LLekkeSlaap is hiringProduct Designer

TYPEFull Time CATEGORYProduct Design LOCATIONCape TownSouth Africa
POSTED24d ago

Location: Cape Town (hybrid, 2 office days per week)
Experience:
2+ years

🎨 Design user-friendly, thoughtful experiences across mobile + web apps

🖌️ Build and evolve our design system to support a growing product + team 

🤝 Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and marketing 

📐 Champion a consistent, scalable visual language across platforms 

🛠️ Master Figma and help establish best practices within the team 

📍 Hybrid in V&A Waterfront, Cape Town (2 days in-office)

Who we are at Tripco:

LekkeSlaap is South Africa’s leading accommodation booking app known for its user-friendliness, exceptional customer experience, and extensive local accommodation options. Owned by Tripco, a travel technology company based in Cape Town, LekkeSlaap is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and maintaining high standards in travel technology.

Responsibilities:

  • Design with purpose: Craft thoughtful, user-friendly experiences across our web and mobile apps, ensuring both form and function are considered.
  • Build and evolve our design system: You’ll play a key role in creating a scalable design foundation that supports our growing product and team.
  • Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with engineering, marketing, product, and leadership to solve complex problems and bring features to life.
  • Champion consistency: Help bring a cohesive visual language to our platforms and documentation, aligning design decisions with brand and usability goals.
  • Master your tools: Use Figma to its full potential and help establish best practices for the team. You don’t have to be an expert yet – but you should be eager to become one.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience in product, UI, or UX design.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing your design thinking, systems thinking, and craft across multiple digital products. 
  • Experience or a strong interest in building and maintaining design systems.
  • A passion for creating scalable and reusable design solutions that benefit both users and teams.
  • Comfortable communicating and collaborating with a wide range of people – from developers to directors.
  • Curiosity and empathy for users, with a desire to validate your work through user research and testing.
  • Proficiency in Figma (or similar tools), with a desire to go deep into the tool and continuously level up.
  • Comfortable working in a hybrid setup with at least two in-office days per week.

Nice to Haves:

  • Experience with web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Past experience in the e-commerce and/or the online travel industry
  • Exposure to branding and visual identity

Benefits

  • Hybrid work setup (2 days in our office based in the beautiful Cape Town V&A Waterfront) – parking included
  • Flexible start times
  • Free lunch on in-office days
  • Discovery Medical Aid contributions & Vitality Health subscription.
  • Retirement Annuity fund contribution
  • Flexible leave policy with 20 days of annual leave
  • Get a half-day off every month (which adds up to 6 extra days!)
  • Digital nomad month (work from anywhere)
  • Showers on site
  • Travel vouchers and discounts
  • High-end laptops and workstation setup for both in-office and home
  • Team budget for learning, online courses, and conferences
  • Regular team events and more!
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