About the role

  • Design Director at Sherpa Design GmbH managing complex branding projects and teams. Responsible for design strategies, client consultations, and quality management in design outputs.

Responsibilities

  • Independent, successful management of projects/clients of medium to large size and complexity
  • Technical and disciplinary leadership of a multi-person team
  • Development and review of design strategies and brand design systems
  • Identifying the client's strategic direction and its expected development over time
  • Strategic and conceptual client consulting, including active participation in client meetings
  • Workshop design and facilitation desirable
  • Quality management of the team's creative output

Requirements

  • Experience independently executing and leading complex branding projects that involve multiple design disciplines
  • Experience in technical and disciplinary leadership of a multi-person team
  • Confident use of strategic approaches to brand architectures and complex corporate structures
  • Strong design sensibility, creative talent, and pronounced conceptual strength, with the ability to demonstrate a wide range of ideas and styles
  • High standards of quality for your own work
  • Conscientious, self-directed, and structured working style
  • Curiosity, enjoyment of communication, and teamwork (preferably you have already provided technical leadership to 1–2 people)
  • Routine use of the relevant software/tools
  • Fluent German and English language skills

Benefits

  • An environment where you can fully apply and further develop your strengths
  • Exciting projects and well-known clients
  • Annual pro bono projects proposed, voted on, and implemented by the team
  • Flexible working hours — decide when you and your team work best
  • Training budget – at least €500 per year for your professional development
  • A fully equipped home office: MacBook, monitor, keyboard, company mobile phone
  • We give you the vacation days for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
  • Tax-free monthly allowance of €50 for various benefits
  • A great, talented, and very friendly team
  • A lively environment in the heart of Hamburg or Frankfurt
  • Profit-sharing scheme

Job title

Design Director

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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