About the RoleCurve Gear is looking for a Senior Creative Designer to lead our design direction and execution as we scale our fast-growing South African menswear brand. Youll be our in-house creative lead responsible for taking ideas from strategy to execution across web, retail, social, paid media, and in-store brand touchpoints.Youll be hands-on in crafting the brands look and feel and smart in how you lead creative strategy, brief content teams, and manage freelance contributors. This is a fast-paced, high-growth environment where great ideas get executed quickly and you get to touch everything from big campaigns to gritty tactical assets.What Youll DoLead all visual design work across Curve Gear from campaign assets and lookbooks to eCommerce banners, motion graphics, in-store visuals, and more.Work closely with our Social Media Manager and Marketing Coordinator to ideate, design, and roll out content that drives engagement and performance.Be the creative brain for the brand shaping strategy, campaign directions, and visual storytelling for product launches, retail rollouts, seasonal moments, and international growth.Brief, direct, and manage external photographers/videographers to capture needed content (quarterly campaign shoots, retail visuals, social media content).Create clean, beautiful and on-brand designs using Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and Figma.Design front-end layouts and visuals for new website pages (working with developers to bring them to life).Produce quick-turnaround creative content in Canva and support ongoing documentation needs.Manage a growing roster of freelance creative collaborators.Maintain and evolve the Curve Gear visual identity and keep design output consistent across all channels.What You Bring5+ years of experience in graphic design or content creation, ideally in fashion, retail, or a fast-paced content agency.A portfolio that shows you know how to build a brand through design and execute across diverse touchpoints.Fluency in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects), and Figma.A good eye for motion graphics, and the ability to bring designs to life with basic animation.Experience creating social media content, digital ads, and retail marketing collateral.Strong understanding of website and eCommerce UX/UI principles.A bonus: You understand what kinds of content drive engagement, clicks, or conversions.Excellent communication skills able to confidently present ideas and take feedback.Comfort working in Slack, Notion, and Google Suite.A flexible, startup-minded attitude you like fast-paced environments and rolling up your sleeves.
