Design Lead

Location: Cape Town South Africa
Work model: Hybrid (1 day from home plus general flexibility)
Salary: R65 000 - R85 000 CTC (depending on experience)

Why youd want to work here

• 20 days leave 1 week after peak season
• Performance-based bonus and competitive salary
• Opportunity to go on tour and yes to visit Antarctica
• Exposure to globally recognised luxury brands
• Ownership of the design function from day one
• Fast-paced high-performing collaborative culture
• Resourceful solutions-driven team with a strong find a way attitude
• Small high-calibre team with real creative ambition and flat structure
• Diverse and inclusive environment
• Regular team socials (town halls team lunches cookouts)

About our client
Our client is a luxury adventure travel company pioneering expeditions to some of the worlds most remote and extraordinary destinations from Cape Town. They deliver world-class hospitality and transformative experiences to a global clientele. This is a rare in-house role at the intersection of luxury adventure travel destination storytelling and commercial design a genuine opportunity to shape how distinctive brands look and feel across every touchpoint.

What the job involves

• Designing and producing all physical and experiential materials guests encounter (welcome kits itinerary documents signage environmental graphics printed collateral)
• Creating sales and marketing collateral (brochures proposals presentations seasonal lookbooks) at the highest standard
• Producing static and motion assets for digital advertising email campaigns and social content
• Designing landing pages and production for campaign pages booking flows and the online retail experience
• Designing packaging signage and retail environments for the brands boutique
• Day-to-day stewardship of brand guidelines working with external partners to evolve and maintain the framework
• Managing external agency relationships as the client-side lead holding briefs directing work and maintaining brand standards
• Managing multiple briefs across teams simultaneously and delivering without hand-holding

What you need to be considered

• 69 years design experience with a portfolio demonstrating genuine range across print digital identity and environmental or spatial work
• A portfolio link or examples must be included in your application no portfolio no response
• Experience at a luxury hospitality travel or lifestyle brand (either in-house or agency-side)
• Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator InDesign Photoshop) and proficiency in Figma
• A strong command of premium print production (paper stocks finishes print specifications supplier management)
• Comfort designing for digital performance contexts (ad formats email web e-commerce)
• Proven ability to manage external agency relationships as the client-side lead
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple briefs and deliver without hand-holding
• Based in or willing to relocate to Cape Town

Bonus points if you

• Have motion design capability (After Effects or equivalent)
• Have basic web production skills (HTML/CSS Webflow or similar)
• Have retail or packaging design experience
• Have an understanding of or genuine curiosity about the ultra-luxury and expedition travel space