UX/UI Team Lead

Recruiter:

Mindworx Consulting

Job Ref:

JNB008063/MNT

Date posted:

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Job Description:

As the UX/UI team lead, you’ll sit at the intersection of art, psychology, and engineering. You’ll lead a talented team of designers while getting your hands dirty on complex strategic challenges. If you’re obsessed with frictionless flows, love dissecting audience behaviour, and want to build a design culture that values output over ego, this position, in our Cape Town office, is for you

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

Drive the end-to-end UX/UI strategy for our products. Translate high-level business goals into tangible, intuitive design solutions and build prototypes to ensure alignment across various partners
Create a user testing programme and manage a user testing panel for our various brands
Move beyond “making it pretty”. Use data and A/B testing, user research, and behavioural psychology to justify design decisions to stakeholders
Oversee the evolution of our Design System. Ensure consistency across all platforms while allowing room for creativity and innovation
design critiques that inspire. Remove roadblocks for your team and foster an environment where “safe failure” leads to rapid innovation
Deeply understand the needs and different motivations of design, engineering, and product management teams
Ensure technical feasibility without compromising the user experience
Be the voice of the user in the boardroom. Present work to executives with clarity, confidence, and storytelling
Push boundaries to ensure our products are world-class, incorporating modern UX/UI principles in every part of our work
Experiment with AI tools and services to ensure our products keep up with changing user needs

The Must-Haves:

A relevant tertiary degree such as a BA Hons in Visual Communication / Interaction Design, BA Hons) in Information Design, a BCom Hons in Information Systems, a BSc Hons in Computer Science, a BSocSc Hons, BA Hons in Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology, plus a UX/UI-focused qualification.
7+ years in UX/UI design with at least 2+ years leading or mentoring a team
A portfolio that doesn’t show only final screens but walks us through the messy middle – the sketches, the failed iterations, the user testing data, and the triumph. Please attach to your portfolio or provide a link to your portfolio to your application
Expert proficiency in Figma (variables, auto-layout, advanced prototyping). Expertise/experience in using Adobe Creative Suite and tools like Maze
You don’t need to code, but you must understand HTML/CSS/JS constraints well enough to have productive discussions with developers
Experience in planning and conducting user research (interviews, usability testing, A/B testing) and synthesising that data into actionable insights

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