Careers | Apollo Gaming

Senior Graphic Designer
Location: Cape Town

About the Role

We are seeking a highly creative and detail-oriented Senior Graphic Designer with proven experience in the iGaming / online gaming industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing high-quality visual assets that drive player acquisition, engagement, and retention across multiple digital channels, while maintaining strong brand consistency and compliance with regulatory standards.

This role requires a strong understanding of performance-driven design, fast-paced campaign execution, and collaboration with cross-functional teams including marketing, product, CRM, and compliance.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Creative & Design

Conceptualise, design, and deliver high-impact creative assets for iGaming brands across digital platforms.
Develop marketing visuals for:

Paid media (display, social, programmatic)
Website and landing pages
Email and CRM campaigns
In-app promotions
Affiliate marketing materials
App Store / Play Store assets

Design promotional materials including bonuses, tournaments, free spins, jackpots, and seasonal campaigns.
Ensure brand consistency across all creative outputs.
Adapt and localise creative for multiple markets and regions.

Campaign & Performance Design

Create conversion-focused designs aligned with campaign KPIs (CTR, CPA, retention).
Optimise creative assets based on performance feedback and A/B testing insights.
Work closely with the marketing and performance teams to continuously improve creative effectiveness.

Collaboration & Leadership

Collaborate with copywriters, marketers, product teams, and developers.
Provide guidance, mentorship, and constructive feedback to junior designers.
Contribute to creative strategy, mood boards, and brand evolution.

Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.

Senior Copywriter
Location: Cape Town

Role Overview
The Senior Copywriter is responsible for creating compelling, compliant, and conversion-focused content across multiple iGaming channels. This role works closely with Marketing, Compliance, Product, and CRM teams to ensure all messaging aligns with brand tone, regulatory requirements, and responsible gambling standards.

Key Responsibilities

Develop high-quality copy for CRM campaigns, promotions, landing pages, app notifications, emails, SMS, and push notifications.
Write and optimise copy for acquisition, retention, and reactivation campaigns.
Ensure all content complies with iGaming regulatory requirements, responsible gambling guidelines, and advertising standards across jurisdictions.
Collaborate closely with Compliance and Legal teams to review and approve marketing content prior to publication.
Maintain and evolve the brand voice and tone across all communication channels.
Interpret complex product features, bonuses, and T&Cs into clear, player-friendly messaging.
Brief and mentor junior copywriters and provide constructive feedback.
Work with designers, product managers, and CRM specialists to deliver cohesive campaigns.
Analyse campaign performance and optimise copy based on data, A/B testing, and player behaviour.
Stay up to date with industry trends, competitor messaging, and regulatory changes.

Key Requirements

5+ years’ experience as a Copywriter, preferably within iGaming, fintech, or regulated digital industries.
Strong understanding of CRM copywriting (email, push, SMS, in-app).
Proven ability to write conversion-driven yet compliant marketing content.
Experience working with multiple markets and jurisdictions.
Excellent attention to detail and strong proofreading skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Experience mentoring or leading junior team members is advantageous.

Understanding of player lifecycles and retention strategies.

Key Competencies

Creative thinking with strong commercial awareness
Compliance-focused mindset
Stakeholder collaboration
Data-driven decision-making
Strong communication and time management skills

Creative Team Lead
Location: Cape Town

The Creative Team Lead drives the creative vision and execution of studio projects, leading a multidisciplinary team of designers, animators, and copywriters. This role balances creativity with operational oversight, ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet client expectations and studio standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of designers, animators, illustrators, copywriters, and other creatives.
Collaborate with the Creative Director to define creative vision and ensure its execution across projects.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with client objectives.
Review and provide constructive feedback on creative work to maintain high standards.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
Act as a liaison between the creative team and other departments (e.g., production, accounts, marketing).
Stay updated on design, branding, and content trends to push creative boundaries.
Participate in client presentations and pitches when required.

Required Skills & Experience:

Proven experience as a Senior Designer, Art Director, or Creative Lead in a studio environment.
Strong portfolio demonstrating creative excellence across multiple mediums.
Exceptional leadership and team management skills.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Strong understanding of design software and tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch, etc.).
Ability to balance creative vision with client objectives and project constraints.
Experience managing timelines, budgets, and project workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Communication, or related field.
Experience in branding, advertising, digital campaigns, or animation studios.
Familiarity with motion graphics, video production, or UI/UX design.

