Auto1 Group

Berlin

Senior Visual Creative Manager (f/m/x) at Auto1 Group

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Company snapshot

Auto1 Group

AUTO1 Group is a leading digital automotive platform in Europe that simplifies the buying, selling, evaluating, transporting, and financing of used cars through its innovative brands, including Autohero and wirkaufendeinauto.de.

Information Technology & Services Automotive B2C Marketplace
HQ
Berlin, Germany
Team size
1K-5K
Founded
2012
Funding raised
$1.4B

Quick Summary

Role Overview

This role focuses on translating brand strategy and customer insights into high-impact advertising concepts and visual designs. You will lead creative execution across various channels and European markets while integrating AI tools into the workflow.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translate brand strategy and customer insights into high-impact advertising concepts
  • Take ownership of art direction and design to bring creative ideas to life
  • Develop assets for the entire customer journey including TV and social media
  • Scale campaign concepts into brand-consistent assets across eight European markets
  • Drive the development and rollout of custom AI tools for creative efficiency
  • Prioritize projects and improve workflows to increase team impact and speed

Requirements Snapshot

  • Five or more years of experience in creative concept development and art direction
  • Proven ability to translate brand positioning into distinctive visual execution
  • Hands-on experience delivering visuals across brand and performance marketing touchpoints
  • Strong operational skills to prioritize projects and improve creative processes
  • Fluency in English and motivation to integrate AI into creative workflows

Expected Impact

The successful candidate will significantly enhance the brand's visual presence across Europe by delivering high-quality, consistent creative assets. By implementing AI-driven workflows and optimizing operations, they will increase the efficiency and speed of the creative team. Ultimately, this role will drive customer engagement and support the company's growth in the automotive market.

A DesignJobs.World summary of the employer's posting, written to highlight scope, requirements, and fit (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

Job Description

  • Develop big creative ideas: translate brand strategy and customer insights into high-impact advertising concepts together with our copywriting team
  • Turn concepts into outstanding visuals: take ownership of art direction and design, bringing ideas to life through hands-on creative execution
  • Shape the entire customer journey: develop everything from TV commercial ideas and set designs to social ads, display animations and OOH, working closely with our copywriters
  • Scale creative execution across Europe: translate campaign concepts into effective, brand-consistent assets across channels and our eight markets
  • Put AI to work: drive the development and rollout of custom AI tools and workflows that help the business generate high-quality, brand-compliant creatives efficiently
  • Raise the bar for creative operations: prioritize projects, improve workflows and increase the team’s creative impact and speed without compromising quality

Qualifications

  • You have a strong creative track record: 5+ years of experience in creative concept development, art direction and design for consumer-facing brands or creative agencies, with a portfolio of high-impact advertising campaigns
  • You turn strategy into compelling creative work: you translate brand positioning and customer insights into clear concepts and distinctive visual execution
  • You are hands-on across formats: you are comfortable developing ideas and delivering visuals across brand and performance marketing touchpoints
  • You combine creative ambition with operational excellence: you make decisions, prioritize competing projects and improve processes to deliver consistently strong work
  • You can inspire and challenge others: you communicate ideas clearly, collaborate closely with copywriters and manage internal and external stakeholders effectively
  • You embrace AI as part of the creative process: you are motivated to build and scale tools and workflows that improve creative quality, consistency and speed.
  • Fluent English is mandatory; German or another European language is a plus

Additional Information

Join us, in building the best way to buy and sell cars!

Apply by uploading your CV in English with a note of your earliest starting date and your salary expectations. Please also add your portfolio of your most recent work!

Contact
Katharina Ruhnke

At AUTO1 Group we live an open culture, believe in direct communication, and value diversity. We welcome every applicant; regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual identity, disability, or any other non-merit factor.

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