Senior Brand / Visual Designer (m/f/d) at Edenspiekermann

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Edenspiekermann

Edenspiekermann is an independent global creative agency that solves business problems with design. They create digital products, brands, and service experiences with attitude. With offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Singapor...

Consulting & Professional Services Design Media Marketing & Advertising
HQ
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Team size
51-250
Founded
2009

Quick Summary

Role Overview

Edenspiekermann is seeking a visual designer and creative storyteller to lead brand-focused projects and develop dynamic brand identities. You will work within interdisciplinary teams to create scalable visual systems that function as operating systems across digital products. This role bridges the gap between strategic foundations and expressive visual execution for global brands.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative development of brand identities from strategy to execution
  • Develop scalable visual systems and brand narratives across digital platforms
  • Mentor designers to ensure high craft quality and conceptual clarity
  • Translate brand strategies into cohesive digital products and user experiences
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and impact
  • Present creative concepts to clients and facilitate collaborative design workshops

Requirements Snapshot

  • Six or more years of experience in brand and visual design
  • Strong portfolio showcasing brand thinking and conceptual depth
  • Expertise in typography layout and color for digital applications
  • Proven ability to lead creative workstreams and mentor design teams
  • Excellent communication skills in English with German proficiency preferred

Expected Impact

You will transform how brands operate by designing adaptive systems that scale across digital products and services. Your leadership will ensure high-quality creative output for diverse global clients while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. By integrating strategy with design you will directly influence the customer experience and long-term success of world-leading organizations.

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

This is Edenspiekermann

We are Edenspiekermann - an independent design consultancy with 40+ years of experience helping world-leading organizations invent, build, and evolve their products. Our Product Strategy practice works directly with product teams at the intersection of market insight, design excellence, and AI-driven development.

Our interaction designers work in agile and interdisciplinary teams on websites and platforms for major brands as well as for startups. Our teams combine conceptual thinking, a sophisticated understanding of design and a deep knowledge of web and app development to develop a digital product or service with a user-centric approach. In doing so, we advise and coach our clients' teams to provide the best customer experience for their customers.

Description

You are a confident visual designer, creative storyteller and cultural thinker. You drive the creative output of brand-focused projects and work closely with teams and clients to develop strong brand narratives, identities and experiences. Brands today function less as static identities and more as operating systems: adaptive, scalable, and increasingly dynamic across digital products and services. Your role is to help define, design and implement such systems – ensuring they perform reliably across channels, platforms, and use cases.

Your tasks

Lead the creative development of brand identities, from strategic foundations to visual executionDevelop brand narratives and creative routes, translating strategy into expressive and scalable visual systemsGuide and mentor designers, ensuring high craft quality and conceptual clarityWork with global brands, publishing houses and public institutions (e.g. healthcare, cities, universities) on complex branding challengesTranslate brand strategies into digital products and cohesive brand experiences across touchpointsCollaborate closely with strategy, product and technology teams to ensure consistency and impactPresent ideas clearly and confidently to clients, enabling alignment and decision-makingPrepare remote and on-side workshops and are willing to facilitate them together with our Design DirectorsContribute to and evolve design systems that function as operational brand platforms, not static guidelinesTake ownership of projects with a hands-on mentality, from concept to delivery

Your profile

6+ years of experience in brand and visual design, ideally within a design agency environmentStrong portfolio demonstrating brand thinking, visual excellence, and conceptual depthProven ability to connect strategy, storytelling and design executionDeep understanding of visual identity systems, typography, layout and color across digital and physical applications – including designing with and for AI-driven systemsStrong knowledge of design systems and digital products, how brands scale across platformsExperience leading creative workstreams and mentoring designers Ability to apply methodical brand development frameworks and navigate different project phases with clarity and rigorA visionary mindset – you embrace the culture and actively challenge and elevate the workHands-on, pragmatic approach paired with a positive, business-oriented mindsetThanks to your communication skills you contribute to our trust- and respectful feedback mentalityExcellent communication skills in English (German is a plus)

Big plus

You are already a professional in leveraging AI-assisted tools, automated workflows and emerging software to enhance creative exploration, efficiency and qualityExperience in overarching motion design principles that translate brand values into movement and make them scalable for all touchpointsStrong understanding of current accessibility standards and their impact on brand and design systems

We offer

A central role in a dynamic, independent design consultancy with an international portfolio spanning enterprise product design, city identity, design systems, and regulated industriesDirect access to partners and senior leadership – flat hierarchies, real autonomy, and room to shape how we do product strategyA dedicated team of high-profile designers and strategists driven by a no-ego, high-craft culturePersonal responsibility, space for your own ideas, and the opportunity to grow with the company and the practice30 days paid vacation, hybrid work, and a dog-friendly Berlin officeWork-life balance support including a potential four-day week if neededBenefits including Urban Sports Club, food club, and ESPI cuisineRegular team gatherings and in-house coaching and mentoring

We are pleased to meet you!

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/beliefs, disability, age, and sexual orientation and identity.

If you are interested, please provide us with the following documents and information:

Current CVPortfolioEarliest possible start dateSalary expectationsCertificates / diploma

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