Senior Brand Designer / Team Leader Creation & Brand (m/f) 80-100%

About the job

Senior Brand Designer / Team Leader Creation & Brand (m/f) 80-100%

To continue and further develop our brand excellence, we are creating a new dual role in the Creation & Brand team as of 1 November 2026 or by agreement, at the creative pulse of the times and to represent brand interests internally towards our various stakeholders:

Your tasks

• Together with the Head of Branding, you are responsible for the strategic further development of our Trust Brand and for maintaining the various NZZ brand identities and ensuring brand consistency across all channels.
• You act as an interface and translator for various internal teams during campaign planning, product launches, and special projects. Your focus is on collaboration with the leads of the Revenue Teams in Switzerland and Germany.
• You will be graphically active yourself on important and complex design projects and serve as a graphic sparring partner for colleagues or on special questions from other departments.
• You inspire and empathetically lead our experienced 7-member Creation & Brand team, the internal advertising agency of NZZ, organised decentrally in Switzerland and Germany.
• Together with the Senior Copywriter/Concept Developer & Process Lead in the team, you plan resources and tasks aligned with the team’s expertise and optimise synergies and timings with the various stakeholders.

Your profile

• You have completed a degree or equivalent graphic training (digital and print) plus continuous further education to stay up to date with the latest technology.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in Brand Design / Corporate Identity (agency or in-house).
• Experience in team leadership and understanding of the complex leadership tasks within an expert team with extensive experience and strong opinions.
• A strong sense for storytelling, brand management, aesthetics, and an understanding of the demands of brand transformation for heritage premium brands.
• Excellent knowledge of all common programmes from Adobe Creative Cloud to Figma and various AI tools.
• High implementation orientation and assertiveness in a matrix organisation. Confident appearance during campaign presentations to management.
• Willingness to balance stakeholder focus and quality standards to ensure brand-compliant premium positioning.
• Fluent German skills in spoken and written form.

Our offer

• Challenging, interesting, and responsible work in a varied and inspiring field of tasks with high personal responsibility and cross-departmental collaboration.
• A working environment that allows space for innovative ideas and knowledge exchange.
• Diverse training opportunities.
• A great working environment: We support the compatibility of work and private life.
• Flexible working hours and a certain amount of home office are a matter of course. Our office is centrally located "at Bellevue" in the heart of Zurich – with views of the opera house and the lake, in close proximity to various shopping facilities, restaurants, and public transport connections.

Rico Grass, HR Business Partner
+41 44 258 17 12