Digital Product Designer
๐ Job Overview
Job Title: Digital Product Designer
Company: Accenture
Location: Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Type: Full-Time
Category: Product Design / UX/UI
Date Posted: 2026-06-22
Experience Level: 5-10 Years
Remote Status: Hybrid
๐ Role Summary
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Lead multidisciplinary product design workstreams, bridging user needs, business objectives, and technological advancements, with a strong emphasis on AI-driven innovation.
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Drive the strategic direction and execution of user-centered digital products, ensuring scalability, consistency, and measurable business outcomes through robust design systems.
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Foster strong client relationships by effectively communicating design rationale and impact through compelling storytelling and influential presentations.
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Mentor and guide junior designers, promoting best practices in craft, process, and stakeholder engagement to elevate the overall design capability within client engagements.
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Ensure high-quality outputs across UX, UI, and interaction design, translating complex insights into actionable user stories, intuitive flows, and tangible design deliverables.
๐ Enhancement Note: The "Digital Product Designer" title at a large consultancy like Accenture implies a strategic, client-facing role that extends beyond typical execution. The emphasis on "product strategy," "scalable design practices," and "AI-driven innovation" suggests a need for a candidate who can not only design but also influence and shape the product vision. The requirement for 6+ years of experience and leadership/mentoring responsibilities further solidifies this senior-level positioning within the operations and GTM ecosystem.
๐ Primary Responsibilities
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Lead and execute design workstreams for digital product development, ensuring excellence in UX, UI, and interaction design that aligns with client business goals.
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Translate complex user research findings and business requirements into clear user stories, comprehensive user flows, and tangible, high-fidelity design deliverables.
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Present design concepts, rationale, and strategic recommendations to senior client stakeholders, utilizing compelling storytelling and data-driven insights to influence decisions.
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Apply, evolve, and advocate for robust design systems to ensure product consistency, accessibility, scalability, and efficient design iteration across multiple projects.
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Mentor and coach junior designers on design craft, user-centered methodologies, effective processes, and crucial stakeholder engagement techniques.
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Drive user research initiatives, including planning, conducting, and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative data to inform design decisions and validate product hypotheses.
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Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., product managers, engineers, marketing) to ensure seamless integration of design into the product development lifecycle and alignment with overall GTM strategies.
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Champion accessibility standards and best practices throughout the design process, ensuring digital products are inclusive and usable by a diverse audience.
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Actively participate in testing and validation phases, gathering feedback from users and stakeholders to iterate on designs and optimize user experience.
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Continuously improve product designs based on performance metrics, user feedback, and evolving market trends, contributing to the long-term value and success of the product.
๐ Enhancement Note: The "Activities" section in the raw description provides granular detail that has been integrated into the primary responsibilities. The emphasis on "client relationships," "measurable business outcomes," and "AI-driven innovation" indicates the
Application Requirements
Requires 6+ years of experience in UX/UI and product design with a tertiary qualification in Design, HCI, or a related field. Must demonstrate strong proficiency in Figma and a portfolio showing both craft-level design and systems-level thinking.