Integrated Designer

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Integrated Designer

Location: Durban, South Africa

About the role

The Mid-Weight Integrated Designer is responsible for creating innovative and engaging design solutions across various marketing and communication channels with a larger focus on digital. This role combines creative thinking with strong design execution skills to deliver work that supports brand objectives, marketing campaigns, and business goals. You'll collaborate closely with strategists, copywriters, social media managers, and account managers to produce integrated campaigns that are visually impactful, on-brand, and built to perform across channels. This is a role for someone who is as comfortable generating ideas as they are executing them with precision and craft.

What you will be doing

• Develop and execute creative concepts across integrated marketing campaigns, spanning digital, social, print, retail, and OOH
• Design engaging visual solutions that meet client objectives and campaign requirements, consistently delivering high-quality assets across formats and platforms
• Interpret creative briefs and translate strategic insights into impactful visual communications
• Collaborate with strategists, copywriters, account managers, and social media teams to develop ideas that are both original and effective
• Produce artwork and production-ready assets to a high standard across multiple channels and formats, including static and animated online banners, Meta and TikTok content, OOH, print, and retail
• Ensure all work aligns with brand guidelines, while exploring creative possibilities within that framework
• Storyboard and develop animation concepts for motion and video content
• Present creative work clearly and confidently, articulating your design rationale to internal teams and stakeholders
• Stay current on industry trends, social content formats, emerging technologies, and digital design best practices
• Apply Gen AI tools to enhance your design process, ideation, and output quality

• Strong integrated design capability, with the ability to concept and execute across digital, social, print, retail, and OOH channels
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, and Premiere Pro
• Strong typography, layout, and technical skills, with exceptional attention to detail
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Solid understanding of static and animated online banners, social content formats (Meta and TikTok), OOH, print, and retail
• Understanding of responsive design principles across digital platforms
• Experience storyboarding and developing animation concepts for motion and video content
• Strong understanding of branding principles and how to apply them consistently across channels
• Ability to articulate ideas confidently with teams and clients
• Familiarity with UX principles and digital and social technology trends (advantageous)
• Proficiency with Gen AI tools relevant to design including image generation, ideation, and workflow tools to enhance output quality and efficiency
• Experience building personal AI-assisted workflows to improve efficiency and craft quality
• Agentic approach to brief interpretation and problem-solving — breaking complex challenges into clear steps and executing with focus
• Ability to critically evaluate AI outputs and apply human judgement to protect craft quality

Req ID: 18424

Be  Ambitious to succeed

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be Results-focused  to exceed expectations

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. 

 OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.