About Kofa
Kofa is a pioneering leader in renewable energy solutions, committed to displacing fossil fuels with clean, efficient, and sustainable energy. Through our innovative battery swap network, we are transforming energy accessibility across Africa and enabling a cleaner future for businesses and communities. Our Swap & Go stations and smart Kore2 batteries are transforming urban energy landscapes across the continent.
The Opportunity
As a Product Designer at Kofa, you’ll be architecting the face of our energy revolution. Your expertise will directly shape how users interact with our groundbreaking battery-swapping technology, turning complex energy systems into seamless, intuitive experiences that drive adoption and user satisfaction.
The Product Designer will be responsible for producing wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and development-ready high-fidelity mockups with an end goal of creating functional and appealing products and services that address the needs of both internal and external customers.
The right candidate is fastidious about the user need, passionate about visual presentation, and understands that to the user, the interface is the product.
Responsibilities
- Design and prototype user interfaces, including but not limited to mobile and Web-based applications, taking into consideration user research and feedback
- Create development ready high-fidelity mockups
- Maintain brand, layout and graphic consistency throughout design
- Interrogate user requirements and effectively translate them into User Interfaces
- Develop and maintain process flows, sitemaps or user journeys based on user input or feedback
- Develop and effectively present design concepts for critique and synthesise feedback
- Participate in user research/testing and lead user interface concept design
- Lead usability testing sessions with both internal and external customers
- Analyze user interactions over time and propose usability and User Experience improvements
- Understand and promote usability best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Computer Science or relevant field. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree
- 2 years of experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of wireframing and design software like Figma, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Self-motivated, curious, creative and passionate about technology with the ability to learn new technologies as needed
- Strong communication skills, good interpersonal skills and ability to be a team player in an agile environment
- Demonstrated ability to onboard and integrate with an organisation long-term
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with Interaction Design and animation
- Experience conducting User Experience research
- Experience designing Data Visualizations
- Experience designing for non-traditional interfaces (eg. electronic device dashboards, vehicle displays, etc.)
- Experience with front-end development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript or other frameworks) or knowledge of how to design efficiently for the above
- Experience working in an agile team
A portfolio of Product Design projects is required to apply for this role.
This is a hybrid role; you will be required to work from our physical office in Accra for part of your work-week.