Freelance Designer
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The Role
- As our Freelance Designer, you’ll work with the Spring Valley team to turn ideas into beautiful, brilliantly executed creative.
- This is an ongoing freelance role, initially around 3–4 days per month, working across a wide range of Spring Valley projects including packaging, print, campaigns, events, café collateral, presentations and digital assets.
What’s In It For You
- Work with a growing African specialty coffee brand with an international presence.
- Work across a wide range of creative projects and formats.
- Help bring Spring Valley campaigns, products and ideas to life.
- Work across both digital and print design.
- Build an ongoing freelance relationship with the Spring Valley team.
Location & Work Structure
- Freelance role, initially around 3–4 days per month.
- Nairobi-based designers are preferred, as we love working together in person.
- Remote candidates will be considered for the right person.
- Start date is immediate.
Role & Responsibilities
- Turn creative briefs into polished, high-quality design work.
- Develop creative across packaging, print, campaigns, events, café collateral, presentations and digital assets.
- Prepare artwork for both digital and print production.
- Work independently and manage agreed deadlines.
- Work with the Spring Valley team to develop and refine creative ideas.
- Ensure final work is production-ready and meets the required standard.
- Bring strong design thinking and attention to detail to every project.
Experience & Attributes
- Strong experience with Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
- Confident working in Canva.
- Brilliant eye for design, typography and detail.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating excellent brand and graphic design work.
- Experience taking creative briefs through to polished, production-ready work.
- Experience preparing artwork for digital and print.
- Able to work quickly and independently while maintaining a very high standard.
- Experience with premium or high-end consumer brands is strongly preferred.
- Experience with packaging, hospitality, food and beverage or lifestyle brands is a bonus.
Our Expectations
- Bring a high standard of design to every project.
- Understand the brief and turn ideas into thoughtful, well-executed creative.
- Be reliable, responsive and able to work independently.
- Pay close attention to detail, particularly typography and production requirements.
- Deliver work on time and ready for production.
- Work collaboratively with the Spring Valley team.
- Help us make everything we put into the world look and feel distinctly Spring Valley.