Senior Brand Designer

DoubleShift; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A strategic brand and communications agency in South Africa is seeking a Senior Brand Designer to lead brand identities that impact the fintech sector. This role involves creating cohesive brand systems, collaborating with teams to elevate brand presence in diverse applications, and mentoring junior designers. The ideal candidate has strong experience in brand design and an impressive portfolio. Flexibility and a hybrid working model are offered.

Benefits

Flexi-hour working model

Hybrid work environment

Growth opportunities in a scaling agency

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Designer / Brand Designer in an agency or in-house brand team.
• Portfolio showcasing full brand journeys: identity creation and rollout.
• Strong understanding of typography, colour theory, and design principles.
• Experience in fintech, financial services, or complex B2B categories is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of brand identities and visual systems.
• Adapt and apply brands across digital and print applications.
• Collaborate with strategists to translate thinking into design.
• Deliver high-quality design assets for campaigns.
• Present and rationalize creative solutions to clients.
• Mentor and support junior designers.
• Stay updated with design trends in fintech.

Skills

Senior Designer / Brand Designer

Brand systems understanding

Communication and presentation skills

Adobe Creative Suite proficiency

Figma proficiency

Attention to detail

Collaborative spirit

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in Design, Visual Communication, or a related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Overview

We’re hiring: Senior Brand Designer (Pretoria / Cape Town)

We build beautiful brands that move people—especially in fintech and financial services, where trust and clarity are everything. DoubleShift is a strategic brand and communications agency that partners with challenger fintechs, banks, insurers, and complex enterprises who need clear thinking, powerful brands, and strategies that perform.

We are looking for a Senior Brand Designer who can take a brand from start to finish: from concept and identity creation, through to full rollout across digital and print applications. This role is about more than producing great visuals — it’s about building cohesive brand systems that stand up in the boardroom, on screens, and in the real world.

As a Senior Designer at DS, you’ll craft brand identities that scale, ensure consistency across every touchpoint, and push creative boundaries in one of the most dynamic industries out there: fintech.

Hint: Sounds like you? You need to read this application all the way to the bottom…

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of brand identities and visual systems, from initial concept to fully fledged guidelines.
• Adapt and apply brands seamlessly across digital platforms (websites, social, campaigns) and print applications (collateral, packaging, environments).
• Collaborate with strategists, writers, and account managers to translate strategic thinking into impactful design.
• Deliver high-quality design assets for campaigns, presentations, sales collateral, and activations.
• Present and rationalise creative solutions with confidence to both clients and internal teams.
• Maintain and enforce brand consistency across all outputs and touchpoints.
• Mentor and support junior/midweight designers, helping to raise the level of craft within the studio.
• Stay ahead of design, fintech, and digital branding trends to keep our work sharp and globally competitive.

Requirements and Skills

• Proven experience as a Senior Designer / Brand Designer in an agency or in-house brand team.
• A portfolio showcasing full brand journeys: identity creation, systemisation, and rollout across digital and print.
• Strong understanding of brand systems, typography, colour theory, and design principles.
• Experience in fintech, financial services, or complex B2B categories is a strong advantage.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; additional experience with motion or 3D is a bonus.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects while maintaining sharp attention to detail and consistency.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills — able to explain the “why” behind your work.
• A collaborative spirit with the confidence to lead projects and push creative thinking.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.

Why join us

• DS is a specialist fintech and financial services brand agency — young, ambitious, and scaling internationally. We’ve built trust with challenger fintechs and large institutions alike, and we’re hungry to keep growing.
• At DS, you have a say. You’re not just here to push pixels — you’re part of shaping the future of how financial brands look, sound, and scale. There’s meaningful room to grow if you’re up for it.
• We operate on a flexi-hour, hybrid model. Core hours are 09:00–14:30, we are remote-first with optional office space in Cape Town, and we value outcomes over timesheets.
• You’ll design for high-performance fintechs, banks, insurers, and payments players — clients who expect and demand globally competitive creative.
• We are a tight-knit team of strategists, creatives, and operators who back each other, solve hard problems, and celebrate wins.

Important notes

Sound like you could be the right fit for the role?

Send us your CV, portfolio, a letter of motivation, and references from previous working experiences to [e-mail]

Please note: If you haven't read all the way to here, and if you don't take the time to write a cover letter or email us, then you're probably not a good fit for a role at DS. Sorry, not sorry!

The DoubleShift Team