Graphic and Layout Designer
Location
Sandton, Gauteng
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Art and Design Workers
Posted
June 21, 2026
We are looking for a skilled graphic designer with a flair for educational illustration and layout. The successful candidate will work with subject matter experts to create visually engaging university-level textbooks for various disciplines, paying attention to cognitive load reduction. You will use design to teach, clarify, and guide comprehension, not simply to embellish. Your work will make the difference between passive skimming and active learning. You will report to the publisher.
Essential duties and responsibilities
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Collaborate with authors, editors and publisher to conceptualise and create high-impact visual content that enhances student understanding.
- Lay out crisp, clean textbooks, observing cognitive load theory principles.
- Create infographics, diagrams, charts, illustrations, and educational cartoons that convey complex ideas simply and elegantly.
- Maintain visual identity and branding consist...