Brand Designer
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R27,750 – R37,000 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-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
Brand Designer
Sourcing Location: LATAM and SAWork Schedule: 9AM - 5PM CSTSalary: $1500 - $2000 - ($2500 For exceptionally strong CDDs)About Us
● Ambitious mission: We're transforming how people understand and optimize their health through microbiome science—from pregnancy and infant wellness to adult gut, hormonal, and longevity health. This is an opportunity to have a trajectory-altering impact.
● Grown-up, thoughtful culture with a playful side and sense of humor
● Room to build: Huge vision with opportunity to grow rapidly and influence company direction
● Transparent culture: We do the right thing by our team, users, and stakeholders
● Our core values:
* Learn fast, be better (get to the root cause)
Learn fast, be better (get to the root cause)
* Relentlessly resourceful but know when to ask for help (scrappy but smart)
Relentlessly resourceful but know when to ask for help (scrappy but smart)
* Think like an owner (have accountability)
Think like an owner (have accountability)
* Act with honesty and empathy (radical candor)
Act with honesty and empathy (radical candor)
* Delight people by anticipating their needs (be proactive and thoughtful)
Delight people by anticipating their needs (be proactive and thoughtful)
Opportunity
As Brand Designer, you will shape and evolve the company's visual identity, driving brand awareness, user engagement, and growth across all marketing channels. This is a hands-on role—you will both set creative direction and execute the work, designing brand collateral including website pages, social media assets, email campaigns, packaging, and more. You'll ensure brand consistency as we scale while remaining deeply involved in day-to-day design output. This position reports directly to the Marketing Lead.
What You’ll Do:
● Lead creative direction and produce assets for digital campaigns, landing pages, email, social, print, packaging, and events across our direct-to-consumer and B2B channels
● Build, extend, and evolve our visual language, making strategic recommendations for brand expression (illustrations, icons, colors, typography, animations, motion, etc.)
● Own and maintain the company's Brand Guidelines/Standards, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints
● Build scalable systems: Develop self-serve templates, asset libraries, and processes that enable non-designers to create on-brand materials efficiently
● Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product/UX, science, and external agencies to translate business objectives into compelling creative
● Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to synthesize conflicting input, ask clarifying questions, and make informed creative decisions that serve broader business goals
● Simplify complexity: Turn scientific and health concepts into accessible, persuasive visuals that educate and convert
● Optimize for performance: Iterate on creative based on data and channel-specific requirements to improve results
● Provide creative input: Offer a strategic perspective on brand positioning and visual storytelling as we expand into new markets
Preferred Qualifications
● 5-7+ years of professional brand design experience, ideally in a full-time capacity at fast-paced startup environments (DTC health/wellness experience strongly preferred)
● Degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, or equivalent work experience
● Strong portfolio demonstrating brand system development, multi-channel campaigns, and visual storytelling
● Meticulous attention to detail, as evidenced by a flawless portfolio
● Expert proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and Canva
● Ideally familiar with Webflow, Webflow CMS, and its applications
● Proven ability to develop and scale brand systems, not just execute one-off assets
● Track record of translating complex concepts into clear, compelling visuals
● Strong communication skills with the ability to present and defend creative decisions
● Excellent project management skills with ability to prioritize across multiple workstreams
● Self-directed, proactive, and comfortable with ambiguity
● Thrives as a doer: Excited to be in the weeds producing work, not just directing others
Additional Notes to Consider
* Brand Style Mandate: Portfolios must align with a "warm, reassuring" brand style; candidates with only "high octane" work will be rejected.
Brand Style Mandate: Portfolios must align with a "warm, reassuring" brand style; candidates with only "high octane" work will be rejected.
* Goal: Find a more senior designer who can be a proactive brand advocate and gatekeeper, requiring minimal direction.
Goal: Find a more senior designer who can be a proactive brand advocate and gatekeeper, requiring minimal direction.
* Desired Experience: Full-time brand or agency experience is preferred over pure freelance work, as it signals better team collaboration skills.
Desired Experience: Full-time brand or agency experience is preferred over pure freelance work, as it signals be
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
At R27,750/month, this role is on par with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($1,500/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
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 618 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →