Senior Designer & Creative Lead (Hybrid)

Ad Talent Africa; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Ad Talent Africa is seeking a Senior Designer with 6–8+ years of professional design experience to lead and mentor a designer across multiple brands and platforms. You will shape concepts, ensure brand consistency, and deliver high-quality creative work for integrated campaigns, digital, social media, and corporate communications.

You will oversee design quality, present concepts to teams and clients, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet deadlines and elevate visual storytelling.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years of professional design experience.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and excellent design execution.
• Advanced proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, with working knowledge of Canva.
• Strong presentation design skills using PowerPoint, Google Slides or Canva.
• Excellent understanding of typography, layout, colour, branding and visual storytelling.
• Experience in digital design, social media content, integrated campaigns and corporate communications.
• Previous experience mentoring or managing designers and approving creative work.
• Knowledge of print production and digital artwork specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and design assets for integrated campaigns, digital, social media, print and corporate communications.
• Create presentations, infographics, reports, brand materials and campaign collateral.
• Ensure design quality, consistency and adherence to brand guidelines.
• Review and approve all design work before delivery or publication.
• Manage, guide and mentor the Designer, providing creative direction and feedback.
• Collaborate with creative, content, account and traffic teams to manage briefs and deadlines.
• Oversee multiple projects while maintaining high creative standards.
• Improve design processes, templates and workflows.
• Present and explain creative concepts to internal teams and clients when required.

Skills

Portfolio

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Canva

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Typography

Branding

Visual storytelling

Mentoring

Print production

Figma

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Canva

Figma

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Job description

Ad Talent Africa is seeking a Senior Designer with 6–8+ years of professional design experience to lead and mentor a designer across multiple brands and platforms. You will shape concepts, ensure brand consistency, and deliver high-quality creative work for integrated campaigns, digital, social media, and corporate communications.

You will oversee design quality, present concepts to teams and clients, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet deadlines and elevate visual storytelling.