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Design Traffic Manager

Affluent

Affluent

Design
Cape Town, South Africa
Posted on Jan 9, 2026

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, and Fanatics, visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at impact.com:

As a Design Traffic Manager at impact.com, you’ll be the engine that keeps our design studio running smoothly. You’ll bring structure, clarity, and momentum to a fast-moving marketing environment—making sure the right work is prioritised, resourced, and delivered on time. This role is critical as we continue to scale globally, ensuring our designers can focus on great creative while you remove friction, surface risks early, and keep stakeholders confidently informed.

What You'll Do:

  • Own the end-to-end flow of design requests, from prioritisation through to delivery, ensuring work moves smoothly across all phases.
  • Allocate design resources thoughtfully by balancing team capacity, timelines, and stakeholder needs.
  • Maintain accurate, real-time visibility of project status, deadlines, and risks across design boards.
  • Proactively identify bottlenecks or stalled work and escalate early to keep projects on track.
  • Facilitate regular design status check-ins and ensure clear, timely communication across teams.
  • Prepare and deliver a clear Weekly Marketing Design Update, highlighting progress, dependencies, and next actions.

What You Have:

  • 3+ years of experience coordinating creative, design, or marketing workflows in a fast-paced environment.
  • Confidence using project management tools (Asana experience strongly preferred) to manage boards, timelines, subtasks, and dependencies.
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities without losing attention to detail.
  • Clear, thoughtful communication skills. You’re comfortable working with designers, managers, and stakeholders at all levels.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused mindset: you anticipate issues and act before they become problems.
  • Comfort working in a hybrid setup and collaborating with teammates across time zones.

Benefits:

  • Hybrid, Casual work environment
  • Unlimited PTO policy
    • Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both
  • Training & Development
    • Learning the advanced partnership automation products
  • Medical Aid and Provident Fund
    • Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid
    • Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund
  • Restricted Stock Units
    • 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval
  • Internet Allowance
  • Fitness club fee reimbursements
  • Technology Stipened
  • Primary Caregiver Leave
  • Mental Health and Wellness Benefit - Including 12 Therapy/Coaching sessions + Dependent coverage

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.