Design Director Corporate Branding

Do you think in systems rather than individual screens? Do you love turning complex requirements into clear structures, reusable patterns and compelling experiences? Then this role could be the perfect fit for you.

What you'll do

As part of our Corporate Branding team, you play a pivotal role in ensuring that our clients' brands are not only conceptualized brilliantly and executed flawlessly, but also communicated in an inspiring way to a wide variety of brand users.

• You develop and execute a comprehensive brand system and implementation strategy for global clients, ensuring that the brand's visual identity is effectively translated into real-world applications.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of designers and project managers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Apply your creative vision, strategic thinking, and exceptional leadership to proactively provide day-to-day creative leadership and management of project and account specific teams.
• Take on the creative management and system development of projects by leading design teams and manage and report on project statuses as required.

What you'll need

• Understanding bold thinking and how it translates into design
• Understanding of how design affects business success
• Ability to partner with Client Services to maximize your effectiveness as a program lead
• Creative impact and ability to manage the complete delivery of projects
• Demonstrable success in leading, motivating and communicating
• Proactive approach to technology, software, and industry innovations – especially AI for brand management and automation
• Ability to perform consistently and reliably with a willingness to increase professional responsibilities, skills, and understanding of broader market issues
• Solid design experience in a similar creative environment for numerous years with a strong focus on brand systems and implementation
• Comprehensive experience in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and Frontify
• Fluent English AND German language skills to communicate with our teams and clients

Please send us your detailed portfolio with your application. Unfortunately, we cannot consider your application without a portfolio.