Mid-to-Senior Graphic Designer

We are hiring: Mid-to-Senior Graphic Designer

Big ideas. Sharp design instincts. A little chaos tolerance.

Cape Town-based | Bloubergstrand / Hybrid

Full-time | R30 000 gross per month

We’re looking for a strong designer who can bring the bold, the clever and the “okay, that’s actually bloody great.”

Someone who can create a punchy sports campaign, switch gears for an investment or corporate brand, and bring fresh thinking to FMCG and everything in between. Our clients are mostly international, and the work is varied, so your design range needs to be too.

You’ll join a team of creative minds with big ideas and strong opinions. Sometimes the process is beautifully organised. Sometimes it’s a group of slightly chaotic artists figuring out something brilliant together. We need someone who can contribute to both aspects and help make sense of the moving parts.

THE WORK

One day, it’s bold typography and high-energy sports visuals. Another, it’s a polished investment presentation or consumer campaign. Different audiences, different visual languages, same high standard.

You’ll be

• Creating campaign visuals, social content, presentations, and digital and print assets across a variety of brands.
• Developing concepts and rolling them out across formats without losing their impact.
• Moving confidently between sports, investment and financial services, FMCG, and other sectors.
• Bringing designs to life through basic motion graphics and animation.
• Working in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma.
• Talking to clients, unpacking briefs and asking the questions that turn “make it pop” into an actual direction.
• Collaborating with the team, navigating feedback and getting polished work out the door.
• Keeping files tidy, details accurate and brands consistent; even when the deadline is doing its best to cause trouble.

YOU’LL FIT RIGHT IN IF…

• You have approximately 5–6 years’ agency design experience and a portfolio that truly backs it up.
• You have sports design experience and can show us bold, vibey, edgy work for sports brands, teams, events or campaigns.
• Your portfolio also demonstrates range beyond sport. Experience with investment or corporate services brands and FMCG is a bonus; you don’t need to have worked in every sector.
• You know when to push the creative boundaries and when a brand needs a more considered, restrained approach.
• You’re confident in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign but also able to adapt to new software like Affinity.
• You know your way around Figma.
• You have some motion graphics experience, ideally in After Effects. We’re not expecting a specialist animator, but moving pixels shouldn’t terrify you.
• You’re comfortable being client-facing when needed, interpreting briefs and explaining your thinking.
• You can handle tight timelines, prioritise quickly and flag problems before they become last-minute surprises.
• You’re adaptable when plans change, open to feedback and willing to help the team get across the finish line.
• You can work independently, but aren’t afraid of a room full of enthusiastic creatives with five ideas each.
• You can bring a little structure to the chaos without flattening the creativity, come up with some new (maybe better) systems to help things flow smoothly
• AI image generation advantageous as well as familiarity with Claude - new technology should not scare you and the ability to learn on the job is important

A WORD ABOUT THE PACE

Some days will be intense. Deadlines can be tight, priorities can shift, and occasionally we’ll need flexibility or extra hours to get a project over the line.

That’s not intended to be the everyday expectation, and extra effort shouldn’t disappear into a thank-you emoji. When additional hours are needed, we’ll agree on the plan and arrange time off in lieu once the deadline has passed, in line with your employment terms and applicable requirements.

We’re looking for someone who can rally when it matters and we’ll always make space for recovery afterwards. It's your attitude that counts when it comes to this team.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

You must be based in Cape Town and able to work from Bloubergstrand when needed.

For the first 3–4 months, you’ll split your time between remote work and regular in-person onboarding, training and collaboration.

After onboarding and successful completion of probation, the role will become predominantly remote, with occasional in-person days for meetings and project needs.

SOUND LIKE YOUR KIND OF TEAM?

Send the following to [email protected] with the subject line “Mid-to-Senior Designer: [Your name]”:

• Your CV.
• Your portfolio, showing both your strongest design work and your range across various brands or sectors.
• A motion example or two, explaining what you contributed.
• A short introduction: we’d like to meet the person behind the portfolio.
• Your notice period or earliest start date.
• Confirmation that you’re Cape Town-based and can get to Bloubergstrand easily.

Salary: R30 000 gross per month

Applications close: 25 November

Show us the big energy. Then show us what else you’ve got.