Digital Designer

Flint (Studio); Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital agency in Johannesburg seeks a talented digital designer passionate about creating engaging experiences across various digital platforms. You will design compelling visual content for social media, infographics, and websites, collaborating with a vibrant team to bring ideas to life and enhance brand narratives. With opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment, this role is ideal for someone with 3-5 years of experience looking to broaden their creative horizons.

Benefits

Office perks like coffee and snacks

Opportunities for professional growth

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in digital design.
• Proficient with UI design patterns and wireframes.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma.

Responsibilities

• Design digital assets including ads, presentations, and infographics.
• Collaborate closely with team members on projects.
• Conduct industry and brand research.

Skills

User interface design

Visual design

Creative thinking

Usability focus

Education

Bachelor's degree, diploma or certificate in relevant fields

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Canva

Mailchimp

ActiveCampaign

Job description

Company Description

We’re a digital agency and consultancy based in Johannesburg, South Africa, specialising in transforming your brand’s objectives into digital success. With two decades in the workings of the Web, we’re skilled in building systems, offering strategic digital consulting, and driving campaigns in order to reach your business’s goals.

Job Description

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!

We're 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: Mid (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: FDES2025-07

What You'll 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 Duties

♟️ Strategic

• Translate positioning, research & marketing strategies into effective designs.
• Make use of critical design thinking skills to make informed & thoughtful decisions to create 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'll be using the designs.
• 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.
• 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 and requirements.
• Contribute to creative brainstorm sessions to share ideas for projects.
• Leverage AI design tools and generative AI tools to enhance workflow, efficiencies, ideation and innovation.
  
  

Web & App Related

• Produce sketches, site maps & wireframes for websites or apps.
• Create moodboards, mock-ups, UI kits & interactive prototypes as part of interface design.
• Generate visual assets for websites, web apps & mobile apps such as banners, in-content imagery, product images, basic animations/videos etc.
• Design and build landing pages in Unbounce and ActiveCampaign.
  
  

Inbound Marketing

• Collaborate with the team to produce engaging visual assets for internal & client’s social media content calendars and social media accounts/profiles.
• Produce assets for paid and organic campaigns including overarching key visuals, social posts, ad banners or visuals, video or animated content, and web banners.
• Create high value content pieces such as infographics, ebooks, digital publication layouts and other interactive pieces (Typeform quizzes, etc).
• Design and build email templates & email campaigns in Mailchimp or ActiveCampaign, or similar.
  
  

Animation/Motion Graphic

• Source references, and create and design visual references for animation projects.
• Create and design storyboards aligned with the approved script.
• Prepare assets to share with the animator(s).
  
  

Required Skills

• Proficient experience with user interface design patterns, sitemaps, wireframes etc for web and app interfaces
• Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Cloud - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Media Encoder, XD, (or similar).
• Advanced experience with Figma for UI design.
• Strong experience designing in Canva or similar tools, including template creation.
• Knowledge or practical experience using AI tools for creative ideation or execution (e.g. Midjourney, Adobe Firefly etc)
• In-depth understanding of design principles and fundamentals, usability and user-centred design
• In-depth understanding of the digital landscape including inbound marketing, social media, advertising, email, responsive web design, etc.
• 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
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, collaborative environments
  
  

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's 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 You'll 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.