Senior Designer - FTC; Maternity Cover) functions

We have a new and exciting Senior Designer role available within our Marketing Team in Cape Town.

Central functions

Cape Town

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we’ve helped companies, governments and private individuals solve some of their most complex challenges.

Our Corporate Intelligence division uses the latest research and intelligence-gathering techniques to investigate how companies and individuals really do business in today’s world. We work with some of the most prominent and sophisticated organisations to help them understand partners, customers, assets and territories across the globe - the healthcare company a private equity firm wants to invest in; the prospective client a bank wants to onboard;

the market a multinational wants to enter. We also provide specialised investigative support to law firms, businesses and individuals in contentious situations such as litigation, commercial disputes and internal investigations.

From our offices in London, Manchester, New York, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Cape Town, we deliver critical insights from every country across the world. Further information about each of our five Corporate Intelligence practice areas can be found on our website:
Compliance Due Diligence, Deal Advisory, Disputes & Investigations, and Strategic Intelligence.

As a Senior Designer, you’ll be responsible for delivering high-quality print and digital communications that support the strategic goals of the team and wider business. You will be working closely with another Senior Designer, they will manage projects from brief through to delivery and help ensure a consistent, thoughtful and effective approach to design across the organisation.

The successful candidate will combine strong conceptual thinking with excellent attention to detail and practical execution. They will be an effective communicator, confident working with global teams and senior stakeholders, and able to develop creative solutions across print, digital, motion, interactive content and web design.

Reporting line: This role will report into the Head of Content

Contract type: Fixed-term contract, maternity cover

As a Senior Designer, you'll be responsible for:

• Working closely with another Senior Designer to jointly manage design and branding requirements across the business.
• Managing design projects from initial brief and concept development through to final delivery.
• Supporting creative requests from stakeholders across the company, including Marketing, Sales, client-facing teams and the Executive Committee.
• Engaging with project stakeholders to define project scope, clarify briefs and agree realistic delivery timelines.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising work effectively and maintaining a consistently high standard.
• Researching and planning design concepts and preparing draft materials in response to briefs.
• Conceptualising and designing brochures, illustrations, layouts, infographics, presentations, proposals, social media collateral and other brand materials.
• Creating visual content across web, social media and email marketing channels.
• Developing creative solutions that communicate complex information clearly and effectively.
• Acting as a brand guardian, ensuring S-RM's visual identity is applied consistently and to the highest standards.
• Providing timely, constructive feedback to colleagues and seeking feedback to continuously improve creative output and collaboration.
• Demonstrating S-RM's values through day-to-day behaviour and interactions with colleagues.

The role will be based in our Cape Town office and is hybrid with a minimum of two days a week in…