Digital Designer

 Are you a pixel-perfectionist with a passion for all things digital Do you dream in layouts scroll through fonts for fun and believe a well-placed animation can say more than a paragraph

Yes Read On!

Were looking for someone with a passion for creating engaging striking and intuitive experiences across the digital design realm; from a social post or ad through to infographics landing pages and other web or mobile assets.

If you think you have the skills and experience please apply and share your portfolio and CV.

Experience: Min 3-5 years agency experience a plus!
Education: Diploma or Degree
Travel: Occasionally
Working arrangement: Hybrid working
Salary: Market related negotiable
Type: Full time
Reference: FDES2026-03

What Youll Be Doing:

• Design digital assets including social media posts ads presentations infographics and web content

• Support campaign and content design across multiple channels and platforms

• Collaborate closely with marketing strategists copywriters inbound marketers and developers

• Translate brand guidelines into cohesive thumb-stopping digital visuals

• Create templates and reusable assets for internal and client-facing use

• Explore AI-powered design tools and techniques to increase efficiency and innovation

• Work with platforms like Canva and Figma to build scalable design systems and templates

Essential Job Functions

Strategic and leadership

• Contribute to creative direction: take an active role in shaping creative direction for internal and client projects ensuring designs align with ours and client goals brand identity and industry standards. 

• Translate positioning research & marketing strategies into effective designs.

• Make use of critical design thinking skills to help make informed & thoughtful decisions about your work. This aids in creating effective and innovative designs that meet the needs and goals of the target audience.

• Make use of user-centred design skills to ensure your work is informed by the needs and experience of the people who will be using the designs. Ensure all design is in keeping with user experience usability & design best practices.

• Research and innovation: stay up-to-date on emerging design trends technologies and industry best practices and collaborate with other team members to incorporate innovative design elements into projects to maintain a competitive edge. 

• Quality assurance: conduct quality assurance checks on design deliverables to ensure accuracy consistency and quality of work.

• Team leadership and mentorship: provide leadership and mentorship to other designers guiding them in developing or fine tuning design skills fostering creativity and achieving project goals.  

• Design reviews: collaborate in design reviews and provide and take constructive feedback to ensure high-quality design deliverables that meet project requirements. 

• Improve processes: review and refine the current design processes collaboratively to ensure high quality projects and timely delivery. 

Day-to-day

• Conduct industry competitor and brand research for Flint and for clients design requirements.

• Liaise and collaborate with project/account managers on design briefs.

• Attend project kick off briefings to understand the scope & requirements.

• Run & contribute to creative brainstorm sessions to share ideas for projects.

Web & App Related

• Produce sketches wireframes & user journeys for user experience.

• Create moodboards mock-ups UI kits & interactive prototypes as part of interface & user experience design.

• Generate visual assets for websites web apps & mobile apps such as banners in-content imagery product images etc.

• Design & build landing pages in Unbounce and ActiveCampaign.

Inbound Marketing

• Collaborate with the team to produce engaging visual assets for internal & clients social media content calendars social media accounts setups including cover images & other required visuals as required.

• Produce assets for paid and organic campaigns including overarching key visuals social posts ad banners or visuals video or animated content and web banners. These should be designed with the respective platforms best practices & guidelines e.g. sizes dimensions formats policies etc.

• Create high value content pieces such as infographics ebooks and other interactive pieces (Typeform quizzes etc.).

• Design & build email templates & email campaigns in Mailchimp Ortto or ActiveCampaign or similar platforms.

Animation/Motion Graphic

• Source references for animation projects.

• Create & design visual references based on requirements.

• Create & design storyboards aligned with the approved script.

• Prepare assets to share with the animator(s).

Required Technical Skills

• Proficient experience with user interface design patterns user experience developing personas user journeys and wireframes etc.

• Advanced experience with Illustrator Photoshop InDesign After Effects Media Encoder XD (or similar) - the Adobe Creative Cloud

• Solid experience with Figma for UX/UI design

• In-depth understanding of design principles and fundamentals (layout composition visual hierarchy contrast balance etc.)

• In-depth understanding of the digital landscape including inbound marketing social media responsive web design etc.

• Thorough understanding of usability and user experience - user-centred design.

• Creative thinker strong conceptual thinking skills

• Keen eye for aesthetics and visually appealing content

• Able to clearly present design ideas and concepts for projects and campaigns

Qualifications :

Education: Bachelors degree diploma or certificate in relevant fields

Experience: 3-5 years or more of industry related experience agency experience is a plus!

Additional Information :

Bonus Points For:

• Motion graphics or animation skills

• UX design experience for websites or apps

Why Youll Love Working with Us:

• A vibrant and supportive team that values creativity and collaboration.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development in a fast-paced industry.

• The chance to work with a diverse range of clients and exciting projects.

• Office perks like coffee snacks and the occasional team outing.

How to Apply:

• Please respond by uploading or sending your full updated CV and summary of your past projects completed.

• Short-listed candidates must be available for an interview process online and in-person at our Bryanston offices. 

• No telephonic enquiries please.

• If you do not receive a response to your e-mailed CV within fifteen working days of sending it please consider your application unsuccessful.

• Please do not respond to this ad if you do not match all the criteria for this position.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time