Product Designer (UX)

Summary

Join Moniepoint, a rapidly growing financial services platform in Africa, as a Product Designer. You will play a key role in designing user-friendly and visually appealing financial experiences for millions of users. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and researchers to create intuitive interfaces that drive user engagement and business growth. Lead the design process from research and prototyping to final execution, conducting user research and A/B testing to validate design decisions. You will design scalable UI components, create micro-interactions, and advocate for accessibility. This role offers a chance to shape the future of fintech, strong mentorship, a culture of experimentation, competitive compensation and benefits, and a remote-friendly work culture.

Requirements

• Strong grasp of visual design, typography, grids, layout, and colour theory
• Expertise in interaction design, user flows, wireframing, and prototyping
• Deep understanding of designing for both mobile and web platforms, ensuring responsive and adaptive experiences
• Understanding of behavioural psychology and its impact on user decisions
• Experience conducting usability tests, user interviews, and heuristic evaluations
• Ability to synthesise qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable design decisions
• Proficiency in atomic design principles and scalable UI frameworks
• Knowledge of motion design tools (Lottie, After Effects, Principle) to create micro-interactions
• Ability to communicate design rationale to stakeholders and engineers
• Experience working in agile, fast-paced product teams
• Figma mastery: ability to leverage auto layout, design tokens, component variants, interactive prototypes, and design libraries for scalable UI solutions

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design process from research, wireframing, and prototyping to final UI execution
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and A/B experiments to validate design decisions
• Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure smooth design implementation and pixel-perfect execution
• Partner with product managers to translate business goals into user-centered design solutions
• Design scalable UI components and contribute to our evolving design system
• Create micro-interactions and motion elements that enhance usability and delight users
• Balance aesthetics with data-driven insights to optimise UX for engagement and conversion
• Advocate for accessibility (A11y) and inclusive design principles
• Stay updated on fintech trends and best practices to drive innovation in product design

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in fintech and/or SaaS environments, understanding industry-specific challenges and user expectations

Benefits

• A chance to shape the future of fintech - your designs will impact millions of users
• Strong mentorship and career growth within a world-class design team
• A culture of experimentation - we encourage innovative thinking and rapid iteration
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Remote-friendly work culture, with access to learning resources