Branding and Design Specialist

Core Purpose of the Role:
The Branding and Design Specialist will be responsible for strengthening the marketing function by owning day-to-day marketing execution and brand delivery, enabling the Marketing Manager to focus on customer, product, and strategic requirements as the business scales. This role reduces design lead times, improves cross-departmental collaboration, and ensures consistent branding across all internal and external initiatives, including internal events.

Position of the job in the organisation:
The Branding and Design Specialist will report directly to the Marketing Manager.

Principal responsibilities:
The Branding and Design Specialist will play a key role in strengthening both internal and external brand presence. This role will support the planning and delivery of brand-led initiatives, marketing events, and internal initiatives, while managing external design suppliers and producing some in-house design work. The ideal candidate is hands-on, organised, creatively minded, and comfortable working across multiple marketing disciplines.

Key Responsibilities:

Ownership & Execution of Company Branding

Develop and execute company-branded collateral across digital and print E.g. Posters, PowerPoint Presentations, Word documents, Brochures, Branded Giveaways, Digital Assets including Slack comms, signatures, GIFs, Google Ads

Ensure consistent application of brand guidelines across all marketing materials & promotional items

Produce and update brochures, presentations, signage, merchandise, and promotional materials

Act as brand custodian in the execution phase, ensuring quality control before release

What does success look like: Consistent, high-quality branded materials across the organisation.

Events Support & Coordination

Coordinate marketing logistics for events (collateral, branding, supplier coordination, timelines)

Manage branded materials required for events (banners, presentations, digital assets, giveaways)

Support on-site execution where required

Assist with post-event follow-up communications and reporting

Graphic Design Coordination & Execution

Brief, coordinate, and manage graphic design work (with external designers)

Ensure all artwork aligns with brand standards and campaign objectives

Maintain version control and proper storage of all creative assets

Produce basic to intermediate design work such as social media graphics, internal communications assets, Power Point Presentations and templates, event collateral

Campaign Execution Support

Support rollout of marketing campaigns across digital and offline channels

Assist in coordinating timelines, assets, and stakeholder inputs

Prepare campaign collateral (email, social, landing page content coordination, HubSpot)

Track and report on campaign execution milestones

Maintenance & Upkeep of Company Templates & Brand Documents

Maintain and update branded templates (presentations, letterheads, email signatures, reports,

proposals)

Ensure all departments use the latest approved templates

Archive outdated materials and manage document version control

Support internal teams with access to approved branded resources

Experience & Skills

Experience in a marketing or brand-focused role

Strong understanding of branding principles and marketing fundamentals

Experience supporting events and working with multiple stakeholders

Experience managing external suppliers or agencies

Basic to intermediate design skills using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, In-design or similar

Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

Knowledge of digital marketing channels (social media, email, websites)

Specific attributes:

Highly organised and proactive

Creative with a strong visual eye

Confident communicator with good stakeholder management skills

Able to work independently and collaboratively

Adaptable and comfortable juggling multiple priorities

Desirable attributes:

Team Player

Must be adaptable and resilient

What Does Success Look Like?

By 3 Months

I will be fully embedded in brand guidelines, templates, and workflows.

I will independently deliver day-to-day marketing and design outputs with minimal rework.

I will noticeably reduce design and execution bottlenecks for the Marketing Manager.

By 6 Months

I will confidently manage cross-departmental marketing requests end-to-end.

I will deliver consistent, on-brand support for internal initiatives and events.

I will be seen as a reliable execution partner across the business.

By 12 Months

I will operate as a trusted brand custodian across teams.

I will enable the Marketing Manager to focus on strategy, customers, and product priorities.

I will contribute to scalable marketing processes that support business growth.

Core Values:

We hire, reward, and recognise our team against these values. It is imperative that you believe in these values and demonstrate them consistently.

We are passionate and proud of what we do.

We communicate candidly, especially when it is difficult

We take the initiative, share our mistakes, and grow together

We are dependable and take accountability

No one person is bigger than the solution - no egos.

We are currently only considering candidates based in South Africa with valid working rights. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications from outside the country at this time.