At Mons Royale, we believe action and adventure sports can be a force for good. But most of the gear made for these sports is trashing the planet. That’s why we’re on a mission to shift riders from synthetics to natural fibres designing high-performance merino apparel that doesn’t mess up the places we love to play.
We’re on the hunt for a Senior Graphic Design / Lead Designer who lives and breathes design. Someone who is fearless, endlessly curious and inspired by every facet of visual storytelling. Based in Wanaka, you’ll play a key role in the marketing team and work closely with our Creative Director. Leading the creative charge, shaping bold, unforgettable campaigns that bring Mons Royale’s distinctive energy to life across every channel. From seasonal campaign rollouts to immersive retail experiences and dynamic digital platforms. This is a role for a designer who is driven to create impact and is a strong team leader.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the visual direction of seasonal campaigns, from concept to execution.
- Develop campaign assets across digital, web, social, email and retail environments.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to shape campaign storytelling.
- Maintain and evolve the visual expression and tone of Mons Royale.
- Provide strong creative leadership and collaborate seamlessly with graphic designers, marketing and cross-functional teams to bring campaigns and brand initiatives to life
- Ensure deadlines are met and multiple projects move smoothly without quality drop.
Requirements
Skills you’ll bring
- Epic storytelling: you turn ideas into bold, visually striking narratives across digital, social, web and retail and a portfolio to show it.
- Brand mastery: You know how to make Mons Royale’s identity shine consistently in every campaign, asset and touchpoint.
- Design Execution: Expert in Adobe Creative Suite, web assets and immersive digital content.
- UI/UX awareness: Your designs not only look incredible but work seamlessly across platforms.
- Collaborative Design Systems: Strong in FIGMA and or other tools, designing digital interfaces, prototypes and presentations.
- File and asset management: Organising production-ready files for web, print and retail use.
- Campaign sense: You understand marketing goals and craft creative that drives engagement and impact.
- Trend-savvy: You’re tuned into design, culture and the outdoor/action sports world, with a drive for progression. This is expressed through graphic design, type and imagery.
- Leadership & collaboration: You inspire and mentor other designers, working effortlessly with marketing, product and external creatives.
- Project agility: You thrive managing multiple campaigns and deadlines without compromising on quality.
- Inspired by: All things design, art, culture and creativity
Benefits
Opportunity for Growth
Mons Royale is a fast-growing brand in the action and adventure sports space with lots of opportunities for career development, within and outside NZ.
Mountain town lifestyle and flexibility
We are based in mountain towns because we value time spent in the mountains and want to enable and encourage our team to achieve a work/life balance. While we do work hard and put in the hours, we also believe in the value of having a life outside of the workplace. This role will be based in our brand home, Wanaka.
We value people and our team
Company culture is important to us. We're often together in the mountains or catching up for a happy-hour bike ride. With offices in Squamish, Innsbruck and our hometown of Wanaka, Mons is comprised of a globally diverse workforce. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and therefore all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment.
Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit
Being a part of a fast-growing brand means that there’s never a dull moment and that you’ll likely be involved in a lot of opportunities that may fall outside of your typical job description.
Competitive Salary and Discounts to fuel your passion
We offer competitive remuneration, discounted Mons Royale product and access to discounts across the outdoor industry.
Top Skills
What We Do
From Lake Wanaka New Zealand, Mons Royale creates technical merino clothing that delivers on both performance and style. It has been our philosophy from the start, we don’t think you should have to compromise either one of these which is why we design garments that perform brilliantly and look great. As a natural product with a strong, differentiated brand and aesthetic, Mons’ formula of technical performance and design-led style resonates strongly with young outdoor and action sports lovers.
Mons Royale work with some of action sports top athletes as well as sponsor global events including Crankworx and the Freeride World Tour allowing us to showcase our unique brand of high performance merino wool to the rest of the world.
With our head office located in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and a brand-new office in Innsbruck, Austria we’re sticking to our values of driving a local brand from mountain towns around the world and its enabling us to attract some amazing employees and build a business based what it’s really all about.
We are continually on the look out for amazing people to join our team in New Zealand or growing team in Europe. So please follow us for updates on job vacancies and all that is going on in the world of Mons Royale.
