Morrie Swart
@morrieswart
Lead UX/UI Designer driving data-informed, user-centred product and design-system delivery.
What I'm looking for
I am a Lead UX/UI Designer with over 10 years of experience creating user-centred experiences across healthcare, ICT, mining, and enterprise SaaS for desktop and mobile. I lead cross-functional teams and run discovery workshops, journey mapping, and usability testing to align strategy with outcomes.
I establish component-based design systems and governance that reduce design-to-dev handoff time and visual defects, and I mentor distributed design teams while running career growth reviews and design critiques.
I’ve leveraged generative AI to accelerate research and prototyping, cutting discovery time by ~40%, and built design systems that reduced UI implementation time by 30%. I deliver accessible, consistent UI designs with reusable components and close collaboration with engineering.
I seek to solve complex product problems through research-driven design, measurable UX improvements, and scalable systems that improve time-to-market and product quality.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead UX/UI Designer
JustSolve
Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)
As a Lead UX/UI Designer in a consulting environment, I’ve designed end-to-end experiences for mobile and desktop applications across diverse industries, including healthcare, mining, and enterprise SaaS and established a component-based design system and governance model that reduced design-to-dev handoff time by 30% and cut visual defects by 40%.
Senior UX/UI Designer
JustSolve
Jan 2021 - Jan 2024 (3 years)
Designed end-to-end experiences and led discovery workshops, creating personas, journey maps and prototypes to align teams and reduce rework by 20% while mentoring junior designers.
UX/UI & Digital Designer
Tinman Digital
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021 (4 years)
Gathered user requirements, conducted UX research and produced wireframes, interactive prototypes and UI assets; collaborated with dev teams to implement responsive, accessible interfaces.
Digital Designer
Ogilvy SA (Healthworld)
Jan 2012 - Jan 2016 (4 years)
Created digital assets and UI concepts for campaigns, websites and mobile apps; iterated designs from user and stakeholder feedback and produced promotional videos for product launches.
Web Designer
Junk Mail
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)
Designed responsive web interfaces and visual UI elements for online classifieds, focusing on usability and mobile-first layouts.
Graphic/Web Designer
Lamicap
Jan 2009 - Jan 2011 (2 years)
Produced web and graphic design deliverables, wireframes and visual assets to support digital and marketing initiatives.
Web/3D Designer
Revolution Business Solutions
Jan 2005 - Jan 2009 (4 years)
Designed web and 3D visual assets, wireframes and interactive prototypes for client projects, supporting front-end implementation.
Microbiology Intern
Ampath Lab
Jan 1999 - Jan 2005 (6 years)
Supported laboratory processes and diagnostic workflows during an early-career placement, gaining cross-functional collaboration experience.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Interaction Design Foundation
Certificate, UX Design
2020 - 2025
Activities and societies: membership to The Interaction Design Foundation community
Design for Thought and Emotion, Journey Mapping, Become a UX Designer from Scratch, Conducting Usability Testing, The Practical Guide to Usability, Masterclass Certificate: How to Design for Neurodiversity: Inclusive Content and UX
Hatfield Business College
Diploma, Visual Studios / UX/UI
2000 - 2001
Grade: Diploma
Activities and societies: Nine
Completed a Visual Studios Diploma focused on UX/UI and related digital design tools.
Technikon South Africa
Degree, Bio-Medical
1999 - 2001
Grade: 1
Activities and societies: None
Studied towards a Bio-Medical degree at Technikon SA.
Centurion High School
Matric Diploma, Secondary Education
1993 - 1998
Grade: 10
Activities and societies: Hockey
Completed Matric (secondary school) education.
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