Senior Brand Designer

About the job
We’re hiring: Senior Brand Designer (Pretoria)

We build beautiful brands that move people—especially in fintech and financial services, where trust and clarity are everything. DoubleShift is a strategic brand and communications agency that partners with challenger fintechs, banks, insurers, and complex enterprises who need clear thinking, powerful brands, and strategies that perform.

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.

As a Senior Designer at DS, you’ll craft brand identities that scale, ensure consistency across every touchpoint, and push creative boundaries in one of the most dynamic industries out there: fintech.

Hint: Sounds like you? You need to read this application all the way to the bottom…
Responsibilities of the Role

• 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.

Requirements and Skills

• 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.

Why some people really like us:

• DS is a specialist fintech and financial services brand agency —ambitious, and scaling internationally. We’ve built trust with challenger fintechs and large institutions alike, and we’re hungry to keep growing.
• 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. There’s meaningful room to grow if you’re up for it.
• 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.

Why some folks might not be excited about us:

• We are still small and fast-growing — which means you’ll feel the pressure and see the gaps. Building this agency takes enthusiasm, resilience, and a genuine passion for your craft.
• 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.
• The bar is high. Our clients are fintechs competing on global stages. That means your design thinking, execution, and presentation need to be sharp.

Sound like you could be the right fit for the role?

Send us your CV, portfolio, a letter of motivation, and references from previous working experiences to target="_blank

Please note: If you haven't read all the way to here, and if you don't take the time to write a cover letter or email us, then you're probably not a good fit for a role at DS. Sorry, not sorry!


Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree

• Commute to this job’s location (hybrid: 2 days in office, 3 days work from home)

• 5+ years of Advertising Services experience

Posted on 18 Sep 11:23, Closing date 17 Nov