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Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer

Meltwater GroupWorkFromHome, Western Cape, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our innovative team at Meltwater. This role is ideal for a passionate designer who thrives on setting new standards in UX and UI, leads with ownership, and leverages the latest GenAI technology to create best-in-class digital experiences. You will focus on comprehensive UX workflows, larger user journeys, and play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing our design system.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead End-to-End UX Workflows : Own the design of complex, platform-wide user journeys, ensuring seamless and intuitive experiences that address both user and business needs.
  • Drive Design System Excellence : Set and evolve standards for our design system, creating scalable, reusable components and patterns that ensure consistency and efficiency across products.
  • Leverage GenAI Tools : Utilize advanced GenAI platforms (V0, Lovable, Bolt, or Cursor) to accelerate ideation, prototyping, and workflow automation, driving innovation and efficiency.
  • Champion User-Centered Design : Lead user research, persona development, journey mapping, and usability testing to inform design decisions and iterate rapidly based on insights.
  • Collaborate and Influence : Partner independently with key stakeholders, product managers, engineers, and executives to align on vision, strategy, and execution, advocating for user needs at every stage.
  • Set New Standards : Establish and evangelize best practices in UX / UI, accessibility, and modern design methodologies, mentoring and uplifting the broader design team.
  • Deliver with Precision : Produce pixel-perfect, development-ready assets, flows, wireframes, and final visuals, maintaining meticulous attention to detail and quality throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Lead Strategic Initiatives : Identify and pursue high-impact design opportunities, driving product innovation in emerging areas and ensuring business impact across global use cases.
  • Foster a Culture of Excellence : Inspire a passionate design mindset, continually seeking opportunities to elevate the user experience and championing a relentless pursuit of best-in-class solutions.

What You’ll Bring

  • 6+ years of experience in Product Design (UI / UX), with a strong background in enterprise-grade SaaS applications.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English are required, as this role involves regular collaboration with global teams.
  • Mastery of Figma and modern design / prototyping tools.
  • Hands-on expertise with GenAI tools such as V0, Lovable, Bolt, or Cursor.
  • Proven leadership in setting and maintaining design systems and standards.
  • Portfolio demonstrating recent (last 1–2 years) product launches with a focus on UX workflows, large user journeys, and design systems.
  • Advanced user research skills : Experience building personas, mapping user journeys, and translating insights into actionable design solutions.
  • Exceptional communication : Ability to present, justify, and advocate for design decisions with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Independent ownership : Comfortable leading projects, making decisions, and driving outcomes with minimal supervision.
  • Collaborative mindset : Extensive experience partnering with engineering and product teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Adaptability : Thrive in a fast-paced, evolving SaaS environment, responding quickly to change and ambiguity.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field.
  • Bonus : Experience with React and third-party design system tools.

    • What We Value

  • Design passion : Genuine enthusiasm for user experience, innovation, and elevating digital products.
  • Attention to detail : Relentless pursuit of quality and consistency in every aspect of design.
  • Leadership in design systems : Commitment to building, maintaining, and evangelizing scalable, cohesive design systems.
  • Ownership and initiative : Ability to independently drive projects and set new standards for design excellence.

    • What We Offer

  • Enjoy flexible paid time off options for enhanced work-life balance
  • Meltwater demonstrates a commitment to your well-being by contributing towards Discovery Health, ensuring robust healthcare coverage
  • Complimentary CalmApp subscription for you and your loved ones, because mental wellness matters.
  • Energetic work environment with a hybrid work style, providing the balance you need
  • Benefit from our family leave program, which grows with your tenure at Meltwater.
  • Thrive within our inclusive community and seize ongoing professional development opportunities to elevate your career.

    • Our Story

    At Meltwater, we believe that when you have the right people in the right environment, great things happen. Our best-in-class technology empowers our 27,000 customers around the world to make better business decisions through data. We are innovators at the core who see the potential in people, ideas and technologies. Our 2,200+ employees in 50 locations across 25 countries work to build best-in-class solutions for our customers.

    Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

    Meltwater is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. All employment decisions at Meltwater are made based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable laws. Meltwater does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, and we actively promote a culture of respect, fairness, and inclusivity. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities to apply and join us in our mission to drive innovation and make a positive impact in the world.

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