Available for Senior UX/UI and Lead Product Design roles

Designing experiences that convert, engage and retain.

I'm Kobus, a Senior Product Designer. I do UX strategy, digital commerce and design systems for enterprise and multi-brand retail platforms — from menu to checkout to the agent desktop behind it.

Pretoria, South Africa. Working across South Africa and remote.

Online ordering — Steers and Debonairs
Online ordering interface for Steers and Debonairs
In-seat dining
In-seat dining interface
Contact centre
Contact centre agent interface

Brands I've worked with

Debonairs Pizza Wimpy Steers Fishaways iStore CTM Italtile Incredible Connection

Live products, shipped to real customers.

From the guest's phone to the agent's desktop. Each one has a full case study.

LiveDigital commerce

Online Ordering

End-to-end web ordering for Steers Malaysia and Debonairs Pizza Eswatini — menu browsing through to checkout, built for two markets on one system.

Brands
Steers Malaysia, Debonairs Pizza Eswatini
Scope
Menu browsing through to checkout
Approach
Two markets on one system
Read the case study
LiveIn-restaurant

In-Seat Dining

An in-seat ordering experience that lets guests browse the menu, order and pay from the table — designed to fit real restaurant floor operations.

Context
The restaurant dining floor
Scope
Browse, order and pay from the table
Constraint
Fits real floor operations
Read the case study
LiveEnterprise tooling

Contact Centre

Agent-facing tooling for the call centre, designed to help agents take phone orders faster and more accurately across every brand on the platform.

Users
Call-centre agents
Scope
Phone ordering across every brand
Goal
Faster, more accurate orders
Read the case study
Portrait of Kobus Swartz
Kobus SwartzSenior UX/UI Product Designer, Pretoria. Front-end foundations, product-design leadership.

Systems thinking, applied to real customer journeys.

Senior UX/UI and Product Design Leader with extensive experience shaping digital experiences that align customer needs, business objectives and product strategy. I bring a strong track record of leading end-to-end design across enterprise software, digital commerce and customer engagement platforms, with a focus on delivering scalable solutions that drive business value and elevate the customer experience.

I specialise in design strategy, complex user journeys, enterprise design systems and data-informed product design. Combining systems thinking with a deep understanding of user behaviour, I translate complex business challenges into intuitive, accessible and consistent digital experiences across multi-brand ecosystems. I am passionate about building design maturity, establishing best practices, mentoring designers and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and design excellence.

As a strategic partner to Product, Engineering and business leadership, I facilitate alignment across cross-functional teams, influence product direction and bridge the gap between customer needs and organisational goals. I bring a leadership mindset to every project, balancing vision with execution to deliver measurable outcomes, strengthen design processes and support long-term business growth. I also leverage AI-powered design tools to accelerate, improve efficiency and enhance the quality of decision-making.

UX strategyResearch, journeys and prioritisation
Design systemsMulti-brand, scalable, accessible
Digital commerceOrdering, checkout and conversion
AI-assisted designFaster exploration, same rigour

The tools I design and ship with.

Design, research, planning and AI tools I use to move from idea to shipped product.

Design

Figma
Sketch
Adobe

Planning and collaboration

Notion
Miro
Jira

Research and analytics

Google Analytics
Hotjar
XMind

Build and AI-assisted work

Claude
Gemini
ChatGPT

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I'm exploring Senior UX/UI and Lead Product Design roles in strategy and design systems. Email, Phone Call or LinkedIn is the fastest way to reach me, and I usually reply quick.