Design Director
Sherpa Design
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Hamburg • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
branding projectsdesign strategiesbrand design systemsstrategic approachescreative talentconceptual strengthquality management
Soft skills
independent managementtechnical leadershipdisciplinary leadershipstrong design sensibilityself-directed working stylecuriositycommunicationteamwork