Creative Director Brand Design (B2B2C) â€" (all genders)

THE ROLE & THE TEAM
As Creative Director Brand Design (B2B2C), you will be responsible for Zalando’s visual brand identity towards both our existing as well as our prospective fashion, lifestyle, beauty, and sports partners. Your goal will be to create a coherent, delightful experience across our business propositions that empowers them to be successful in digital, and drive awareness, growth, and brand love for Zalando. Acting as Zalando’s brand ambassador, you will further be responsible for systemizing our visual language in close collaboration with marketing and product design, and support in evolving our digital design system to enable scalable implementation across touchpoints and services.

You will lead the Creative Team (1-2 direct reports) that acts as an in-house creative excellence department and report directly to the Head of Partner Communications. You will work closely with our internal stakeholders (commercial, marketing, communication, and product design teams) as well as our external agencies and act as the creative consultant for applied brand design on a global level. Your brand-guardianship covers creative management of brand design and derived principles delivered within 360° campaigns (ATL/ BTL), communication assets, and user interfaces, closely aligned with our marketing analytics and user experience insights. Further, you will manage global design-agency creative, and be responsible for the development of our in-house creative team.
INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN
At Zalando, our vision is to be the starting point for fashion - one that is inclusive by design. We only assess candidates based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We welcome applications from people of all gender identities, sexual orientations, personal expressions, racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and disability statuses. We only want to know why you’re great for this role, so please avoid including your picture, age, and marital status in your CV as well.

We want to provide you with a great candidate experience. Please feel free to inform us of any accommodations you may need, so we can best support and assist you throughout the hiring process.

do.BETTER - our diversity & inclusion strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion
Our employee resource groups: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/diversity-inclusion/our-employee-resource-groups
WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED…

• Develop, implement, maintain and innovate the visual brand identity across various Zalando B2B2C propositions and derive style guides to enable internal and external stakeholders to live up to our brand
• Lead and mentor a team of creatives to develop and execute outstanding B2B2C concepts and solutions (e.g., campaigns, creative assets, templates)
• Actively shape B2B2C brand marketing and agency briefings, challenge existing or provide alternate recommendations based on our brand design and communication strategy
• Acquire and share deep market & user insights on current behavioral and design trends, making this knowledge accessible to others in the company
• Collaborate and foster strong relationships across brand, marketing, communications, and product design throughout the company to ensure a coherent brand experience across the business and its various audiences

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 8+ years of experience working in brand management for blue chips and agile tech companies in agencies and/or on the company side (experience in the fashion/ lifestyle/ beauty/ sports industry is a plus); at least 2 years of experience, leading, inspiring, and mentoring creative/ design teams
• Profound knowledge in building and evolving dynamic visual brand identities based on business requirements (brand strategy, brand architecture)
• Strategic thinker with an empathetic hands-on, get things done mentality; strong storytelling and presentation skills (graphic design and art direction)
• Comprehensive knowledge in state-of-the-art software (e.g., Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Webflow, Google Suite…) and experience with web technology and coding (e.g., HTML, CSS, …)
• Ability to share a portfolio that showcases B2B(2C) references in brand design and creative direction

ZALANDO BENEFITS
Career Development

• We offer peer-to-peer performance reviews twice a year
• Learn and develop through our extensive Zalando training platform
• Join regular all-hands, team meetings, Q&A-sessions, and quarterly anonymous employee surveys to ask your questions and provide your feedback
• Support from an international team of experts; mentoring and professional development opportunities

Wellbeing

• 2 days paid leave per year for volunteering
• Minimum of 27 holiday days per calendar year
• Online sports courses, wellbeing, and nutrition advice offered by Humanoo personal wellbeing coach app
• Mental wellbeing support by our Employee Assistance Program and professional consultants to help you find health resources

Flexibility

• Flexible working hours
• Relocation assistance for internationals
• If you work from an office in your role, a choice of office equipment to be delivered to you, to support you working from home due to COVID-19 safety

Financial

• Access to the employee shares program
• 40% shopping discount on products shipped and sold by Zalando, and 30% discount on Zalando Lounge
• Discounts from a wide range of external partners

Family

• Employee parents’ forums and employee resource group
• Supported transition into and out of parental leave, with a buddy and re-onboarding plan
• 3 fully-paid child sick days per year
• Free counselling, assistance, and referral service for all matters concerning yourself and your family via the Fürstenberg Institute

ABOUT ZALANDO
It’s the perfect time to join Zalando on our journey, from being a pioneer in the world of e-commerce, to the starting point for fashion in Europe. We connect customers, brands, and partners across 23 markets.

Help us drive digital and sustainable solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 46 million active customers through a team of diverse skill-sets, cultural backgrounds, and interests.

Our values: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-founding-mindset

do.More - our sustainability strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/sustainability

Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/insidezalando

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.