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.
Based at our brand home in Wānaka, we are looking for an exceptional, conceptual-first Senior Graphic Designer to help shape our global brand narrative.
This role is designed for a visionary creative who thinks like an Art Director, executes with technical precision, and lives on the edge of outdoor, streetwear, and action sports culture. If you are an ambitious, high-calibre designer ready to step up and step into an Art Direction pathway, this is your launchpad.
Role Purpose
As a senior creative, you will take the reins on seasonal campaign execution, translating brand and product strategy into high-impact creative across all global touch points. Working alongside the Head of Marketing Creative, you will own the development and rollout of seasonal collections, bringing campaigns to life with energy, raw authenticity and distinction across digital, retail, social and print.
What you'll do
- Ideate creative concepts for seasonal launches, global marketing campaigns, and brand initiatives in close partnership with the Head of Marketing Creative.
- Translate campaign strategy into storyboards, mood boards and visual direction decks.
- Bring deep fluency in youth culture, action sports, mountain lifestyle, and contemporary streetwear trends to keep Mons Royale ahead of the curve.
- Own the graphic development of seasonal assets from brief to final delivery, ensuring cohesive visual narratives across all touchpoints.
- Lead design output for trade and retail marketing (workbooks, lookbooks, POS kits, and environmental graphics).
- Create high-converting digital and social assets across web, e-commerce, performance marketing, and email.
- Operate with autonomy, setting project workflows, interpreting briefs, and presenting creative solutions.
- Build scalable visual systems, templates, and maintain brand guidelines for consistency across global markets.
- Lead digital design workflows in Figma alongside the Adobe Creative Suite.
- Own pre-press, print-ready production files, typography standards, and colour accuracy across large-format print and digital assets.
- Present design rationale clearly to internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams (Product, E-Com, Digital, Copy, Film).
- Guide and mentor junior designers, conducting artwork reviews to elevate team output.
Requirements
What you'll bring
- Experience: 4–6+ years of graphic design experience (agency or in-house) with a portfolio that shows you’re ready to step into Art Direction. Experience in fashion, apparel, or board sports is ideal. You live and breathe mountain culture and stay ahead of the curve on global design, youth, and subculture trends.
- Conceptual & Technical Portfolio: Proven ability in campaign thinking, storyboarding, layout, and advanced typography.
- Software: Advanced mastery of Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Location: Based in or ready to relocate to Wānaka, New Zealand.
To Apply: Submit your CV and a link to your portfolio/folio. Applications close 5th October 2026.
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.
Skills Required
- 4-6+ years of graphic design experience in an agency or in-house environment
- Portfolio demonstrating readiness to progress into Art Direction
- Proven ability in campaign thinking, storyboarding, layout, and advanced typography
- Advanced mastery of Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Based in or willing to relocate to Wanaka, New Zealand
- Experience in fashion, apparel, or board sports
- Knowledge of mountain culture, global design, youth, and subculture trends
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.
