Designer

Jobtailor; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a graphic designer with a strong typography and information design foundation. The role emphasizes producing clear, data-driven visuals for print and digital projects, while collaborating across publishing, strategy and production teams.

Candidates should have 2–3 years of experience, a solid portfolio, and proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite. The position offers a collaborative, detail-oriented environment with room to grow in motion and emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• Around two to three years' professional experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong foundations, good ideas and an eye for detail.
• Strong graphic design and typographic foundations.
• Good visual thinking and an interest in ideas.
• Confidence using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Understanding of hierarchy, layout, imagery and composition.
• Interest in information design and data visualisation.
• Experience preparing accurate design work for print and digital use.
• Good attention to detail and ability to organise workload.
• Confidence communicating and collaborating with colleagues.
• Openness to creative direction, challenge and feedback.
• Curiosity about new tools and technologies and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates strong graphic design skills with a focus on typography, layout, and information design, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to produce high-quality print and digital materials.
• Exhibits a keen eye for detail and a willingness to embrace new technologies and creative challenges.
• Collaborates with creative and design directors, designers, account teams, publishing and production teams, strategy and content specialists, and digital and creative specialists.

Skills

Graphic Design

Typography

Layout

Information Design

Data Visualization

Visual Thinking

Attention to Detail

File Preparation

Creative Exploration

Design Systems

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

• Understand the brief, client, audience, content and purpose before designing
• Bring useful references, observations and inspiration into the creative process
• Contribute to creative exploration by developing and sharing ideas, sketches and visual approaches
• Explore different solutions and help maintain the idea as projects develop
• Turn content, data and information into clear, navigable communication
• Use typography, hierarchy, layout, imagery and information design to tell stories
• Create charts, diagrams and visualisations that clarify information
• Produce thoughtful, well-crafted design across print and digital projects
• Work within established brand and design systems while identifying opportunities to develop them
• Prepare accurate, well-organised files and collaborate with publishing and production colleagues through delivery
• Respond constructively to creative direction and feedback
• Build confidence with motion, digital, AI and emerging technologies where useful
• Participate in creative reviews and explain design choices
• Collaborate with creative and design directors, designers, account teams, publishing and production teams, strategy and content specialists, and digital and creative specialists
• Take increasing ownership of defined pieces of work and contribute positively to the team

Requirements

• Around two to three years' professional experience
• Portfolio demonstrating strong foundations, good ideas and an eye for detail
• Strong graphic design and typographic foundations
• Good visual thinking and an interest in ideas
• Confidence using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Understanding of hierarchy, layout, imagery and composition
• Interest in information design and data visualisation
• Experience preparing accurate design work for print and digital useGood attention to detail
• Ability to organise workload and meet deadlines
• Confidence communicating and collaborating with colleagues
• Openness to creative direction, challenge and feedback
• Curiosity about new tools, technologies and creative disciplines
• Willingness to learn, experiment and keep improving
• Experience in corporate communications, reporting or sustainability is useful, but not essential

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong graphic design skills with a focus on typography, layout, and information design, while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to produce high-quality print and digital materials. Exhibits a keen eye for detail and a willingness to embrace new technologies and creative challenges.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Graphic Design
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Information Design

Hard Skills

• Typography
• Layout
• Imagery
• Composition
• Data Visualization
• Visual Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• File Preparation
• Creative Exploration
• Design Systems

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Openness to Feedback
• Curiosity
• Organizational Skills

Industry Keywords

• Corporate Communications
• Sustainability
• Reporting

Tools & Technologies

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Motion Design
• Digital Technologies
• Emerging Technologies