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Senior Graphic Designer Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa at Old Mutual

Description

The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for delivering exceptional visual communication across corporate collateral, presentations, reports, digital communication assets and print touchpoints within Old Mutual Wealth.
The role blends strong conceptual thinking with high quality execution to ensure clarity, consistency and brand excellence across all materials.

Working closely with the Head of Brand and Senior Designer, the role elevates creative standards and supports strategic initiatives. The designer will produce a broad range of assets, including executive level PowerPoint presentations, digital communication materials (mailers, newsletters, Everlytic templates), social and digital banners, reports, internal campaign assets and corporate collateral.

This senior role requires a highly skilled designer with strong digital and presentation design capability and the ability to manage multiple projects in a high performance corporate environment.

The role demands a sophisticated, modern and minimalist design aesthetic suited to Old Mutual Wealth’s investment and high net worth audience, with a strong emphasis on clarity and visual confidence. In a competitive wealth landscape, the designer must consistently deliver work that stands out through professionalism, polish and strategic restraint. All outputs should simplify complex investment information and reinforce our premium positioning, trust and credibility relative to competitor offerings.

Key responsibilities will include, amongst others, the following:

Creative & Conceptual Design

  • Translate strategic and creative briefs into high‑quality design solutions across digital, presentation and print.
  • Generate ideas and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to solve communication challenges.

    • PowerPoint Presentation Design

  • Design and build executive‑level PowerPoint presentations for leadership communication, strategy storytelling and business updates.
  • Create and maintain slide masters, templates and presentation systems.

    • Corporate & Digital Communication Design

  • Design email templates, Everlytic mailers, newsletters, invitations and digital reports.
  • Produce internal communication visuals and digital layouts aligned to best practice for readability and accessibility.
  • Create simple motion or animated design assets such as year‑end cards, internal announcement videos, animated banners or short social/digital clips.

    • Social Media & Digital Campaign Banners

  • Design static campaign and communication assets to support marketing initiatives, corporate channels and internal priorities.
  • Adapt approved creative across multiple formats and sizes while maintaining brand integrity and visual consistency.

    • Brand Management & Governance

  • Uphold Old Mutual Wealth brand guidelines across all deliverables.
  • Contribute to the refinement of brand systems, templates and guardrails.
  • Provide visual quality control and champion design standards across touchpoints.

    • Collaboration & Workflow Management

  • Work closely with the brand team and Senior Designer to align on priorities and creative direction.
  • Manage multiple briefs and deadlines; maintain efficient workflow and communication with stakeholders.

    • Personal Capability Building

  • Maintain current knowledge of design tools, trends and technologies.
  • Pursue continuous improvement in presentation, digital communication and brand design.

    • Qualifications and Experience required:

  • Relevant qualification in Graphic Design or Visual Communication.
  • 5+ years’ proven experience as a graphic designer in an agency or in‑house environment.
  • Expert-level Adobe InDesign publishing skills, with extensive experience producing reports, brochures, client-facing documentation, forms and other corporate publications, including the creation of interactive and fillable PDF forms.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating:

    PowerPoint presentation design (executive audience)
    Corporate communications, including email templates, newsletters and client communication materials

    Social and campaign banners

    Print and corporate collateral

  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint with the ability to deliver executive‑ready work.
  • Experience in financial services, or agency experience designing for investment, corporate or professional‑services clients, is highly advantageous.
  • Advantageous:
    After Effects;
    Everlytic or similar email platform experience; financial services/corporate brand experience.

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    Skills

    Adaptive Thinking, Current State Assessment, Data Compilation, Digital Literacy, Document Management, Executing Plans, Market Analysis, Media Management, Oral Communications, Product Development, Product Development Management, Production Quality Control, Social Media Management, Writing

    Competencies

    Business Insight Communicates Effectively Cultivates Innovation Decision Quality Ensures Accountability Manages Complexity Nimble Learning

    Education

    NQF Level 7 – Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

    Closing Date

    15 July 2026 , 23:59

    Title: Senior Graphic Designer

    Company: Old Mutual

    Location: Cape Town, South Africa

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