Senior Graphic Designer

OLIVER Agency; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative marketing agency in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer to lead creative projects, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Adobe Creative Suite and strong client engagement skills. Responsibilities include producing original designs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful visual content. This role promotes a hybrid working environment and emphasizes innovative design capabilities.

Qualifications

• Excellent client engagement and relationship-building capabilities.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Strong understanding of design principles and the latest digital standards.
• Ability to manage project timelines and workflows effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive creative projects from concept to completion with alignment to brand guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop impactful visual content.
• Produce original designs for both print and digital platforms.
• Lead design projects and ensure high-quality execution in line with brand standards.

Skills

Client engagement skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Graphic design principles

Strong typography

Digital standards

Social media design

Project management

Mentoring junior designers

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

Job description

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Senior Graphic Designer

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

About the role:

We are partnering with a renowned global leader in the drinks and beverages industry to hire a Senior Graphic Designer. Based on-site (hybrid) within a regional team of seven, you will set creative standards, establish design best practices, and oversee delivery across a wide range of assets - from social and CRM to presentations and out‑of‑home - ensuring campaigns stand apart.

Reporting to the Regional Creative Traffic Manager, you’ll mentor designers, on high-impact, conceptual campaigns driving creative excellence and shaping consumer engagement through innovative, immersive brand experiences.

What you will be doing:

• Drive creative projects from concept to completion, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ideate, develop, and implement impactful visual content.
• Produce original design work with strong conceptual reasoning, tailored for both print and digital platforms.
• Create diverse assets including print materials, GIFs, memes, social media graphics, and event collateral.
• Lead the design and development of brand identities, logos, and comprehensive toolkits, while creating corporate communication materials - such as brochures and booklets - with consistent application across all channels and touchpoints.
• Prepare production-ready files for both print and web, conducting all necessary pre-production checks.
• Oversees design outputs and manages OOH deliverables as needed, ensuring high-quality execution aligned with brand standards and campaign objectives.
• Stay updated with current design trends and leverage both original and stock assets to create relevant content.
• Excited to work with GenAI tools and explore innovative ways to blend human creativity with AI efficiencies to enhance design workflows and outcomes.

What you need to be great in this role:

• Demonstrates excellent client engagement skills, proactively organizing and influencing clients while building strong and effective working relationships.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, with hands-on experience in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects.
• Strong understanding of graphic design principles, typography, and digital standards.
• Passionate about design and social media, with a keen awareness of the latest innovations in digital and social design.
• Ability to brief designers and provide constructive feedback to elevate the quality of creative output.
• Effectively manage project timelines and creative workflows within the team, with leadership and organizational capabilities to support project and team management when required.
• Skilled in managing and developing junior team members, while continuously seeking opportunities to learn and expand digital capabilities.
• Generates compelling creative concepts for consumer engagement and brand storytelling and evaluates performance to optimize future initiatives.
• Experience in consumer goods, luxury, or drinks and beverages sectors preferred.
• Motion Graphics
• Web Design
• Artwork
• Production
• GDN banners
• YouTube banners

Our values shape everything we do:

• Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Be always learning and listening to understand
• Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.