Meet Ozow
Ozow is a leading fintech company that’s redefining digital payments in South Africa and beyond. We’re dedicated to making payments more accessible, secure, and convenient for both businesses and consumers. As a fast-growing player in the financial technology sector, Ozow fosters a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusivity. We believe in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and are committed to making a positive impact through our payment solutions.
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Ozow is looking for a creative, curious, and ambitious Junior Digital Designer to join our growing Marketing team. This role is ideal for someone at the start of their design career who wants to sharpen their craft, learn from experienced designers, and help shape the visual experience of one of South Africa’s leading fintech brands.
This is a junior, growth-focused role where you’ll be supported by senior designers and given hands-on opportunities to learn, build confidence, and develop your skills in a fast-paced fintech environment.
As a Junior Digital Designer, you’ll create digital assets across web, product, social, and marketing platforms, and collaborate with designers, product managers, engineers, and the broader brand team to deliver polished, user-centric work.
Your role and responsibilities
Digital Design & Visual Production
- Create digital assets for web, mobile, and marketing channels, including UI elements, icons, banners, animations, and social media graphics.
- Roll out creative concepts into polished outputs across multiple formats and screen sizes.
- Develop visual content for campaigns, product launches, and user education materials.
Collaboration Across Teams
- Work with product managers, engineers, and brand specialists to clarify briefs and deliver technically feasible designs aligned to business goals.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute ideas.
- Partner with marketing to produce visual content for email, social, paid media, and landing pages.
Brand & Design System
- Help maintain and update Ozow’s digital design guidelines and component libraries.
- Ensure brand consistency across all platforms.
- Prepare organised design files for cross-functional teams.
Research & Concept Development
- Research design and social media trends, UI patterns, competitors, and best practices.
- Contribute ideas in brainstorming sessions.
- Explore animation, micro-interactions, and digital storytelling.
Asset & File Management
- Prepare production-ready files with correct formatting, versioning, and documentation.
- Maintain shared folders, asset libraries, and templates.
- Ensure assets meet visual, accessibility, and platform standards.
Continuous Learning & Development
- Stay up to date with tools, techniques, and fintech design trends.
- Actively learn from senior designers through mentorship, feedback, and hands-on projects.
You are an ideal candidate if you have
- 1-2 years’ experience as a Digital Designer or similar role (internships and freelance work count).
- A strong portfolio featuring web, social, branding, or conceptual projects.
- A passion for digital design and marketing.
- Strong attention to detail across typography, spacing, alignment, and visual hierarchy.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to change in a fast-paced environment.
- A proactive, self-starter mindset.
- Working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Thrive in structured, well-organised environments and enjoy working within clear processes.
- Eagerness to learn, grow, and be mentored by more senior designers.
Bonus points for familiarity with
- Motion/animation tools (After Effects, Premiere Pro)
- Print design and preparing artwork for print
- Basic HTML/CSS understanding
(Please ensure you include your portfolio with the application)
Your skills and competencies
- You eagerly embrace change, absorb cross-functional skills, and connect ideas across disciplines to drive fresh thinking and innovation.
- Ability to initiate, develop, maintain and leverage outstanding relationships to influence a wide network, both inside and outside the company.
- A trailblazer who steps up, takes charge, and creates meaningful impact—those driven by performance and purpose to lead from the front and make a real difference every day.
- You thrive in collaboration, embrace inclusion, and bring a genuine curiosity for global cultures—valuing collective success over individual credit.
- Demonstrate strategic foresight, sound judgement, and the ability to make confident decisions under uncertainty, always working toward the best possible outcomes.
- You challenge norms, champion innovation, and constantly seek growth—for themselves, their team, and the solutions they build.
- You are a decisive doer—those who take initiative, follow through with confidence, and ensure results through courageous, hands-on leadership.
- We value optimism, agility, and the strength to persevere under pressure—balancing performance with positivity, even in challenging environments.
- You are driven, proactive individuals who take ownership, face challenges with grit, and consistently push for excellence—not just as participants, but as catalysts for success.
Interview process
During the interview process you will meet with the People team, the hiring manager, and relevant CSuite. Be prepared to complete a technical assessment that will showcase your skills.
In office perks
- Healthy breakfast, lunches and snacks
- Monthly team connects
- On-site Barista
- Birthday Leave
Perks for South African based employees
- Medical aid subsidy
- Group Risk Insurance
- Generous paid annual leave
- Birthday leave
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Mentorship programme
- Quarterly team building
- Community initiatives
- Access to cutting edge technology - Ozow Tech Stack
Our Employee Value Proposition
Join Ozow and become part of an elite force that challenges the ordinary and achieves the extraordinary. If you're driven to make an impact, embrace challenges, and seek unparalleled opportunities for growth, your journey starts here.
Compliance
As a fintech company, we prioritize data security, confidentiality, regulatory and compliance. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we require individuals with a high level of integrity and trustworthiness to ensure adherence to financial regulations and industry standards. Given the sensitive nature of our work, all employees are expected to demonstrate professionalism, accountability, and a commitment to ethical conduct in line with financial regulations and industry standards
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What We Do
Ozow is the future of payment as we know it. An oh-so (or Ozow) easy, automated and ultra-secure EFT solution that helps customers pay in just a few seconds, merchants can initiate Ozow payments through a variety of payment platforms, such as SMS, eCommerce, eBilling, QR Code and instore Point-of-Sale (POS). Through Ozow’s precise and secure system (that reduces the risk of charge-backs), merchants get real-time payments with instant transaction notifications and automated bank reconciliations. As no card is required for payment, their products are also more widely available, resulting in less abandoned carts, increased sales and more happy customers. Furthermore, merchants enjoy transaction fees as low as 1,5%, with no monthly costs, setup fees, or minimum charges, enabling them to save their money. As an added bonus, merchants processing up to R1m per month can use Ozow for free in their first year, no strings attached. Ozow is committed to financial inclusion on a continent where many people are disenfranchised by a lack of payments options. Furthermore, Ozow is committed to making it affordable for smaller businesses to take their trade to a wider audience, and to ensure that if traditional payment methods are unavailable, merchants don’t suffer. To date, Ozow has processed over a billion transactions, and has processed a combined value exceeding R5 billion. Ozow is bringing commerce to a wider audience, promoting financial inclusion and innovating for our customers. Paying with us is Ozow easy, Ozow fast and Ozow trusted
