Senior 2D Graphic Designer

BlueNovius; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work

High-impact projects

Collaborative creative team

Job summary

A leading healthcare communication firm is seeking a Senior 2D Graphic Designer (Motion-First) to transform complex medical information into engaging visuals. The role involves developing storyboards, style frames, and visual systems while mentoring junior designers. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in graphic design for motion, advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, and a solid understanding of animation principles. This is a fully remote position offering the chance to shape communication in healthcare.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional graphic design experience in motion or visual storytelling.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Solid understanding of animation principles.
• Proven experience creating storyboards, style frames, scenes, and character designs.
• Solid understanding of animation principles (timing, anticipation, easing, staging).
• Experience preparing files for motion production handoff.
• Ability to mentor junior designers and elevate team output.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a Windows-based workflow.

Responsibilities

• Translate scripts into visually compelling storyboards and designs.
• Develop art proposals defining mood and pacing.
• Collaborate with creative teams to maintain project consistency.
• Visualise complex scientific ideas, diagrams, and structures in a clear, engaging way.
• Review and guide junior designers’ work with constructive feedback.
• Prepare clean, well-structured files for seamless animation handoff.
• Apply UX/UI fundamentals to interactive experiences.
• Collaborate with writers, motion designers, and art directors to maintain consistency.

Skills

Graphic design for motion

Visual storytelling

Adobe Creative Suite

Composition and hierarchy

Storyboarding

Animation principles

Mentorship abilities

Fluent in English

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Senior 2D Graphic Designer (Motion-First) – Healthcare & Science (Remote)

Design visuals that help the world understand medicine.

At BlueNovius, we transform complex medical and scientific information into explainer videos and interactive experiences. Our clients include many of the world’s top 100 pharmaceutical companies, and our work helps global audiences understand innovations that directly impact healthcare and lives.

We’re not just creating visuals, we’re shaping how science and medicine are communicated worldwide.

🎨 The role

We’re looking for a motion-ready Senior 2D Graphic Designer to strengthen the graphic design backbone of our motion graphics and interactivity team.

This is a graphic-design-first role, ideal for someone who excels in visual storytelling, composition, character design, and translating scripts into strong visual proposals built with animation in mind.

You’ll help define the artistic direction of projects by creating style frames, storyboards, characters, visual systems, and scene compositions that become the foundation of our animation pipeline. A solid understanding of animation principles and asset behaviour is essential to ensure smooth transitions into production.

You’ll also collaborate closely with the creative team, mentor junior designers, and support projects from concept through final delivery.

🧩 What you’ll do

• Translate scripts into clear, visually compelling storyboards, style frames, characters, and visual systems
• Develop art proposals that define mood, pacing, hierarchy, and narrative flow
• Design assets built specifically for motion, transitions, reveals, and interactivity
• Visualise complex scientific ideas, diagrams, and structures in a clear, engaging way
• Review and guide junior designers’ work with constructive, actionable feedback
• Prepare clean, well-structured files for seamless animation handoff
• Apply UX/UI fundamentals to interactive and branching video experiences
• Collaborate closely with writers, motion designers, and art directors to maintain consistency across projects

✅ What we’re looking for

Must-have

• 5+ years of professional experience in graphic design for motion or visual storytelling
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong fundamentals in composition, hierarchy, clarity, and concept development
• Proven experience creating storyboards, style frames, scenes, and character designs
• Solid understanding of animation principles (timing, anticipation, easing, staging)
• Experience preparing files for motion production handoff
• Ability to mentor junior designers and elevate team output
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills
• Comfortable working in a Windows-based workflow

Nice to have

• Basic or intermediate rigging knowledge
• Experience with data visualisation or simplifying complex diagrams
• Interactive or multimedia project experience
• Background in healthcare, pharma, or scientific communication
• Availability to work on a US-aligned schedule (12:00–20:30 CET)

🌍 Why join BlueNovius?

• 100% remote, full-time position
• High-impact projects with global pharma leaders
• A key role in shaping how science is visually communicated
• Collaborative, curious, and supportive creative team
• Strong focus on clarity, craft, and continuous learning

Ready to bring science to life through design and interactivity?

👉 Apply now and join BlueNovius as a senior creative shaping the future of healthcare communication.

Learn more at www.bluenovius.com