On - Senior Lead – Graphic Designer - Zürich

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In short

We’re looking for a confident and highly creative leader to join the Graphic Design team at On. As a Lead, you’ll have exceptional design skills and bring a deep design thinking mindset. You’ll guide other team members, provide regular open feedback and be a strong team player.
As a designer, you’ll love fine details, have impeccable typographic standards and seek consistent, high quality and cohesive applications of our brand. Long term thinking comes naturally to you and you proactively plan ahead.
You’ll be plugged into all things design, culture and understand the relevance and importance of all generations. Reporting to the Head of Graphic Design, this is a fast paced, highly collaborative and creative role, integral to how we should up as an holistic global brand.

Your mission

– Create a powerful, dynamic partnership with wider stakeholders and peers both in the marketing team and other functions across the organization.
– Able to take direct reports, mentor team members and inspire
– Lead by example, contributing to and driving our company culture to help build a creative, trusting, empowered team
– Encourage continuous learning and exploration of new design principles and ways of working
– A problem solver who relishes that aspect of work, it’s challenges, the opportunities and the rewards it brings

Your story

– 6 years minimum working at a Global Brand or Creative Agency. Min. 2+ years experience working as a design team lead / director, designing and managing creatives and relished the opportunity to do both.
– A portfolio bursting with innovative, memorable branding and design work for global brands
– You’ll have a brilliant understanding of how to use design to achieve consist, cohesive work
– Great understanding of print production and methods, and good knowledge of animation and motion within design.
– Confident pitching, presenting and selling in ideas
– Comfortable giving and receiving feedback; you see the feedback process as a creative challenge not a roadblock
– A true team player – keen to collaborate with stakeholders to get the best end result
– Strong portfolio showcasing branding, digital and print and motion graphics
– Excel in a fast-paced environment where multitasking is the norm
– Tenacious, proactive and positive in building cross-functional relationships and processes
– Fluent English speaker and writer

Meet the team

The focus of this team and the role is to define, develop and cement a brand identity that is innovative, experimental and unique to On. The work covers all formats; digital to physical – internal to external – product to packaging. There’s no project too big or small.
You’ll work closely with your peers in the Graphic Design team, Copywriters and Art Directors, plus a company-wide team of stakeholders from the product, strategy, talent and communications teams to bring your work and theirs to life.