Job Application for Brand and Marketing Designer at Stitch Referrals

About Stitch

Stitch is a payments infrastructure company on a mission to make it easier for enterprise businesses to connect to the financial system and build better experiences for their customers.

We are expanding the team to enable Stitch to broaden our product offering and extend our geographical footprint.

The role

While Stitch is a payment solution provider, due to the nature of our enterprise clients, in reality we operate in a space between product development and consulting, with the Growth team specifically working on design flows and marketing solutions for our clients starting in the sales phase, and throughout their journeys with Stitch.

As a brand and marketing designer, you’ll join the Growth team and create compelling assets that can be leveraged across brand marketing, product marketing, social media, the Stitch website and blog, sales enablement tools, events and more.

What you’re responsible for

Overall

Creating design assets and ensuring they are in line with our brand guidelines and receive sign-off from our design leads
Working closely with the content team to maintain a clear understanding of the upcoming content pipeline, including design needs and deadlines
Supporting the sales team with presentation design
Developing design ideas to improve presence and quality of content across all channels
Creating sub-brands and rolling out collateral for regular events, like the annual Stitch Scale Summit and Tech Summit, bi-annual company offsite (Ohana) and hackathon – Stitch LAB.

Design for content

Creating bespoke imagery and motion graphic content for LinkedIn, Instagram and blog posts, incl. product mock-ups, infographics and flow charts
Static and motion design for the Stitch monthly email newsletter
Data visualisation and layout of reports for Stitch’s primary research and industry trends projects
Ensuring stylistic consistency while continuously improving on the quality of content produced for marketing channels

Design for events

Generating and rolling out design concepts for themes of internal and external events
Producing digital and printed collateral for events, including microsites, promotional communications, presentations, merchandise, and the preparation of final, print-ready artwork for production

Website and product marketing

Compiling web pages from pre-built components in Webflow
Improving the fidelity and user experience of the website through micro animations and interactivity
Creating visual assets to accompany the written content of web pages

Design for sales

Creating Figma prototypes demonstrating the integration of Stitch’s products in clients’ and prospective clients’ UI
Building pitch decks, sales presentations and custom web pages for prospective clients

Technical requirements

A portfolio that demonstrates beautiful craft and strong attention to detail
5+ years’ experience working as a designer within a fast-paced, commercial/agency setting. Experience in designing for B2B brands is a bonus.
Experience working with and taking direction from other specialists such as marketing managers, writers, strategic thinkers and designers
Proficiency in: Figma, Adobe Illustrator and, After Effects and Photoshop

Soft skills

Approachable – You are an optimist, who readily accepts new challenges. You cope well with uncertainty and take little time to recover from setbacks. You thrive on feedback and encourage others to critique your work with an aim to push it further.
Flexible – You are flexible with change and can re-prioritise as needed based on business needs. You work at a good pace to deliver content in a timely manner and are able to self-motivate.
Accountable – You meet agreed deadlines or communicate early when there might be delays and are focused on ensuring the task at hand is fully completed. You champion your craft, and are meticulous about details.
Imaginative – You generate ideas and develop concepts that focus on the big picture. You are interested in the underlying principles of an idea and comfortable in applying theory.
Personable – You understand that this is about more than just the task at hand. You enjoy expanding your network and quickly establish rapport with others within the team.
Communicative - You are a strong communicator, comfortable with checking in regularly with a remote team and proactively reaching out re: the status of projects or when help is needed.

Benefits & Perks

🏖️ Remote-friendly Work

We recognise and value the importance of enabling remote work and maintaining a globally distributed workforce. We cater to equitable employee experiences for both in-office and remote team members. We remain conscientious about ensuring a level playing field, especially around team events, business meeting practices, and office-driven benefits. While we facilitate remote work, we also see the value in bringing the full team together in person from time to time.

🎨 Stock Ownership

We believe in the power of ownership. That's why every team member becomes a part-owner of Stitch. Our employee stock ownership plan ensures that when the company thrives, you do too.

⏰ Time Off

Taking time off from work is critical to ensure that you can take necessary breaks and have time for important life events outside of work. It also helps you manage your energy better. In line with this, we provide a generous annual leave policy, along with supportive family responsibility, parental, study, and long-tenure sabbatical leave options, designed to accommodate the diverse needs of our team.

📚 Learning & Development Fund

We are committed to the professional growth of our team. Each year, we allocate $3,000 per team member for learning and development, supporting a culture of continuous improvement and skill enhancement.

🩺 Health Insurance Contribution

Recognising the importance of health and well-being, we contribute to health insurance for all team members and provide group health insurance schemes in certain jurisdictions.

💻 Equipment

To ensure our team has the tools they need, new members receive a brand-new Mac laptop along with the necessary peripheral equipment upon joining Stitch.

💜 Employee Assistance Programmes

We care about the well-being of our team. Our Employee Assistance Programmes provide you with the necessary resources and support to not only excel in your job but also to thrive in your personal life. Whether it's counselling, advice, or support services, we're here to help every step of the way.

Other notable benefits and perks

Celebrations for important life and work milestones
Daily team lunches in the Cape Town office
Annual work retreats
New starter dinners
Frequent team and company events

Compliance with POPIA
Our processing of your Personal Information is subject to, and in compliance with, the provisions of POPIA.

Privacy and security of your information
We will process your information only on instructions from you, which we are deemed to have received when you submit information on our website. We will maintain the confidentiality and security of such information per the standards contained in the POPIA, which requires us to adopt reasonable safeguards to protect the integrity and confidentiality of such information from unauthorized access, loss or destruction.

Brand and Marketing Designer