Senior Graphic Designer

Role and Responsibilities

• Produce executive-grade design across PowerPoint decks, reports, one-pagers, case studies, project factsheets, event collateral, signage, and digital assets.
• Refresh the core corporate deck and selected flagship one-pagers, ensuring alignment with the clients global brand standards.
• Develop and implement a template suite across PowerPoint, report layouts, one-pagers, social tiles, and other approved corporate collateral formats.
• Apply strong information design principles to improve clarity, narrative flow, visual hierarchy, and the communication of complex technical subject matter.
• Prepare print-ready and digital-ready artwork, supplier packs, and production files for events, campaigns, conferences, and stakeholder engagements where required.
• Coordinate with Communications, Social Media, and Events teams on priority campaign and event assets.
• Apply client's global brand guidelines developed by Germany across all South African collateral and ensure local execution remains fully brand compliant.
• Adapt approved global templates and brand assets for South African use while preserving brand integrity and local relevance.
• Support visual storytelling for renewable energy, grid, hydrogen, infrastructure, and stakeholder materials through infographics, diagrams, timelines, and maps.
  
  

• Establish and maintain a structured asset library, including naming conventions, version control, source file management, export settings, and approved brand assets.
• Implement and refine a brand QA and review workflow, including checks against Germany-developed brand guidelines and approval requirements.
• Introduce ongoing template improvements to enhance usability, consistency, and ease of adoption across the South African business.
• Ensure all working files and templates are organised, accessible, and ready for internal use and handover.

• Establish clear production workflows and agreed service levels for leadership, campaign, project, and event assets.
• Manage multiple concurrent design requests within defined turnaround timelines and approval cycles.
• Operate within a structured revision process, incorporating local and HQ feedback where required.
• Contribute to a monthly performance update, including delivery tracking, template adoption, and improvement recommendations.
• Support a Month 3 renewal review based on delivery, quality, adoption, and governance standards.

• Finalise and deliver an updated template library for ongoing internal use in South Africa.
• Provide a complete asset library structure, source files, export settings, and master templates.
• Deliver supplier specifications where relevant and documented QA guidelines.
• Conduct an internal enablement or walkthrough session, including guidance on correct use of Germany-developed brand assets and local template application.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in graphic design within a corporate, professional services, energy, infrastructure, or other structured brand environment.
• Demonstrated experience producing executive-level presentations, long-form reports, and stakeholder-facing collateral.
• Experience building or refining template systems and improving brand consistency across multiple teams and channels.
• Experience operating within governed approval and stakeholder environments, ideally with cross-border stakeholders or matrix reporting.
• Experience working within established international corporate brand systems and applying detailed brand guidelines.
• Advanced PowerPoint capability, including master templates, structured layouts, and presentation system maintenance.
• Strong layout, typography, and information design skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, or equivalent professional design software.

• Print production knowledge and experience preparing supplier-ready and press-ready files.
• Familiarity with digital asset management, structured file systems, and template governance.
• Ability to develop infographics, diagrams, timelines, maps, and visual explainers for complex technical content.
• Working knowledge of branded Word document formatting and template application will be advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail, high brand sensitivity, and disciplined quality control.
  
  

• Structured and organised approach to delivery and file management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines, and fast-moving stakeholder requests.
• confident stakeholder engagement across Marketing, Communications, Social Media, Events, and cross-functional business teams.
• Calm, reliable, and delivery-focused in a professional, high-output environment.
• Able to interpret global guidelines pragmatically and translate them into locally relevant materials without compromising consistency.
  
  

• Ideal candidates will have experience supporting a corporate affairs, communications, or marketing team in a highly regulated or stakeholder-intensive sector.
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, sustainability, industrial, or B2B communication environments will be advantageous.
• Exposure to working with global HQ brand teams or regional brand custodians is strongly preferred.