The Role
Leads complex creative projects across brands and platforms, safeguarding visual identity and ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs. Develops visual approaches for campaigns and editorial projects, presents concepts to clients, reviews junior designers’ work, mentors talent, and drives innovation in design, digital content, and storytelling. Requires strong creativity, editorial versatility, attention to detail, and proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Senior Designer leads the execution of complex creative projects across brands and platforms. They provide creative direction, elevate design quality, mentor team members and ensure all outputs achieve a high standard of creative excellence.
Please note: Although this role might be posted as permanent, we are looking for someone who is open to freelance or fixed-term employment. Nature of employment subject to change based on business needs.
Please note: Although this role might be posted as permanent, we are looking for someone who is open to freelance or fixed-term employment. Nature of employment subject to change based on business needs.
Job Description:
Key responsibilities:
- Be the guardian for the brand's visual brand identity, ensuring alignment and consistency in look and feel across all print assets and overall adherence to brand guidelines, updating and evolving where relevant.
- Support the art director with creative development on all editorial projects.
- Establish visual approaches for brands, campaigns and special projects.
- Proactively identifies opportunities for content work to be performed for clients, with guidance from art director.
- Present creative concepts internally and to clients.
- Review and provide feedback on work produced by junior and mid-level designers.
- Mentor and coach developing talent.
- Drive innovation across design, digital content and storytelling.
- Ensure quality control and consistency across outputs.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree or diploma in graphic design or a related field.
- Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience as a designer.
Skills & Competencies
- Knowledge of and enthusiasm for sports, fashion, beauty/grooming, lifestyle and pop culture.
- High level of creativity and editorial versatility.
- Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure and manage multiple deadlines.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to assist colleagues and contribute to team success.
Location:
Cape TownBrand:
Dentsu CreativeTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentSkills Required
- Degree or diploma in graphic design or a related field
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience as a designer
- Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
- Knowledge of and enthusiasm for sports, fashion, beauty/grooming, lifestyle, and pop culture
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure and manage multiple deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
dentsu Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about dentsu and has not been reviewed or approved by dentsu.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave at full pay and caregiver supports (including backup care) are emphasized as standout elements. Feedback suggests family-oriented benefits are a strong part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, extensive paid holidays, and a year-end office closure are established components. Feedback suggests time-off policies are generous and add meaningful flexibility.
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Retirement Support — A large, established 401(k) plan with employer matching is clearly documented. Feedback suggests retirement benefits feel competitive and straightforward.
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The Company
What We Do
We are dentsu. We team together to help brands predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. We know people better than anyone else and we use those insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. We are the network designed for what’s next
