APPAREL GRAPHIC DESIGNER | PERFORMANCE & ACTIVE
About the client:
Our client is a high growth Australian performance and lifestyle brand with a fiercely loyal community and a product engine that never slows down. If you’re hungry to push creative boundaries, craft graphics that actually land in market, and become part of a design team that thinks fast and works smarter, this is your moment.
This is a brand with momentum. A team that lives its values. A culture built on innovation, humility, and continuous improvement. If you love typography, storytelling, and the thrill of turning a blank canvas into product that people line up for, you’ll feel right at home.
About the job:
You’ll own the creation of graphic artwork across apparel and accessories.
This is hands-on, high-volume, high-impact design for a brand that sits firmly in the intersection of sport, street, and community.
You will conceptualise, design, refine, and deliver original graphics that translate seasonal narratives into product that connects. You’ll work closely with apparel designers, creative direction, and product development to ensure every graphic is brand-led, technically sound, and production-ready.
Think bold typographic direction, sport-inspired motifs, streetwear heritage cues, and limited capsule graphics. Your work will directly shape the visual identity worn by a community obsessed with being 1% better every day.
Why?
The first role of it’s kind for this client, be the first to step in and shape your future in this role.
Work with a design team that challenges convention and moves with speed.
Be part of a company that invests in personal development, leadership, and continuous learning
Flexibility to WFH
Generous Salary
Brisbane & Gold Coast candidates this will be a perfect location for you!
Please submit a CV, and Portfolio.
connie@whointhezoo.com.au
Job Code:
1175018
Responsibilities
- Design original graphic artwork across all apparel and accessories
- Create artwork across print, embroidery, applique, woven, digital and specialty executions
- Produce accurate production-ready files with a strong understanding of print techniques and constraints
- Translate seasonal stories and brand pillars into cohesive visual concepts
- Build graphic packs, mood boards and internal presentation decks
- Maintain design consistency while pushing innovation and cultural relevance
- Partner closely with Creative Direction, Design and Product Development through the end-to-end process
- Track emerging typography, illustration, and cultural trends
- Manage multiple briefs simultaneously within a fast-paced environment
- Deliver work aligned to range build timelines and GTM milestones
- Represent the brand’s values: humility, hunger, creativity, community and continuous improvement
Skills & Experience
- Minimum 5 years experience in graphic design
- Experience in streetwear, activewear or youth culture is highly regarded
- A portfolio of t-shirt graphics showcasing typography, illustration and layout
- Advanced Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills
- Strong understanding of print processes: water-based, HD plastisol, puff, flock, embroidery, applique, digital
- Deep composition and colour storytelling capability
- Proven ability to deliver high volume creative across multiple deadlines
- Passion for sport, community and personal growth