Director of Creative

Elevate Venture Group; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in South Africa is seeking a Director of Creative to lead their Creative Team. This senior leadership role involves managing a team of designers, developing creative standards, and enhancing workflows while collaborating cross-functionally. Candidates need 6-10 years of digital design experience with a strong portfolio in digital brand systems. This position offers the opportunity to influence and shape the creative department, ensuring high-quality output and team growth.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in digital design focusing on web, email, and UI.
• Strong portfolio showcasing digital-first brand systems and campaigns.
• Experience with managing and mentoring designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of designers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to meet project timelines.
• Define workflows and refine processes within the creative department.

Skills

Digital design experience

Managing or mentoring designers

Ecommerce experience

UI/UX design

Brand systems development

AI tooling integration

Tools

Blender

C4D

Spline

Job description

Director of Creative at EVG

Location: Cape Town (hybrid)

Type: Full-time

About the role

We’re hiring a Head of Creative (Design) to lead our Creative Team into its next chapter.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for building, managing, and evolving our agency’s design function. You’ll own creative standards, guide how the team works day-to-day, and ensure we consistently deliver high-quality work as we scale.

Your role is first and foremost about people and leadership. You’ll manage a team of designers, mentor them through regular feedback and hands‑on guidance, and actively upskill the team to meet higher creative and strategic expectations. This includes developing junior designers, strengthening mid‑level contributors, and helping senior designers step into more ownership and leadership.

You’ll also shape the structure and rhythm of the creative department – improving workflows, refining processes, and creating clarity around roles, expectations, and delivery. As the team grows, you’ll help hire, onboard, and integrate new designers into a strong creative culture.

This role carries real ownership and influence. You won’t just oversee output – you’ll define how creative work gets done, how designers grow, and how the team evolves alongside the agency.

What you’ll do

• Work cross‑functionally with the development and marketing counterparts to deliver against client and agency timelines.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of designers.
• Lead digital design execution across web + email + UI layouts (conversion‑aware, premium)
• Apply brand systems to scalable digital templates and repeatable outputs
• Design web UI/UX layouts for key pages and flows
• Create and/or direct AI‑assisted product shots and digital rendering outputs
• Establish clean systems for handoff, QA, and review cycles
• Mentor mid‑level/junior designers and raise overall craft and consistency

What we’re looking for

• 6–10 years of experience in digital design (web/email/UI)
• Strong portfolio of digital‑first brand systems and campaigns
• Confident building systems: templates, guidelines, libraries, QA checklists
• Comfortable with AI tooling as part of your workflow (image generation, enhancement, rendering assist)
• Ability to balance timeline with creative ideation

Must Have

• Experience managing or mentoring other designers
• Ecommerce experience and conversion‑focused design thinking

Nice to Have

• Basic 3D/rendering literacy (Blender/C4D/Spline or similar)

How to apply

Send:

• CV and Portfolio link
• 2–3 digital case studies (email + web + UI layouts)
• A note on how you’ve built design systems or scaled output before