Graphic Designer

The Graphic Designer will support the Creative team in producing content for the South African jurisdiction (B2C) as well as the Affiliate team (B2B). As a Graphic Designer, you will play a key role in visual storytelling and developing compelling designs across a variety of media. Your work will help shape and elevate our brand identity, ensuring consistency and high-quality visual communication across digital and print platforms.

In this role, you will collaborate with other designers, copywriters, CRM teams as well as third-party marketing and design agencies to produce innovative designs for our website, advertisements, social media, print materials, and more. The ideal candidate will have a strong eye for detail, a passion for design, and the ability to translate concepts into visually striking solutions.

Salary: R30K pm

Who we are

We are Trade Nation. We help our customers power up their trading through killer insights, transparent costs, and fairer ways to trade. We’re innovators, and proud of it. And we’ve grown a lot in our decade as a market-leading low-cost trading powerhouse. Our reach is global through our teams in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Seychelles and The Bahamas.

Founded on transparency, forged in trust and powered by people, we’re committed to empowering our customers to outperform the markets. How? By minimising expenses and harnessing technology to prioritise the lowest trading costs.

But enough about us. Let’s hear about you.

Who you are

You’re something special. You pride yourself on being unique and bringing your own history to the table – finding solutions to daily challenges in a way that can’t be done by anyone else. Maybe you talk a big game, maybe you don’t. The important thing is that you do what you say and follow through to see every customer thrive.

You don’t play with the bumpers up. That means breaking out of your lane when needed to help others – or forging your own completely. Every problem is our problem and that’s how you see it too. Because Trade Nation’s people have a shared vision, and you want to be part of making it a reality.

You know when to take the right sort of risks, the ones that push you to be better. You’re not afraid to try, fail, and then try harder. But don’t worry, you’ll have all the support you need to thrive with us at Trade Nation, and we can’t wait to enable you to learn and grow.

Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

 We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same

Responsibilities

Work with the Creative Team Lead to:

• Create original, on-brand designs for digital and print projects, including website pages, social media graphics, ads, brochures, and branded merchandise.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand project goals and deliver design solutions that meet objectives.
• Ensure brand consistency across all design projects and materials.
• Collaborate on creative strategies and concepts for new campaigns and initiatives.
• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and maintaining a high level of quality.
• Assist the Affiliate team in delivering content for social media, campaigns, and events, all while maintaining brand consistency.
• Manage the organisation of design work, ensuring appropriate approvals and version control.
• Work with in-house teams, including Designers and Copywriters, and third-party marketing and design agencies.
• Stay updated on design trends and best practices to continuously innovate, improve designs and share insights with the team.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, focusing on measuring effectiveness and learning from outcomes.
• Ensure exceptional marketing activity that meets regulatory requirements across different jurisdictions.
• Help build the marketing team’s reputation as a centre of excellence within Trade Nation.
• Share and implement best practices to enhance overall team performance.
• Support and assist colleagues to improve results.
• Perform other supporting tasks and duties as assigned.

• Hold either a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or a related field; have experience in a similar role; or possess a proven track record of creating first-class designs.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a variety of design work (digital, print, branding, etc.)
• Be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, etc.) and other relevant design software, as well as familiarity of Sketch.
• Be proficient in Canva, CapCut as well as Social Media platforms.
• Have experience building emails using CRM tools and creating website pages with content management systems (CMS), Prismic would be an added bonus.
• Understand design principles, typography, colour theory, and layout techniques.
• Be proactive, highly organised, and possess great attention to detail.
• Work well as part of a creative, ambitious team.
• Be willing to take responsibility for the projects you work on.
• Demonstrate the ability to build strong relationships and support team members.
• Be receptive to feedback to grow and deliver to a first-class standard.
• Show genuine passion for design and all things marketing.
• Work effectively at a fast pace with multiple concurrent projects.
• Be comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise tasks and manage workload.
• Maintain professionalism when dealing with colleagues, customers, and partners at all times.
• Be proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Google products, and similar software.

• Competitive salary, and discretionary annual bonus.
• Contributory pension plan.
• Active Lifestyle allowance.
• Up to 3 weeks allowance to work in any location.