Graphic Designer- Springvalleycoffee
Job Description
As our Graphic Designer, you’ll join a close-knit marketing team. You’ll have a real seat at the table – help shape direction, understand the “why,” and turn that insight into crisp, production-ready design. You own the process end-to-end and keep projects moving from idea to install, print, and publish.
What’s In It For You
- Join a tight, collaborative team where you’ll have real influence, helping shape a beloved Kenyan brand as we rebrand and grow internationally.
- An environment that encourages and supports personal & professional development through coaching & mentorship, further education & certifications in coffee knowledge.
- You’ll take projects from idea to install/print/publish with autonomy and trust.
- Work in a fast-paced, high-growth, market-leading environment.
- And most importantly, endless cups of the finest coffee (because, well, coffee fuels everything)
Role and Responsibilities
Culture
Culture
- Join a close-knit team that shares context freely, values straight talk, and collaborates openly.
- Take responsibility and seek feedback, choosing ownership over ego.
- Care about guests and partners, sweating the details that shape their experience.
- Move at a high pace with high standards, turning work around quickly while maintaining meticulous design.
Execution
- Contribute to direction, understanding the “why.”
- Independently turn that context into on-brand, production-ready work without micromanagement.
- Carry projects from brief to concepts, revisions, specs, and final handover/installation.
- Design for impact and iterate using real feedback from the wider team and partners.
Retail & Packaging
- Create café collateral – menus, signage, window vinyls, decals, and A-frames – delivered print and installation ready.
- Develop packaging from label updates to new SKUs, handling dielines, CMYK/Pantone, proofs, and supplier QC.
- Build seasonal promo kits – fast-turn templates and guidelines – for consistent rollouts across locations.
Digital & B2B Enablement
- Design and deliver e-commerce assets including homepage banners, product imagery and Shopify optimised files.
- Create partner toolkits for resellers that are easy to use and quick to deploy.
- Produce sales materials such as spec sheets, price lists, decks and training guides in print and PDF.
Process, Quality & Delivery
- Deliver bulletproof production files with correct bleed, colour management and formats.
- Coordinate smoothly with printers and suppliers sign makers to keep work moving.
- Build tidy templates, asset libraries, and simple naming/version control to speed future work.
- Prioritise, communicate, and land projects on time.
Experience & Education
- 3-5+ years in brand/graphic design with hospitality/retail and packaging work in your portfolio.
- Degree in Design/Visual Comm – or equivalent portfolio-backed experience.
- Advanced Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop; Canva for quick turnarounds.
- Production expertise: CMYK/Pantone, bleed, dielines, large-format specs, prepress; confident coordinating with printers and sign-makers.
- Digital fluency: Shopify-ready assets, email banners/headers, sales decks and PDFs.
- Nice to have: basic motion, 3D/mockups, product photography/retouching.
- Genuine enthusiasm for specialty coffee (or the hunger to learn fast).
- Familiarity with the Kenyan coffee and hospitality landscape is a plus.
Our Expectation
- We look for high-energy, self-motivated people who love coffee and hospitality (or are eager to learn), show deep ownership and curiosity, care about others, keep growing, and aim for excellence.
- Execute our marketing through design: turn direction into on-brand, production-ready work and move it from concept to install/print/publish – bringing our story to life while quickly learning and guarding our brand guidelines and voice.
