Junior Graphic Designer - Motion & Social Content

Bayswater Education; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayswater Education in Cape Town is seeking a creative Junior Graphic Designer to join our marketing team. You will assist the Senior Designer in creating and producing visual content for social media, brochures, and campaigns, while ensuring brand consistency.

The role focuses on graphics, layouts, and basic motion design for digital and print. You will develop a portfolio, learn from experienced designers, and help meet project deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or related discipline.
• Minimum 1–2 years of practical graphic design experience.
• Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects).
• Experience creating and editing short-form video content is essential.
• A portfolio demonstrating graphic design and motion work is required.
• Strong typography, layout, colour and visual hierarchy understanding.

Responsibilities

• Create graphics and layouts for social media, digital advertisements and marketing campaigns.
• Assist with producing and updating brochures, flyers, presentations, factsheets and other marketing materials.
• Edit images, format documents and prepare artwork for print and digital use.
• Resize and adapt existing designs for different platforms and audiences.
• Follow Bayswater's brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all creative materials.
• Create short-form video content for social media and digital platforms.
• Produce basic animations, motion graphics and animated typography.
• Adapt static designs into animated content where required.
• Assist the Senior Graphic Designer with daily design requests and production tasks.
• Update templates and maintain organised design files and digital assets.
• Work collaboratively with the marketing team to complete projects within deadlines.
• Take feedback on board and make revisions where required.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Video editing

Typography

Motion graphics

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Education

Diploma or Degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

After Effects

Job description

Bayswater Education in Cape Town is seeking a creative Junior Graphic Designer to join our marketing team. You will assist the Senior Designer in creating and producing visual content for social media, brochures, and campaigns, while ensuring brand consistency.

The role focuses on graphics, layouts, and basic motion design for digital and print. You will develop a portfolio, learn from experienced designers, and help meet project deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.