Digital Designer (Freelance)
We are seeking a highly skilled freelance Digital Designer to become the business’s go-to creative partner, owning visual output across digital marketing, brand, physical environments, and product design. This is not a junior execution role. The successful candidate will independently manage design projects from concept through to final delivery, producing high-quality creative work that strengthens our brand across multiple customer touchpoints. You will work on performance marketing campaigns, signage seen at high-profile venues, digital product assets, website visuals, and broader brand collateral for one of South Africa’s fastest-growing tech platforms.
About this position
Retainer: R16,000 - R24,000 per month (depending on skills and experience)
Location: Waterfront, Cape Town
Contract Length: 6-months
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: 40 hours a month (potential to be have more hours)
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Duty 1: Performance Marketing & Campaign Design
- Design high-converting paid media creatives for Meta, Google, TikTok and other channels
- Create static, animated and A/B test campaign assets
- Produce email marketing templates, banners and promotional visuals
- Develop landing page graphics and conversion-focused creative assets
Duty 2: Brand, Print & Environmental Design
- Design in-mall and parking signage including wayfinding, instructional and promotional assets
- Produce large-format print collateral such as boom gate wraps, pillar branding and decals
- Create launch kits for new venue rollouts across South Africa
- Develop presentations, pitch decks, partner collateral and internal communications materials
- Ensure brand consistency across all customer-facing touchpoints
Duty 3: Product & Digital Design
- Support UI/UX design for our app including onboarding flows, screens and modals
- Design responsive website and microsite assets
- Maintain design systems and component libraries in Figma
- Prototype new user journeys and digital features
Technical Requirements & Qualifications.
- Minimum 5 years’ professional design experience
- Strong portfolio demonstrating commercial design work across digital, print and branding
- Proven experience creating performance marketing assets that deliver measurable results
- Strong understanding of print production processes and large-format artwork setup
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or similar preferred
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
- Figma
- WordPress
- Microsoft Office / Google Workspace
- Motion design tools advantageous (Lottie, Rive, animation software)
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