Senior UX Designer

Summary of Role

The Senior UX Designer is responsible for shaping intuitive, user-centred experiences across complex digital platforms and enterprise systems. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on design execution, ensuring that complex workflows and data-driven interfaces are translated into seamless, effective user experiences. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, high-quality design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of end-to-end user experiences for complex digital products and enterprise platforms.
• Translate business requirements and user needs into intuitive, user-centred design solutions.
• Create and refine user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
• Simplify complex workflows, data-heavy interfaces, and decision-support tools into clear and usable designs.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders throughout the design lifecycle.
• Produce developer-ready design specifications and artefacts to support efficient implementation.
• Ensure consistency by contributing to and maintaining design systems and UX standards.
• Conduct and apply usability testing, user research, and feedback to continuously improve designs.
• Advocate for user-centred design principles across teams and stakeholders.
• Work independently in a senior capacity while mentoring junior designers where required.

Qualifications

• Matric and a Tertiary Degree
• Minimum 7+ years' experience as a UX Designer working on complex digital products or platforms.
• Proven experience designing enterprise or operational systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in senior, hands-on roles.
• Strong experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Business).
• Experience with data-heavy, workflow-driven, or decision-support applications is highly beneficial.
• Exposure to agriculture, agri-tech, industrial, or field-based environments is advantageous but not required.

Skills

• Strong proficiency in UX design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD or similar).
• Expertise in:
• User journey mapping
• Interaction design
• Information architecture
• Usability design
• Ability to simplify complex workflows and data into intuitive user experiences.
• Strong understanding of responsive design and application-based UX patterns.
• Experience producing developer-ready design artefacts, including detailed specifications and design handovers.
• Familiarity with design systems, accessibility standards, and usability best practices.