The UI / UX Designer is a senior-level role responsible for leading strategic Product design efforts, combining deep user research, advanced interaction design, and business alignment to create high-impact digital products. This position involves driving large-scale product initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams (including senior stakeholders), and mentoring mid-level and junior designers. The UI / UX Designer ensures that user-centric principles, brand consistency, and strategic business objectives converge to deliver innovative, revenue-generating, and user-delighting products.
Success in this role is measured by product performance metrics (user adoption, retention, revenue impact), design-led innovation, team leadership, and operational alignment.
The successful person will also have experience working in a start-up, as well as some AI knowledge.
What you'll do :
Lead high-impact product design efforts, from discovery to launch, ensuring user-centric and business-aligned solutions.
Implement advanced research methods (field studies, A / B testing, analytics) to guide product strategies.
Oversee design workstreams for multi-workstream or strategic product initiatives, mentoring mid-level designers.
Contribute to and enhance Freethinking’s design system, introducing scalable product design patterns.
Publish or present findings at industry events, internal forums, or client workshops, establishing Freethinking as a product design leader.
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Why work for us?
Want to work for an organization that solves complex real-world problems with innovative software solutions? At iOCO, we believe anything is possible with modern technology, software, and development expertise. We are continuously pushing the boundaries of innovative solutions across multiple industries using an array of technologies. 
You will be part of a consultancy, working with some of the most knowledgeable minds in the industry on interesting solutions across different business domains. 
Our culture of continuous learning will ensure that you will have all the opportunities, tools, and support to hone and grow your craft. 
By joining IOCO you will have an open invitation to developer inspiring forums. A place where you will be able to connect and learn from and with your peers by sharing ideas, experiences, practices, and solutions. 
iOCO is an equal opportunity employer with an obligation to achieve its own unique EE objectives in the context of Employment Equity targets. Therefore, our employment strategy gives primary preference to previously disadvantaged individuals or groups.
Designer • Johannesburg, South Africa