Illustrator

Superside; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Superside is seeking an Illustration Designer with a strong command of Generative AI to craft visuals for leading brands. You will blend traditional illustration craft with AI-enabled workflows across campaigns, branding, editorial content and digital experiences.

You will develop character-driven narratives, adapt to brand systems, collaborate across distributed teams, and elevate visuals with AI-assisted concepting while maintaining high quality and consistency.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional illustration experience with a portfolio showcasing strong conceptual and narrative work.
• Excellent drawing fundamentals including anatomy, composition, perspective, form, and visual storytelling.
• Proven ability to work within established brand systems and illustration guidelines.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; experience with Generative AI tools as part of a professional workflow.

Responsibilities

• Create original illustrations across branding, campaigns, editorial content, social media, and digital experiences.
• Develop character-driven narratives, visual storytelling systems, and concept-led illustration work.
• Work within existing brand and illustration systems, matching established styles with consistency and accuracy.
• Use Generative AI tools to accelerate concept development, visual exploration, and illustration production.
• Integrate AI-generated assets into projects while maintaining strong artistic direction and brand integrity.
• Experiment with emerging AI workflows and share learnings with the broader creative team.
• Partner with creatives, project managers, and customers to translate briefs into polished visual outcomes.
• Connect illustration decisions to broader brand, campaign, and storytelling goals.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback while maintaining a high standard of craft.
• Manage multiple projects while balancing independent ownership and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Illustration

Visual storytelling

Brand systems

Communication

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Generative AI tools

Job description

Superside is looking for an Illustration Designer with a strong command of Generative AI to create exceptional work for some of the world’s leading brands. You’ll combine deep illustrative craft with AI-enhanced workflows to develop compelling visuals across campaigns, branding, editorial content, and digital experiences.

Illustration is your core discipline. You bring strong visual storytelling skills, can work within established brand systems, and know how to use AI to expand creative possibilities while maintaining quality and consistency.

What you’ll do

• Create original illustrations across branding, campaigns, editorial content, social media, and digital experiences.
• Develop character-driven narratives, visual storytelling systems, and concept-led illustration work.
• Work within existing brand and illustration systems, matching established styles with consistency and accuracy.
• Use Generative AI tools to accelerate concept development, visual exploration, and illustration production.
• Integrate AI-generated assets into projects while maintaining strong artistic direction and brand integrity.
• Experiment with emerging AI workflows and share learnings with the broader creative team.
• Partner with creatives, project managers, and customers to translate briefs into polished visual outcomes.
• Connect illustration decisions to broader brand, campaign, and storytelling goals.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback while maintaining a high standard of craft.
• Manage multiple projects while balancing independent ownership and cross-functional collaboration.

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years of professional illustration experience with a portfolio showcasing strong conceptual and narrative work.
• Excellent drawing fundamentals, including anatomy, composition, perspective, form, and visual storytelling.
• Proven ability to work within established brand systems and illustration guidelines.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and related illustration tools.
• Experience using Generative AI tools as part of a professional creative workflow.
• Ability to create consistent illustration systems, character libraries, and scalable visual assets.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality execution.
• Excellent English communication skills and ability to collaborate across distributed teams.
• Collaborative mindset with openness to feedback, iteration, and experimentation.
• Curiosity for emerging technologies and how they can enhance illustration workflows.

Superside's vision is to create equal opportunities globally by accelerating the world’s transition to online work. With that in mind, we're building a fully remote company that attracts people where they are.

Remote-first. Customer-led.

Remote isn’t just a perk; it’s how we deliver better for customers. We are fully committing to our customers by hiring top talent and collaborating seamlessly across time zones.

Global team, local impact.

Join a community of 60+ nationalities working across time zones, cultures, and disciplines, all aligned on doing great work for great brands.

High performance, low ego.

Work in a fast-paced, high-trust environment where feedback is direct, growth is constant, and kindness leads collaboration.

Impact meets opportunity.

We’re in the sweet spot — big enough to be stable, small enough for you to shape what’s next. Your ideas will matter here.

Grow fast. Lead well.

You’ll gain mentorship, take on real responsibility, and grow your career while helping us disrupt a global industry.

About Superside

Superside is the leading AI-powered creative company that quickly and cost-effectively enhances in-house functions. We help over 500 ambitious brands get great creative concepts done at scale. Built to be an extension of in-house teams, we unbottleneck marketing and creative teams so they can move faster and drive more reliable creative performance.

Superside is a fully remote company with over 700 team members working across 60+ countries and 13 timezones.