Graphic & Content Designer — Hybrid, Motion & Social

Kernel Wealth Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave top-up

Professional development support

Extra staff holidays

Office snacks

Coffee

Dog-friendly environment

Flexible hybrid setup

Job summary

Kernel Wealth Limited is seeking a hands-on Graphic & Content Designer to bring our brand to life across social media, campaigns, digital advertising, email, events, presentations and print.

You’ll design polished content for social platforms, turn complex data into engaging visuals, and adapt campaigns across channels with motion and branding overlays. A strong portfolio and 3–5 years’ experience are expected.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant design experience.
• Strong typography, layout, composition and visual storytelling skills.
• A portfolio showing polished work across multiple channels.
• Experience designing content specifically for social platforms.
• Ability to simplify complex information and data into engaging visuals.
• Confidence taking a brief from idea through to delivery.
• Figma proficiency with components, libraries and auto layout.
• Motion or animation experience using After Effects, Lottie, Figma or similar.
• Clear communication and ability to explain creative decisions.
• Ability to manage multiple briefs and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Curiosity about design trends locally and globally.

Responsibilities

• Design polished creative across digital, social, email, events, presentations and print.
• Create social-first content for Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
• Turn complex or data-heavy information into clear, engaging visual stories.
• Adapt campaign ideas across different audiences, channels and formats.
• Add lightweight motion, animated typography, graphs, transitions, captions and branded overlays.
• Edit existing footage into short form content when needed.
• Create digital advertising variations that support testing and optimisation.
• Maintain and improve Figma templates, components and asset libraries.
• Bring ideas to the table and recommend what will work best for the audience and channel.

Skills

Graphic design

Content design

Social media design

Branding

Typography

Visual storytelling

Figma

Motion graphics

After Effects

Communication

Briefing & collaboration

Data visualization

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Lottie

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Kernel Wealth Limited is seeking a hands-on Graphic & Content Designer to bring our brand to life across social media, campaigns, digital advertising, email, events, presentations and print.

You’ll design polished content for social platforms, turn complex data into engaging visuals, and adapt campaigns across channels with motion and branding overlays. A strong portfolio and 3–5 years’ experience are expected.