Design Lead Yuppiechef
Mr Price GroupCape Town, ZA13 days ago
Job descriptionDo you see yourself as a solver of creative challenges? Are you a skilled designer across multiple channels, with team management experience? If you’re inspired to help shape the Yuppiechef brand as it grows, we have a role that’s perfect for you. We’re looking for a new Design Lead to guide and manage our in-house design team, within the Creative team in our Marketing department. The role needs someone who loves the brand enough to push it to new places; someone who creates commercially and emotionally impactful work, and who can sell the story behind their ideas. The role is based in Westlake, Cape Town, has two direct reports, and reports into the Creative Lead. Owning and guiding the Yuppiechef brand’s visual identity Leading the conceptual creative thinking for marketing campaigns — mostly in social media, display, digital video, print, store windows and in-store, though we’re always looking for new channel opportunities Driving design that balances campaign objectives and creative concepts Executing on senior-level design for big campaigns while overseeing, reviewing and supporting the team’s output Championing continuous improvement within the design function — upskilling the team, refining processes, and helping design play a stronger role in achieving business goals Empathetically managing and growing a design team capable of technically executing your concepts — allocating projects between you and them, and ensuring they’re on track and unblocking them where needed Representing the design team’s capacity and priorities in project planning to ensure balanced workloads and high output Collaborating closely with our Photography and Copy teams to ensure cohesive, integrated creative output Art directing and styling internal campaign shoots You’ll need to have had 7-10 years’ experience as a designer, including at least 1-2 years of management experience A world-class portfolio that demonstrates the level of skill and experience required for this role 2+ years’ experience working in an ad agency would be a big help in working with creative briefs, and showing collaborative skills, working with writers, photographers, etc Work experience with omnichannel retailers would be a benefit You’ll need to be a skilled user of Adobe creative suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign – and be confident enough to train and grow mid-level designers. Video editing skills would be beneficial. Ideally, you’ll have a tertiary qualification in graphic design from an accredited art / design school Media / Advertising / Branding jobs
Job title : Design Lead Yuppiechef
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : November 23, 2025
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Design • Cape Town, ZA