Junior Product Designer

Savannah Informatics is a Kenyan e-Health software company founded by clinicians and finance specialists to deliver interoperable, connected solutions for healthcare facilities, organizations, and regions. Our vision is to enable a better healthcare future for Kenya through the pioneering use of information technology and knowledge creation.

This role is ideal for someone early in their design career who enjoys solving complex problems, thinking in systems, and designing with users, constraints, and real-world environments in mind.

1. Assist in gathering user requirements through stakeholder collaboration and research activities
2. Participate in brainstorming and design discussions to explore and improve product features
3. Support market and competitive research to inform product decisions
4. Create user journeys and flows that clearly represent user goals, system states, decision points, edge cases, and fallbacks
5. Wireframe and design high-quality prototypes using modern design tools
6. Iterate on designs based on feedback from users and internal teams
7. Support developer handoff, user testing and validation activities
8. Assist in ensuring design quality and alignment with product and organizational goals
9. Contribute to design QA during development and release cycles
10. Document design decisions, assumptions, and trade-offs
11. Help develop and maintain reusable templates and design assets
12. Ensure documentation supports product, engineering, and QA teams
13. Work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers throughout the product lifecycle
14. Participate in Agile ceremonies including standups, sprint planning, grooming, and reviews
15. Communicate progress, blockers, and dependencies clearly
16. Demonstrate ownership, teamwork, and a willingness to learn and grow

1. A Bachelor’s degree in Design, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related field is required
2. Relevant certifications (UX & UI Design, Product Design, Design Thinking, Product Management) are a plus
3. Experience as a design intern, assistant designer, or junior designer
4. A portfolio demonstrating product design, UX/UI work, or relevant coursework
5. Exposure to user research and requirements gathering
6. Experience collaborating with developers is an advantage
7. Familiarity with Agile teams and tools such as Jira is an advantage
8. Strong understanding of UX and UI fundamentals, including hierarchy, feedback, accessibility, usability, colour, typography, and layout
9. Ability to reason about UI states and microinteractions (default, empty, loading, error, success)
10. Foundational knowledge of design thinking: research, discovery, validation, prototyping and testing
11. Basic project coordination and stakeholder communication skills
12. Good documentation habits and attention to detail
13. Strong written and verbal communication skills
14. Proactive, adaptable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced healthcare environment