Graphic Designer
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. This role is suited for mid-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
* Design across a wide range of project types: branding, print collateral, digital ads, social graphics, presentations, and web assets
* Develop and extend brand identities, including logos, color systems, typography, and usage guidelines
* Create static ad creative for Google, Meta, and other paid channels at production scale
* Design print-ready files for brochures, flyers, signage, and other physical collateral
* Produce presentation decks that are visually polished and easy for non-designers to use
* Manage multiple projects simultaneously without losing quality or missing deadlines
* Build and update pages in Squarespace and WordPress directly — you are not just handing off to a developer
* Design in Figma for web layouts, component mockups, and client-facing prototypes
* Create and maintain Canva templates for client self-service use
* Ensure web designs are consistent with brand standards and functional across devices
* Actively explore and integrate AI tools into your design workflow for ideation, image generation, and production speed
* Bring new AI tool discoveries to the team — we want someone who is leading this, not waiting on it
* Use AI as creative leverage, not a replacement for craft — judgment and quality always win
* Stay current on how AI is evolving within the design space and bring useful updates to the team
* Work from creative briefs produced by project managers and strategists — ask the right questions when a brief is unclear
* Coordinate with copywriters to ensure design and words work together, not in parallel
* Occasionally participate in client-facing presentations or creative reviews
* Communicate proactively on timelines, revision requests, and capacity
* Maintain organized file structures, named layers, and asset libraries that others can navigate
* Deliver work at the right format and spec the first time — print-ready, web-optimized, or platform-specific as required
* Contribute to an evolving library of templates, components, and reusable design assets
* Flag quality issues or scope creep early rather than absorbing them silently
* 3–5 years of professional graphic design experience across branding, web, digital, and print
* Portfolio demonstrating strong range — we want to see variety and quality, not just one specialty
* Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite required: Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign at minimum
* Proficiency in Figma required — for both design and basic prototyping
* Hands-on experience building and editing pages in Squarespace and WordPress
* Familiarity with Canva for template creation and client-facing asset production
* Experience working across multiple clients or brands simultaneously is strongly preferred
* Video or motion design experience (After Effects, Premiere, CapCut, etc.) is a bonus
* Strong visual judgment — you know when something works and why, and you can defend the call
* Reliable execution — you hit deadlines, your files are clean, and your output requires minimal rework
* Adaptable — you shift between a brand identity project and a social ad without losing focus or quality
* AI-curious — you are actively exploring AI tools in your creative process and excited about where it is going
* Clear communicator in a remote environment — you write with enough context that briefs do not need to go back and forth four times
* Self-directed — you manage your own queue, flag blockers early, and do not wait to be checked on
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 608 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →