Job Description

Sanlam Fintech is a newly established digital first business within the Sanlam Group on a mission to democratize financial advice and solutions for everyone across the African continent. We exist to pioneer inclusive financial confidence helping people build strong foundations to bridge the gap in generational wealth. Our culture us that of agility and constant deployment, we believe in learning fast, learning cheap and learning forward. Our aim is to provide a work environment where knowledge workers can accelerate the development of their ideas and bring innovation to market, at the same time provide compelling career and development proposition that will enable them to realize their dreams.Position OverviewSanlam Fintech (SFT) is looking to fill the role of a Junior Product Designer, reporting into the Head of Design. As part of the central Digital Product & Design function within SFT, the role will be responsible for designing key parts of the product experience of SFT’s digital products and channels. The role will support relevant stakeholders, leveraging innovative design outcomes to give customers confidence during any digital engagements and experiences of their financial services.What will you do?As a Junior Product Designer, you will be expected to:Craft and ExecutionUse and apply, current and relevant, design methodologies, tools, frameworks, and practices to solve for, and design experiences that enable and support Sanlam’s customers.Define interactions and services based on relevant business, technical, and design considerations.Participate in user research and usability testing to ensure validated design solutions, capture insights and testing data and package results for distribution and present in feedback sessionsDeliver effective UX and Interaction Design solutions within various projects.Project and TeamMake design ideas tangible for the cross-functional product team and stakeholders through visual storytelling, UX and interaction design techniques.Present, explain and discuss design decisions eloquently.Execute product design tasks and maintain a high quality of deliverables.Collaborate with UX team members including other UX disciplines, Service Designers, BA’s, Product Managers and other stakeholders to understand objectives and key business outcomes, user needs and behaviours to inform the design solutioning.Collaborate with Developers, Product teams, the Design System team, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that final product delivery is representative of the most feasible and preferred design solution.