Senior Graphic Designer (all genders) - Zalando Fashion Studios

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

We are seeking a Senior Graphic Designer with a strong skill set in corporate branding to concept, design and execute creative communication campaigns that blend storytelling and visual innovation and deliver high-quality creative materials.

The ideal candidate will be able to express ideas clearly, provide creative support to team members, and collaborate effectively with external freelancers and agencies. 

This role requires a commitment to executing company objectives while partnering with cross-functional departments to strategize and deliver exceptional creative outcomes. As a visual storyteller, you have a passion for brand strategy, brand architecture, and design, and you consistently drive projects towards creative excellence.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Leading and ensuring the consistency of our campaign designs is one of the most exciting and challenging tasks within our department. Join us as we leverage cutting-edge design technology and deep empathy to help customers encounter exciting products for the first time.

• Conceptualise and deliver creative ideas and assets from start to finish, translating business objectives into clear, compelling, and visually exciting final deliverables based on our brand strategy. 

• Work closely with art directors to design banner experiences that enhance our digital presence, pushing both onsite and offsite visualisations. Drive design direction, bring our vision to life, and inspire customers with outstanding asset designs and format recommendations. 

• Responsible for driving projects independently, delivering on time and within budget with the support of internal/external creative teams, and effectively drive and communicate your creative vision and projects to our internal (and external) stakeholders.

• You also have a good knowledge of Motion Design and relative principles, strong technical skills, and creative mindset. 

• Build and expand upon the existing corporate identity guidelines and internal communications, and act as a brand ambassador. Break ground in serving up a wider variety of design ideas with better adaptation advice for any type of web banners, social media posts, newsletters, email marketing and other interesting print formats. Ensure the design meets quality and reaches its full potential.

• As a role with experience, you will contribute to the team by sharing best practices, mentoring or teaching colleagues and freelancers, defining adaptation principles through CI, bar-raising in asset campaign performance, and sparking inspiring conversations.

• Ultimately, you will contribute to the team by examining existing processes, identifying flaws, and creating solutions that improve design capabilities. You will always collaborate with the team by making things easier while keeping up with CI, master files and naming tools so that greater efficiency can be achieved for everyone. 

WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as designer in a design studio or in-house design department. 

• You possess a solid understanding of Motion Design and are capable of delivering high-quality 2D animations. Please include links to your work in your portfolio.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in graphic design, communication design, visual design or media design

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat), and Figma. Premiere, After Effects, as well as other relevant design software (AI tools for optimising work) are a plus.

• Experience across concept development, digital, print, event design and brand identity.

• Familiarity/understanding in video/photo shoots is a plus.

• You are both a hands-on Designer and problem solver. With your solution-oriented attitude, you can manage both creative and administrative tasks.

• You have worked on multiple creative projects, can create clarity amid uncertainty, and can guide team members through such projects. 

• You can quickly understand and give structure to new design challenges; translate meaningful project briefs, know how to orchestrate quantitative and qualitative images that translate into deliverables collections and align with diverse business stakeholders behind a common vision.

• Work independently as well as cooperatively with post-production teams to meet deadlines, which may include simultaneous projects.

• You are happy working hands-on from sketching design adaptation ideas. You work strategically through your practical example and also, imagine a vision of the customer experience, designing under Zalando's design principles.

• Self-starter; You know how to manage stakeholders and educate them on design processes. You can go and talk to customers, are proactive and independent, understand the goal, and are determined to achieve it without stopping.

• Fluent in English, German language is a plus.

OUR OFFER

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• Employee shares program

• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners

• 2 paid volunteering days a year

• Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration

• Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

• 27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees

• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)

• Family services, including counseling and support

• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub)

• Mental health support and coaching available

• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.

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