Senior Graphic Designer (all genders) - Zalando Fashion Studios

Lead creative campaigns by conceptualizing and delivering high-quality assets from start to finish. Collaborate with Art Directors to design captivating digital experiences and ensure design quality across various formats.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative campaigns by conceptualizing and delivering high-quality assets from start to finish, ensuring consistency with our brand strategy.
• Collaborate with Art Directors to design captivating digital experiences for both onsite and offsite visualizations.
• Drive projects independently, delivering on time and within budget, and effectively communicate your creative vision to all stakeholders.
• Act as a brand ambassador by building upon existing corporate identity guidelines and ensuring design quality across a wide variety of formats, from media to print.
• Apply your expertise in typography, a fundamental skill, understanding of font selection, hierarchy, and layout to ensure text is clear, legible, and visually appealing in all design applications.
• Contribute to the team by mentoring colleagues and implementing solutions to improve design capabilities and efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in graphic, communication, or visual design with at least 5 years of hands-on experience in a design studio or in-house team.
• Strong interest in fashion and design and are on the pulse of current fashion, social media, and contemporary cultural trends.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma.
• Premiere, After Effects, as well as other relevant design software (AI tools for optimizing work) are a plus.
• Deep expertise in concept development, brand identity, and multi-format design (digital, print, event).
• Leverage typography, color theory, composition, and layout to create visual assets that are not only aesthetically compelling but also strategically effective.
• Hands-on designer and problem-solver who can independently drive multiple projects, deliver on time, and translate business objectives into compelling visuals.
• Proactive, self-starter mindset, with the ability to manage stakeholders, create clarity amid uncertainty, and guide teams through creative challenges.
• Fluency in English is required; German is a plus.
• Experience with video/photo shoots is also a plus.

Benefits

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees
• 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
• Employee shares program
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
• Family services, including counseling and support
• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
• Mental health support and coaching available
• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review