Creative Lead – Design Job at Weaver Fintech Ltd

Job role overview

  • Date posted

    October 2, 2026

  • Closing date

    November 2, 2026

  • Hiring location

    Cape Town Western Cape

  • Qualification

    None

  • Experience

    7 years

Description

  • We’re looking for an experienced Creative Lead – Design who combines exceptional design craft with strong people leadership. This is a hands-on role for a senior designer who can lead a team, elevate the quality of the work and help turn creative strategy into brilliant execution across our brands.

What you’ll do

  • Lead, mentor and manage a team of designers, providing clear direction, feedback and support.
  • Partner closely with the Head of Creative to translate creative and brand strategy into strong, effective work.
  • Take ownership of day-to-day design quality and creative execution across the studio.
  • Remain hands-on, designing and art directing priority campaigns and projects.
  • Lead creative from concept through to final execution across digital, social, CRM, web, product, print and internal channels.
  • Bring strong multimedia thinking across static design, video, motion and animation.
  • Build and maintain scalable design systems, templates and brand assets in Figma.
  • Work closely with Copy, Marketing, Product and other teams to deliver joined-up creative.
  • Review work and ensure everything leaving the studio meets a consistently high creative and brand standard.
  • Help the team work smarter and faster through better design processes, tools, templates and emerging AI capabilities.

What you’ll bring

  • 7+ years’ design experience at Senior Designer, Design Lead or Art Director level., with 2+ years leading or mentoring designers in a fast-paced in-house, agency or digital environment.
  • Proven experience managing and developing designers.
  • Advanced Figma skills are essential.
  • Strong working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
  • Strong multimedia capability, including motion, video and digital design.
  • Excellent conceptual thinking, art direction, typography and visual storytelling.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality, multi-channel creative work.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced in-house studio, agency, fintech, financial services or digital-first environment.
  • The confidence to present ideas, challenge constructively and make creative decisions.
  • The ability to balance leadership, strategic thinking and hands-on design.
  • Help the Head of Creative to build a collaborative, accountable and creatively ambitious design team.

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