Senior Associate - Marketing Design Specialist

Core Details and Responsibilities 

This role is based in our Cape Town office. As Marketing Design Specialist, you will report to the Chief Strategy Officer. From a high-level perspective, the core responsibilities that form your role are broken down into the following 8 categories:

1. Strategy & Project Support


2. Brand & Visual Identity


3. Motion Graphics & Video


4. Digital & Web Design


5. Cross-Functional Collaboration


6. Risk and Compliance Responsibilities

Your Daily Tasks

The Marketing Design Specialist must deliver high-quality design, motion graphics, and video content across a range of marketing and client-facing materials. This role blends brand design, digital design, animation, and editing—ideal for a creator who enjoys producing polished, institutional-grade work.

You will collaborate closely with our Manager – Growth and Marketing Automation, to support campaign activations, digital content, and brand consistency

Strategy & Project Support:

• Help prioritise and structure workloads across multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery.


• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external partners to keep campaigns and deliverables on track.


• Maintain shared calendars, timelines, and campaign planning documentation.

Brand & Visual Identity

• Design marketing and client collateral, presentations, brochures, and digital assets.


• Maintain and evolve Catalyst’s visual identity across all channels.


• Produce clean, modern layouts aligned with brand guidelines.


• Brand & Visual Identity Ensure consistent application of brand standards across all marketing assets.


• Collaborate with design resources to brief and finalise visual materials.


• Maintain an organised library of brand templates and collateral.

Motion Graphics & Video

• Create 2D animated explainers and motion assets for social and web.


• Edit short-form videos for marketing and internal initiatives.


• Export and optimise files for digital platforms and presentations

Digital & Web Design

• Create 2D animated explainers and motion assets for social and web.


• Edit short-form videos for marketing and internal initiatives.


• Export and optimise files for digital platforms and presentations

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with marketing, sales, and executive teams to support key projects


• Align creative assets to campaign requirements and performance insights

Risk and Compliance Responsibilities:

These responsibilities include the representation to the company’s Risk and Compliance perspective and include (but not limited to) the following tasks:

• Governance Framework – Adherence to the governance framework and ensure cohesiveness across all teams, offices, and service lines.


• Quality Control – Adhere to change controls and internal quality assurance


• Compliance Culture - Working in tandem with the groups Head of Compliance and Governance to instill a culture that is centered around good governance and compliance.


• Operational Controls - Driving and contributing to a culture of quality/excellence, through risk awareness and adherence to regulatory compliance standards and operational controls.


• Regulatory Adherence - Ensuring an effective risk-based approach is adopted to meet all regulatory compliance procedures per jurisdiction.

Strategic Expectations

• High-quality visual output across all marketing and client materials.


• Strong, on-brand motion and video assets that enhance storytelling.


• Reliable and consistent delivery in fast-paced campaigns.


• Effective collaboration across functions and jurisdictions.


• Share insights to enable development of new processes and procedures that will create business efficiency and support delivery of client excellence in service.


• Maintain awareness of industry, regulatory, jurisdictional, and other trends that could affect the business.


• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations staff, business users, project, and implementation managers to achieve desired and elegant solutions.


• Identify potential risks and challenges that could impact the achievement of strategic goals.


• Develop and implement contingency plans to mitigate risks.


• Conduct market research and analysis to identify trends and opportunities.


• Provide strategic advice based on market insights to inform decision-making.


• Develop and manage budgets for strategic initiatives.


• Ensure capital adequacy and efficient allocation of resources.

Required Skills & Experience

Are you getting excited? We are! Before we get too carried away, there are a few requirements you’ll need to check off before you can apply for the position:

• National Diploma in Graphic Design / Multimedia Design / Digital Media Design or Marketing with an advanced design component


• 4 – 6 years of experience in brand, digital, and motion design.


• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand design, motion graphics, and video editing.


• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects).


• Strong Figma skills for web and digital assets.


• Ability to interpret briefs and execute clean visual design.


• English comprehension and communication skills suitable for a global brand.


• Preferred: experience in financial services, fintech, or corporate environments.