User Design Experience Graduate

In an ever-changing global landscape, our ability to deliver cutting edge financial products and services on digital platforms, is key to the success of our franchise.

CIB Technology is the backbone of the Corporate Banking businesses of Global Markets, Transaction Banking and Investment Banking. The intense, high-performance environment of Global Markets and Transaction Banking makes partnering with these areas particularly exciting.

As the technology partner, the solutions we provide enable the processing of multi-million-rand transactions by these businesses. Additionally, CIB Technology empowers our business with a technology landscape that services non-retail customers which include Banks, public institutions, corporates, and asset managers to name a few and facilities various transaction types, from high frequency trading (Algorithmic trading) with low values, to low frequency trading, high value payments to complex structured products.

Our graduate programme aims to attract talent that not only displays sound technical knowledge and skills, but who can be groomed into thought leaders and trusted partners. We blend theoretical learning of hard and soft skills with practical experience.

Your learning journey will be supported through several rotations, where you will be exposed to the end-to-end life lifecycle of the CIB Technology business.

As part of our 2025 graduate intake, we are looking for passionate individuals, who have explored the realm of experience design and are enthusiastic and are eager to challenge the status quo and shape exceptional client experiences within the financial services industry.

Qualifications

• Post Graduate qualification (Completed or completing in 2024) Design Studies, Information Systems, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, or a related field.

Experience Required

• Participation in relevant workshops, conferences, or online courses related to finance and design is a plus.
• At maximum 2 years of experience in a design-related role, preferably within the finance industry or in a corporate setting.
• Experience working in startups or design agencies is advantageous.
• Candidates must submit a link to online portfolio showcasing their design work.
• Portfolios should demonstrate proficiency in designing for web and mobile platforms, including examples of user interfaces, user experience flows, and interactive prototypes.
• Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD) and Sketch. Familiarity with prototyping tools like Figma is preferred. Basic understanding of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS) is a plus.