Senior Brand Designer

DoubleShift; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist fintech agency is looking for a Senior Brand Designer to oversee brand identity and visual system creation. The ideal candidate will lead projects, adapt brands across media, and collaborate with teams to produce high-quality assets. This role promotes a flexible hybrid working model with a focus on outcomes. Candidates should have a strong design portfolio and experience in fintech or B2B sectors, along with excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Flexi-hour working model

Remote-first with optional office space

Work with high-performance fintech clients

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Designer or Brand Designer.
• Portfolio showcasing full brand journeys.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead creation of brand identities and visual systems.
• Adapt brands across digital and print applications.
• Deliver high-quality design assets for campaigns.

Skills

Brand system understanding

Strong typography knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Experience in fintech

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite

Proficiency in Figma

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification in Design

Job description

About the Role

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.

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• DS is a specialist fintech and financial services brand agency — ambitious, and scaling internationally.
• 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.
• 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.

Challenges

• We are still small and fast‑growing, which means you’ll feel the pressure and see the gaps.
• We move quickly. Priorities and projects can shift overnight, and you need to thrive in that pace.
• Everyone here is mission‑driven. We care deeply about building trust for our clients and doing work that matters. If you’re looking to coast or hide, this isn’t the place.

Next Steps

Send us your CV, portfolio, a letter of motivation, and references from previous working experiences.