Job Description
A bold and brilliant Graphic Designer in Cape Town is needed to bring creative ideas to life across digital, product, and offline channels. This role is perfect for someone who lives and breathes visual storytelling, thrives in fast-paced environments, and creates designs that don’t just look great – they convert.
Your key job responsibilities as the Graphic Designer in Cape Town, South Africa will include:
- The Graphic Designer will work at the intersection of creativity and performance, delivering eye-catching assets that elevate the brand and drive results.
- Designing visually impactful and conversion-focused assets.
- Paid marketing campaigns (social media, display ads).
- In-app visuals and product UI elements.
- Web content (hero banners, icons, imagery).
- Offline collateral (flyers, posters, point-of-sale material).
- Collaborating closely with acquisition, content, and product teams to align visuals with campaign goals.
- Interpreting briefs and transforming them into engaging visuals that speak to the target audience.
- Maintaining design systems and ensuring consistent branding across all materials.
Requirements for this Graphic Designer job in Cape Town, South Africa:
- Solid experience in graphic design (minimum 3–5 years preferred).
- A strong portfolio showcasing a range of work (please share Behance, Dribbble, etc.).
- Experience designing within strict brand guidelines for performance marketing.
- Exceptional skills in layout, lighting, shadows, and image composition (especially for banners).
- Ability to adapt visual styles for different regions, audiences, or campaigns.
- Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Icon set creation.
- SVG animation skills.
- Motion design or basic animation experience.
- Interest or background in UX/UI.
- Understanding of Tailwind CSS and responsive design frameworks.
Ready to design with purpose and create visuals that truly resonate? If you’re passionate about high-impact design and want to be part of a creative, collaborative team – this is your moment.
Type: Full-time
About
Initiate International
Initiate International is a team of specialist recruitment consultants who share a passion for recruitment. We ascribe to a more modern approach to recruitment where we, our clients and candidates form one team. It's through working as a team that we are able to identify a perfect match for both clients and candidates.
Exceptional service and quality delivery lie at the heart of the company, we therefore believe in taking a personalised approach to recruitment by striving to understand not only the requirements of our Clients but the nature and corporate culture of their business. In doing so we are not only able to identify the perfect match for your employment needs but are able to provide an employee who will make an immediate impact and begin to add value to your company from day one.