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

NZZ is one of the most significant private media companies in Switzerland. We focus on high-quality, independent journalism and represent a liberal worldview. With our products, we offer our users guidance and inspiration daily. In addition to the two flagship titles "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" and "NZZ am Sonntag", various other titles, event series, podcasts, and TV formats are part of the portfolio. Senior Brand Designer / Team Lead Creation & Brand (m/f) 80-100%. ###

Your tasks

• Together with the Head of Branding, you are responsible for the strategic further development of our Trust Brand and for the maintenance of the various NZZ brand identities and ensuring brand consistency across all channels.
• As an interface and translator, you accompany various internal teams in campaign planning, product launches, and special projects. Your focus lies on collaborating with the leads of the revenue teams in Switzerland and in Germany.
• You will be personally active graphically in important and complex design projects and will be a graphic sparring partner for colleagues or for special questions from other departments.
• You inspire and lead our experienced 7-member Creation & Brand team, the internal advertising agency of NZZ, decentralized in Switzerland and in Germany, with empathy.
• Together with the Senior Copywriter/Conceptor & Process Lead in the team, you plan resources and tasks aligned with the expertise of the team and optimize synergies and timings with the various stakeholders.

Your profile

• You have completed a degree or corresponding graphic training (digital and print) plus continuous further training to stay up to date with technology.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the field of Brand Design / Corporate Identity (agency or in-house).
• Experience in team leadership and understanding of the complex leadership tasks within an expert team with great experience and strong opinions.
• A high sense for storytelling, brand management, aesthetics, as well as an understanding of the requirements for the brand transformation of heritage premium brands.
• Excellent knowledge of all common programs from Adobe Creative Cloud to Figma to various AI tools.
• High orientation towards implementation and assertiveness in a matrix organization. Confident appearance during campaign presentations before the management.
• Willingness for the balancing act between stakeholder focus and quality standards to ensure brand-compliant premium positioning.
• Stylistically confident German skills in speaking and writing.

Our offer

• Demanding, interesting, and responsible activity in a varied and inspiring field of tasks with high personal responsibility and cross-departmental cooperation.
• A working environment that leaves room for innovative ideas and knowledge exchange.
• Diverse continuing education 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 Zürich - with a view of the Opera House and the lake, in the immediate vicinity of various shopping facilities, restaurants, and public transport connections.

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

Are you interested? Then please upload your complete online application including a cover letter, stating your availability and approximate salary expectations, via the applicant platform. If you have any questions, please contact your supervisor Ina Bauspiess (ina.bauspiess@nzz.ch; 044 258 13 09).