Senior Graphic Designer (Conceptual)

Mons Royale Open · verified Sep 10, 2026

On-site Wānaka Full-time Senior Graphic Design

Senior Graphic Design role at Mons Royale. Wānaka · full-time.

Role brief

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What you'll do

You'll develop seasonal launch and campaign ideas with the Head of Marketing Creative
You'll turn strategy into storyboards, mood boards, and visual direction decks
You'll carry seasonal graphics from brief to delivery across digital, retail, social, and print
You'll lead trade and retail materials, including lookbooks, POS kits, and environmental graphics
You'll run design workflows, protect production quality, present your thinking, and mentor junior designers

What you bring

You have at least four years of graphic design experience and a portfolio showing Art Direction potential
Your portfolio demonstrates campaign thinking, storyboarding, layout, and advanced typography
You have advanced mastery of Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
You understand mountain culture, action sports, youth culture, and current design and streetwear trends

Who this fits

This role suits a conceptual senior designer who can think like an Art Director while executing work with technical precision. You'll need to work autonomously, collaborate with Product, E-Com, Digital, Copy, and Film, and support junior designers. The position is onsite at Mons Royale's brand home in Wānaka, so you must already be based there or be ready to relocate.

From the employer

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.