HR Generalist

Johannesburg

We are seeking an experienced and driven HR Generalist to join our team. This role is responsible for the full HR function, including recruitment, employee relations, compliance, talent management, and HR administration. The successful candidate will play a key role in fostering a professional, productive, and positive work environment aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

HR Administration

Manage appointments, terminations, exit interviews, and all related documentation
Coordinate and present the HR onboarding programme
Maintain accurate HR data and ensure compliance with legislation
Provide guidance to managers and employees on HR policies and procedures
Maintain and update organisational structures and organograms
Compile and submit statutory reports in line with South African legislation

Employee Relations

Advise managers on disciplinary processes, grievances, and incapacity matters
Ensure compliance with labour legislation and best practice
Represent the organisation at the CCMA
Coordinate employee wellness initiatives

Recruitment & Talent Management

Manage end-to-end recruitment and selection processes
Conduct interviews and make hiring recommendations
Oversee probation reviews and performance management processes
Drive succession planning and employment equity initiatives
Support change management projects aligned to business goals

Minimum Requirements

Grade 12 (Matric)
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management or related qualification
Minimum 7 years’ experience in an HR Generalist or HR Management role
Strong knowledge of South African labour legislation
Experience representing an employer at CCMA
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Apply now by submitting your CV careers@apollogaming.co.za

Operations Specialist & Analyst Team Lead Lus

This position will serve as team lead for the testers and have complete oversight over the team that are setting up and tagging codes.

Will be reporting into me directly.

Job Description

Business Analysis: We are looking for a promotion marketing analyst, to facilitate correct and profitable offers being presented to fit brand segmentation audiences.

Competitor analysis would be a prerequisite to support Promotional/Campaign strategies for the company based on the trends that are out in the marketplace.

Product Ownership: Offer results needs to be reviewed and interpreted consistently to test below the line market trends, customer experience and competitors’ activities.

Stakeholder Management: Analysis based on the ability to gather and interpret data, sharing these findings with relevant stakeholders to identify and execute new opportunities within internal promotions, and make recommendations to upper management based on analysis of various promotions and marketing campaigns.

Strong admin and statistical skills to ensure Bonus Offer sheets are 100% correct and updated and that every offer is applied as it is on the bonus sheet in various content streams.

Leadership: Supervisory and management skills to ensure the team that is responsible for the setting up of these codes do so correctly following defined process, seamlessly and without error.

System Administration: Putting and keeping the necessary checks and balances in place to monitor and ensure that codes are enabled, extended, disabled (where necessary).

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Owning all promotional bonus offers relating to approval, process & setup, Cost benefit analysis.
• Conducting research on consumer and market offer on product trends, target demographics, and competing brands.
• Gathering, analysing, and interpreting offer usage and marketing data.
• Preparing detailed reports on offer and product consumer behaviour, competitors’ activities, and outcomes.
• Monitoring customer bases for right fit offers and identifying and introducing new, innovative, and increased bottom line driver ones.
• Leading the Bonus Code, Mailing and tagging team and influencing the marketing team to inform and develop promotional and marketing strategies.
• Monitoring the efficacy of promotional offer campaign trends using available (and sourcing new) reporting tools and software.
• Identify potential offer process improvements and areas within the business increasing business operation efficiency.
• Review bonus on product for areas of improvement in conversion and retention of clients.
• Mentoring and Facilitate best practise and innovative promotional ideas by, review practicality and coordinate a workable solution.

Supporting business with recommendation and creation of leaderboards and tournaments

Skills and Qualifications:

Reputable Leadership – and Team lead experience (min 2 years)
Stakeholder influencing experience (min 2 years)
Project Coordination experience {min 2 years)
IGaming Operational Understanding a prerequisite

• Intermediate to Advanced Experience with Excel.
• Translating of knowledge, mentoring and proactive knowledge sharing with teams.

• Analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate information.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Tested and reputable Project management skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information in an easy-to-understand format.