Jenna van der Vyver

My Current Portfolio: UX/UI Design Lead - Post-Login, Claims & Apps. Multi-Brand focus: 1st for Women, Auto & General, Budget, Virseker, and Dial Direct.

Digital UX/UI Design Lead at Telesure Investment Holdings (Present)

My Current Portfolio: UX/UI Design Lead - Post-Login, Claims & Apps. Multi-Brand focus: 1st for Women, Auto & General, Budget, Virseker, and Dial Direct.

• Created and governed a multi brand, tokenised Figma design system, including copy variables and reusable components.
• Successfully launched Budget Insurance and Virseker mobile apps to market.
• Led direct reports and the end to end migration of Web Servicing to Flutter, leveraging the new design system.
• Launched claims journeys across vehicles, portable possessions, buildings and home contents.
• Delivered Add Risk Items journeys for cars, buildings, home contents and portable possessions.
• Led design system governance, workshops and adoption across multiple brands.
• Facilitated design reviews, copy reviews, guild sessions and UX status updates.
• Unblocked designers and provided UX/UI support across complex, high-priority initiatives.
• Partnered with Senior Managers, Digital Enablement leadership and Product/Journey Owners.
• Collaborated with GIT development teams and Tech Leads to ensure effective design to development delivery

STAND IN | Temporary Design Manager at Telesure Investment Holdings (2022-10 – 2024-04)

Digital Design Team. Lead a team of designers, overseeing the end to end design process across multiple digital products, including mobile apps, web platforms, and marketing websites. Successfully launched several high impact products, earning strong user feedback and contributing to measurable increases in user engagement and customer satisfaction.

Collaborate closely with cross functional teams, to ensure design integrity and seamless implementation of user interfaces. Supporting strategic design initiatives during a key leadership transition. Figma governance on all designs (created the current processes).

Direct reports - 13 designers, and 1 UX copy writer

Senior UX/UI Designer at Telesure Investment Holdings (2021-01 – 2022-10)

Led and mentored designers across multiple product streams.

• Designed end to end customer journeys across servicing and claims.
• Established scalable design systems, UI patterns, tokens and templates.
• Partnered with Product, Engineering and stakeholders to deliver digital experiences.
• Conducted research, usability testing and design validation.
• Created wireframes, prototypes and high fidelity designs in Figma.
• Drove multi brand experiences across First for Women, Auto&General, Budget, Virseker and Dial Direct.

UX/UI Digital Design Lead | Consultant at Nedbank (2017-01 – 2021-01)

Designed enterprise UX/UI across internal and client facing platforms.

• Created UI inventory and contributed to the SAP/Nedbank design system.
• Designed employee, banking, BI, communications and automation solutions.
• Supported user research, journey mapping and design discovery.
• Developed proof of concepts and Sprint Zero solutions.
• Created wireframes, prototypes, UI layouts and interaction models.
• Collaborated with Product, UX, Development and Business teams.
• Supported design QA and implementation.

Senior UX/UI Design consultant at RedScreen World (2015-01 – 2016-12)

Designed UI for dashboards, financial systems and digital platforms.

• Created corporate visuals, diagrams, campaigns and brand assets.
• Designed websites, landing pages, animations and digital layouts.
• Developed logos, style guides, mood boards and visual concepts.
• Collaborated with developers to deliver digital experiences.
• Managed print production, formatting and final artwork.
• Worked within governance, compliance and regulatory requirements.

UI Designer and Graphic Design at Base Shuttle and Services (2012-01 – 2014-12)

The startup company has built a gadget for vehicles that allows remote tracking and control of the vehicle.

• Designing the user interface of the app (in two versions: admin and user)
• Designing the responsive landing pages
• Branding, CI and Logo