Senior Product Designer

Company: Arilo Inc. Department: Creative Location: Cape Town, South Africa, V&A Waterfront Working model: On-site Employment type: Full-time, permanent Reports to: Head of Creative Salary: Market-related CTC, commensurate with experience and capability Start date: As soon as possible 1. Why this role, why now Arilo Inc. is an AI-native creative production and marketing agency with studios in New York City, Cape Town, and the Philippines, working across global luxury beauty and skincare brands and high-growth startups. Software dashboards, SaaS platforms, web and mobile products sits at the centre of our digital work, and this role exists because that work currently has no single senior owner. Arilo is looking for a Senior Product Designer to take on that ownership end-to-end and to build the design system that will support the agency's product work going forward. 2. The first three to six months In this period, the successful candidate is expected to: Take ownership of a live client product and simplify a flow that currently causes friction for usersEstablish the foundational elements of Arilo's design system Present design rationale directly to a client and build the client's confidence in that rationaleBegin coaching designers who are not UI/UX-trained, raising the standard of digital craft across the studioApply analytics or usability data to identify and resolve friction in an existing product flow3. What we're looking for This is a capability-first hire, years of experience are considered a guide, not a hard cut-off, though this is realistically a role for someone with five or more years designing digital products. Essential capabilities: Proven ability to simplify complex business systems and workflows into clean, usable designExpert-level Figma, including components, variables, auto layout, design systems, prototyping, and Dev ModeA portfolio of shipped software: dashboards, SaaS platforms, or web/mobile applications actually in productionConfident, client-facing communication, including the ability to present rationale and respond to feedbackProfessional fluency in written and spoken EnglishAdvantageous: Advertising agency experience is beneficialWorking knowledge of HTML/CSS and modern front-end constraints, particularly React-based productsDefined AI workflows for research, ideation, or rapid prototypingUsability and analytics tooling, motion tools, and WCAG accessibility knowledgeMarket-related CTC package, benchmarked to experience and capabilityA tooling and software budget, including AI toolingAn annual learning and conference allowanceThe opportunity to build Arilo's product design practice and design system from the ground upDirect partnership with the Head of Creative and Founder on high-profile client work4. What's in it for you. Call to action: Interested candidates should submit a portfolio, CV, and a short note on why this role interests them to [[careers@arilo.co]] Shortlisted candidates can expect a portfolio conversation with the head of creative, a working session on a real design problem, and a final conversation with the Founder. Arilo aims to respond to every application within two weeks. Arilo Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will gladly be made on request.