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Art Director (m/f/x)
The AVANTGARDE Group, with its portfolio of specialized agencies, is a major player in the experience economy. AVANTGARDE is a globally operating corporate group with more than 650 employees at 13 locations worldwide. In addition to AVANTGARDE Germany, the agency division includes other agency brands such as Trendbüro and Slash.Digital, offering a wide range of solutions and services. AVANTGARDE covers all physical and digital touchpoints along the customer journey.
Our Mission: „Crafting Stories. Shaping Spaces. Creating Fans."
Our Mission: „Crafting Stories. Shaping Spaces. Creating Fans."
Join our team!
- You’ll be an integral part of an interdisciplinary project team made up of concept developers, designers, architects, and communications experts. You’ll work closely with senior staff and creative directors, consistently bringing fresh perspectives to our creative processes.
- You’ll design a wide variety of communication media—from the initial concept development through visual design and presentation preparation to the final handoff to the final artwork.
- With a high level of self-motivation, you’ll take responsibility for sub-projects, coordinate smaller projects independently, and always keep the creative direction firmly in mind.
- You’ll actively contribute to internal initiatives and agency life with a positive attitude, high-quality creative work, and genuine team spirit
Your Tasks
- Creative Concept Development & Design: You’ll conceptualize and design groundbreaking visual identities, campaign assets, and communication media for physical, digital, and spatial touchpoints.
- Brand Experience in Space: You’ll translate brand messages into immersive event and spatial experiences and design the corresponding analog and digital communication materials.
- Project Management & Coordination: You’ll lead defined subprojects from a creative perspective and manage smaller creative projects independently, in a structured and quality-conscious manner, through to launch.
- Collaboration & Brainstorming: You’ll act as a liaison within the interdisciplinary team and coordinate closely with senior creatives and creative directors to ensure a consistent creative narrative across all channels.
- Pitch & Presentation: You’ll package creative concepts into compelling presentations and passionately present your layouts and ideas in internal meetings and client meetings.
- Quality & Innovation: You’ll ensure compliance with the highest design standards and client guidelines. At the same time, you’ll proactively drive the use of cutting-edge technologies (such as generative AI) in our daily workflow.
Your Profile
- You have successfully completed a degree or comparable training in graphic and communication design and already have 2–3 years of professional experience at a creative agency or in a similar setting.
- You have proven experience in experiential marketing, live communication, and event design, and know how to showcase brands in a physical space.
- You combine excellent conceptual and design skills with a trained, strategic eye for the brand.
- You have a professional workflow in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Microsoft Office. Experience with After Effects, Premiere, and generative AI tools for images and video is a major plus.
- You have a strong sense of aesthetics, understand how to work within complex corporate design frameworks, and present your ideas with absolute conviction both internally and externally.
- You work in a structured and independent manner, are a true team player, and have a drive to continuously develop yourself professionally, personally, and creatively.
Benefits
- Bye-bye boredom – we offer flexible models such as home office options, individual hourly arrangements, and job rotation.
- Wanderlust? With us, you have the opportunity to work remotely worldwide for up to three weeks per year.
- Cycle in the countryside, work out at the gym, or go on an extensive shopping spree – a company bike, a discounted Body & Soul membership, and numerous discount promotions make it possible.
- Be part of our legendary team and company events. These are all about gathering inspiration, exchanging ideas, and networking.
- And don't forget: with us, you'll spend your coffee and lunch breaks on Munich's most beautiful rooftop terrace with its own barista and real sheep.
