Junior Graphic Designer

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Junior Graphic Designer | Pretoria | On-site Are you a creative, detail-oriented designer with a passion for publication design and an interest in motion graphics? This is an opportunity to develop your creative career while producing engaging digital and print content for a respected professional body. The Junior Graphic Designer will support the layout, formatting and production of digital and print publications, including multi-page reports, magazines, company profiles and brochures. The role also offers an opportunity to bring publications and digital content to life through basic animation, motion graphics and video assets. Working closely with marketing and editorial teams, you will help maintain brand consistency, translate content into polished visual communication and prepare publication-ready files for print and digital distribution. The successful candidate will be comfortable working to deadlines, incorporating feedback and balancing strong creative execution with technical accuracy. What You'll Do Design, format and prepare multi-page publications, including magazines, company profiles and brochures. Create clean, professional layouts using strong typography, grid structures and consistent alignment. Develop supporting creative assets, including vector illustrations, charts and data visualisations. Assist with video production and the creation of digital media assets. Create basic animations, micro-animations, animated transitions, motion posters and social media video snippets. Apply and maintain existing brand guidelines across print and digital media. Prepare print-ready PDFs, including correct crops and bleeds. Export and optimise digital assets, including interactive publications. Collaborate with marketing and editorial teams during the creative development process. Incorporate feedback and manage multiple revision rounds. Ensure accuracy in copy alignment, tracking, image placement and overall design presentation. What You Bring A degree or diploma in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Multimedia, Animation or a related field. Six months to four years of relevant experience. A portfolio or showreel demonstrating strong publication layouts and basic animation capability. Essential proficiency in Adobe InDesign for multi-page publication layouts. Essential proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for vector creation, image manipulation and asset preparation. Working capability in Adobe After Effects and\/or Premiere Pro for motion graphics, video editing and micro-animations. High attention to detail, particularly in typography, copy alignment and pixel placement. The ability to work under pressure and meet publication, print and launch deadlines. Experience with Figma or Canva for digital and interactive publication prototyping or quick-turnaround templates will be an advantage. What Success Looks Like Professionally designed, visually consistent print and digital publications. Strong typography, layout structure and attention to detail across all creative outputs. Accurate, print-ready PDFs and optimised digital assets. Engaging basic animations and motion graphics that enhance digital reports and social media content. Consistent application of existing brand guidelines. Effective collaboration with marketing and editorial teams. Reliable delivery of creative work within agreed publication and launch deadlines.