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

NZZ is one of the most significant private media companies in Switzerland. It focuses on high-quality, independent journalism and represents liberal perspectives. With its products, it offers its readers and users orientation and inspiration daily. Senior Brand Designer / Team Leader 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 Germany. • You will be graphically active yourself in daily business and will act as a sparring partner for colleagues or for specialized questions from other departments. • You inspire and empathically lead our experienced 7-member *Kreation & Marke* team, the internal advertising agency of NZZ, organized decentrally in Switzerland and Germany. • Together with the Senior Copywriter/Conceptor & Process Lead in the team, you plan resources and tasks oriented toward the expertise of the team and optimize synergies and timings with the various stakeholders. Your Profile • You have completed a graphic design degree or a corresponding graphic training (digital and print) plus continuous further education. • At least 5 years of professional experience in the field of Brand Design / Corporate Identity (agency or in-house). • Initial sound experience in team leadership and an understanding of the complex leadership tasks within an expert team with great experience and strong opinions. • A high sense for visual 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 the Adobe Creative Cloud to various AI tools in the field of Creative Automation. • High implementation orientation and assertiveness in a matrix organization. Confident appearance during campaign presentations before the management. • Willingness to balance stakeholder focus and quality standards to ensure brand-compliant premium positioning. • Stylistically proficient German language skills in speaking and writing. Our Offer • Demanding, interesting, and responsible activity in a varied and inspiring field of tasks with high individual responsibility and cross-departmental collaboration • A working environment that leaves room for innovative ideas and knowledge exchange • Diverse further education opportunities • A great working environment: We support the compatibility of professional and private life. Flexible working hours and a certain part of home office are a matter of course. Our office is centrally located "at the 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.