About Funtown Studio
Funtown Studio is a growing remote design and development studio dedicated to building high-quality, visually striking, and innovative digital brands and products. We work with ambitious companies to craft experiences that are both beautiful and impactful. Our team is collaborative, detail-oriented, and passionate about design excellence. We’re on the hunt for like-minded people who share our commitment to craft and creativity.
The Gig
Funtown Studio is looking for a Senior Brand & Product Designer to lead the creation of high-quality, visually compelling work across products, brands, and campaigns. This role is graphic and brand first, with a strong focus on elevating our visual identity and ensuring a consistent, premium design language across all touchpoints. You will also contribute to UX/UI design for web and app products, ensuring that the digital experiences you design are intuitive, elegant, and aligned with our brand systems.
You might be the perfect fit if you:
- Have a sharp eye for typography, layout, and visual systems. Plus a portfolio that proves it.
- Are passionate about building and maintaining cohesive brand identities from the ground up.
- Move fluidly between brand strategy, logo design, marketing assets, UX wireframes, and high-fidelity UI.
- Care deeply about visual quality from the tiniest icon to the overall user experience and final pixel-perfect execution.
- Take a systematic approach to design and know how to build and maintain scalable design systems.
- Operate comfortably in a small company environment, switching between research, strategy, and hands-on design with ease.
- Enjoy collaborating with developers and reviewing builds to ensure faithful design implementation.
- Take pride in outcomes and push for a level of craft that elevates the entire product experience.
- Are a strong mentor, supporting other team members through best practices, tool expertise, and constructive feedback.
- Have a proven track record of delivering design that is both strategically sound and visually exceptional.
What You’ll Do
- Lead brand design and strategy: logo development, visual identity systems, tone, and guidelines.
- Design marketing, editorial, and social media assets that reflect and reinforce the brand.
- Build and evolve design systems for web and app products.
- Create high-quality wireframes, prototypes, and UI designs to support product development.
- Conduct design reviews and work closely with developers to ensure accurate implementation.
- Provide mentorship and training to team members on design tools (Figma, Photoshop, After Effects).
- Review production builds and conduct design QA to guarantee fidelity to the original vision.
Requirements
Please apply only if you meet all the following criteria:
- 7+ years of professional experience in graphic design, branding, and product design at a design studio or agency.
- A portfolio demonstrating strategic brand development, strong visual design execution, and UX/UI capability.
- Background in building brands from scratch, including identity systems and guidelines.
- Expert-level proficiency with Figma and deep understanding of design systems.
- Experience running design reviews and managing design-to-development handovers.
- Skilled in Photoshop, After Effects, and other key Adobe tools and creative software.
- Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with remote, cross-functional teams.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- You must be a South African national.
Bonus Points:
- Experience creating motion design and animated prototypes.
- Expertise in editorial or long-form design (magazines, reports, digital publications).
- Previous work in fast-paced, high-growth environments or startups.
- Strong photo-editing and video-editing skills.
- Experience performing design QA and flagging implementation issues.
- Can spot workflow inefficiencies and propose better processes or tools.
- Constantly look for ways to improve and elevate design quality across the team.
- Based in Cape Town, as we value occasional in-person meetups to strengthen team bonds.
Expectations
- Design Quality: Set and maintain a high standard for visual and brand design across all touchpoints.
- Creativity & Scalability: Balance creative exploration with practical, scalable solutions.
- Brand & Product Awareness: Proactively identify opportunities to strengthen brand consistency and product usability.
- Strategic Alignment: Deliver work that is both visually compelling and strategically aligned with business goals.
- Collaboration: Collaborate openly, share knowledge, and help raise the design bar for the team.
- Time Management: Manage workload independently and consistently meet project deadlines.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary: Aligned with industry standards and your experience level.
- Real Ownership: Direct impact on the success of growing international products.
- Opportunity for Growth: Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and global startup-building insights.
- Professional Development Support: Invest in your continued learning and skill enhancement.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Including paid time off, professional development and UberEats Fridays.
- Fully Remote: Work from anywhere in South Africa.
- Collaborative Culture: Join a team that values clarity, creativity, and excellence.
Sound like a fit?
Drop us a mail:
iwantowork@funtownstudio.com
We're on the lookout for a Funtowner who's not just passionate about problem-solving but also ready to sprinkle some fun into our rapidly growing team. If you're ready for an exciting ride with a team that balances professionalism with playfulness, hit us up! Send your CV, portfolio, and a sprinkle of your personality.
Checklist
Your CV: Curriculum Vitae
Your portfolio:
This can be a link to Behance, a PDF or a Figma link
Motivation: Give us a sprinkle of your personality
