Lead: Design
Date: 13 May 2026
Location: Stellenbosch, ZA
Company: Capitec Bank Ltd
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Purpose Statement
- To contribute towards protecting and evolving the Capitec Brand and promoting a favourable and consistent market profile by leading and overseeing the team responsible for:
- Designing and developing concepts for Marketing and other departments in a visual language consistent with the brand
- Creating conceptual positioning, design and campaign elements for existing and new products launched to the market.
- To take overall responsibility for the whole creative team where required.
- To co-lead (in collaboration with the Copy Lead) and coordinate the delivery of exceptional Above the Line (ATL) and Below the Line (BTL) digital campaign elements.
- To be a custodian of the brand from a visual communications design perspective, promoting consistency and advising on correct communications design usage and terms of reference to complement and support business objectives within Capitec.
Experience
Minimum:
- Industry-standard design software (Adobe Cloud, Figma, Sketch, InVision, Abstract etc.)
- At least 7 – 8 years' proven experience in advertising and communications environment with specific exposure in an advertising agency/internal studio environment as a designer
- Proven experience in the application of web campaigns, including the social media environments
- Retail marketing and branding
- Proven experience with design systems
- Proven exposure to a variety of brands, brand work and retail accounts
- Experience in Art Direction
- Ideation and prototyping
- Presentation and virtual collaboration techniques
- Working on multiple brands
- Experience in taking leadership for certain projects / assignments in a high performance team, dealing with volumes (fast-paced and high pressure environment)
Ideal:
- 8+ years experience inan advertising and communications environment with a specific exposure in an advertising agency / internal studio environment as a copywriter.
- 5+ years’ experience in a digital agency
- Experience in the application of HTML and CSS
- Experience in mobile app development (user interface design etc.)
- Experience in web animation
- JIRA experience and working in sprints
- 3D & animation development
- Prototyping and user testing
- Previous supervisory experience
Qualifications (Minimum)
- A relevant tertiary qualification in Design
Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)
- A relevant post-graduate qualification in Design
Knowledge
Minimum:
- Industry-standard design software (Adobe Cloud, Figma, Sketch, InVision, Abstract etc.)
- Presentation and virtual collaboration techniques
- Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook)
- Design techniques, trends and skills
- Technology related to the industry
- The advertising and creative process
- Ideation and prototyping
- Data-driven marketing
- Digital marketing and marketing technology
Ideal:
- Tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
- Knowledge on the Capitec brand and Corporate Identity
- Knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Influence of Machine Learning and AI on design principles
- Behavioural sciences
Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Communications Skills
- Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Problem solving skills
Conditions of Employment
- Clear criminal and credit record
Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.