About the Role

Curve 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. You’ll 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.

You’ll be hands-on in crafting the brand’s 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 You’ll Do

● Lead 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 Bring

● 5+ 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.