Designer
Desired Locations
South Africa
Desired Salary
$ 50k
Seniority Level
Middle
Job Type
Full-time
Workplace Type
Remote
Work experience
Freelance Product Designer at Squareone International
Mar 2024 - Present
Remote
- Led a design consultancy that delivered end-to-end mobile and web UX from discovery through developer handoff for startup clients.
- Built and maintained design systems (tokens, components, variants, dark mode) that improved component reuse and accelerated delivery speed.
- Prototyped AI-assisted flows (GPT-based suggestions and microcopy) and documented guardrails to ensure safe, clear UX..
- Drove accessible UI (contrast, target sizes, error/empty/offline states) and produced clean specs and annotations for engineers.
- Key projects under Squareone:
- Babylon Balance: Designed 25+ screens for Babylon Balance, a no-code Adalo budgeting app, integrating GPT suggestions, structuring the database, and leading QA for onboarding, income/expense tracking, and advice flows.
- PRecovery: Redesigned PRecovery’s habit-tracking experience, updating dashboard, progress tracking, and feedback flows with calming, accessible UI while managing client reviews remotely.
- Piggy for YNAB: Kids’ budgeting concept. Converted Piggy for YNAB from a rough vision into clear flows and an interactive Figma prototype, creating personas, wireframes, and a narrative onboarding for a kids’ budgeting concept.
Digital Designers at Tilte Solutions
Dec 2023 - Nov 2025
South Africa
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC)
- Held UX discovery and kickoff sessions to define product goals for an interactive billing experience supporting change management and revenue opportunities.
- Designed user flows and wireframes for secure, personalized invoices, balancing payment completion, trust, and marketing engagement.
- Refined microcopy, interaction patterns, and information architecture to improve clarity and reduce cognitive load in a high-stakes financial context.
Sanlam Interactive Welcome Pack
- Delivered a UX and UI facelift of an existing onboarding experience, aligning interactive documents with Sanlam’s Secure Services portal and design system.
- Standardized UI components, modals, and visual hierarchy to improve consistency across channels without altering core templates.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to translate web portal patterns into scalable interactive document experiences.
Liberty Interactive Quotation Platform
- Designed end-to-end interactive quotation flows for personal and commercial insurance products, replacing static PDFs with responsive digital experiences.
- Facilitated discovery and mapping workshops to define up to six core user journeys across multiple product scenarios.
- Shifted content structure from product-centric to user-centric, clearly communicating coverage, benefits, and advisor value.
UI/UX Designer at TravSIM
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
South Africa
- Delivered UI/UX and visual design across interactive products, translating client requirements into wireframes and high-fidelity UI.
- Standardized components and spacing/typography scales and partnered with stakeholders to iterate toward product–market fit
Education
University of Cape Town (Online)
Feb 2025 - Apr 2025
University of Fort Hare
Feb 2016 - Nov 2018
Saint Petersburg University of Cinema and Television
Mar 2011 - Sep 2014