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Design Lead

Job Description - Design Lead

The Design Lead: Broker Platform drives the
end-to-end design vision for Hollard's broker platform and associated digital
experiences. The role combines customer research, broker journey design,
service design, UX strategy, and design governance to ensure the platform
delivers meaningful business outcomes and exceptional broker experiences.

 

The incumbent acts as the
voice of the broker and customer, translating needs, behaviours, and pain
points into intuitive, user-centred digital solutions.


Requirements

Design Strategy and Vision

  • Define
    platform design principles and experience strategy

  • Drive
    experience-led product development

  • Establish
    and maintain design standards

 

Broker Research and Insight

  • Lead
    broker and user research programmes

  • Conduct
    discovery workshops and interviews

  • Translate
    insights into actionable opportunities

 

Customer Journey and Service
Design

  • Map
    broker and customer journeys

  • Identify
    friction points and transformation opportunities

  • Design
    future-state service experiences

 

Platform User Experience
Leadership

  • Own
    UX direction across platform initiatives

  • Review
    and approve design outputs

  • Ensure
    consistency across journeys and channels

 

Design Governance

  • Establish
    and maintain design system governance

  • Ensure
    consistency and accessibility standards

  • Drive
    adoption of design best practices

 

Stakeholder Management

  • Facilitate
    co-creation workshops

  • Align
    business, product, and technology teams

  • Influence
    decision-making through evidence-based design

 

·        Minimum 8 years' experience in UX,
service design, or product design

·        Experience designing enterprise
digital products

·        Strong research and journey
mapping experience

·        Experience leading design teams
and initiatives

·        Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end
design leadership

Relevant degree in Design,
Human Factors, Psychology, or related discipline


Benefits

Behavioural Competencies

Technical Competencies

1.      Human-centred thinking

2.      Storytelling and communication

3.      Facilitation and collaboration

4.      Strategic thinking

5.      Curiosity and innovation

6.      Stakeholder influence

  1. Service design
  2. UX strategy
  3. User research
  4. Design systems
  5. Journey mapping

6.      Experience
measurement

 

12 Month, renewable contract, paying up to R600 MAX - depending on years of experience and qualifying skills. 

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