Communication Design Internship (AI)

Location: Durban, South Africa; hybrid with 3 days per week in the studio

Company

OLIVER designs, builds, and runs bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands, working with more than 300 clients across 40+ countries. As part of The Brandtech Group, OLIVER uses AI solutions to improve creative production, efficiency, and decision-making.

What you will do

• Interpret creative briefs, audience insights, and key messages to develop relevant design concepts.
• Create mood boards, sketches, storyboards, presentations, and visual concepts.
• Develop creative work for campaigns, digital content, social media, and brand communications.
• Apply typography, layout, colour, imagery, and visual hierarchy across different formats and audiences.
• Support motion graphics, simple animations, and video content while preparing accurate artwork for production.
• Research visual trends, culture, competitors, and design references; present and refine ideas with designers, creative leads, clients, copywriters, and client services teams.

Requirements

• Completed degree or National Diploma in Communication Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.
• Portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, creative exploration, and strong design fundamentals.
• Ability to develop ideas from research and sketches through to final execution.
• Understanding of typography, layout, colour, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Strong creative problem-solving, communication, organisation, attention to detail, and willingness to learn and receive feedback.

Nice to have

• Exposure to After Effects, Premiere Pro, or motion design.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month internship programme with practical experience in a fast-paced marketing environment.
• Structured training, coaching, mentorship, and collaboration with experienced designers and creative leads.
• Inclusive workplace where different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences are valued.
• Company values include ambition, imagination, continuous learning, results focus, inclusion, and anti-racism.
• Work includes sustainability initiatives supported by science-based emissions reduction targets.

Hiring process

• Candidate evaluation and selection are conducted by human decision-makers; AI is not used for screening or selection.