Art Director / Senior Graphic Designer
YOYABA GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
4 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English, German Experience level
Senior Compensation
€ 60KJob location
Hamburg, Germany
Tech stack
A/B testing
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Artificial Intelligence
Interaction Design
Rapid Prototyping Process
Figma
Job description
Hamburg, 12345 60000 EUR per yearly Vollzeit Your daily business
Your daily business
"You click 'Export as…' and send off the first ad of an ongoing campaign. A rush of excitement hits. You close your laptop with a grin."
Working at YOYABA means jumping straight into the action. No lengthy onboarding documents, no slow ramp-up. From day one, you're embedded in top-account projects, owning creative direction, managing a sharp freelancer network, and making sure every asset that leaves the studio is something to be proud of. Sound like your kind of project?
Then read on.
What you'll own
- Full creative responsibility for the graphic design of all social media campaign assets
- Concepting, drafting, and designing multiple ad variations: Image, Carousel, and beyond
- Continuous optimization through A/B testing and implementing resulting adjustments
- Building and managing a structured freelancer pool across illustration, motion, UI, and photography
- Briefing, steering, and giving structured feedback to external creatives
- Quality assurance of all design materials before internal sign-off and client delivery
- Developing and maintaining design guidelines, style guides, and brand systems
- Active trend research across brands and competitors to keep designs sharp and current
- Presenting concepts to clients and handling feedback constructively, * A team of A-players & start-up founders who strive for growth
- A culture of ownership, high performance, and honesty
- A unique coaching program with sessions to continuously develop yourself personally and professionally
- With Humanoo you can not only join fitness challenges with your colleagues but also have 1:1 sessions with psychologists to bring your mental & physical health to the next level
- Whether it's the gym or Urban Sports - we naturally subsidize your workout routine
- Workations can also be made possible with us and are lived & loved by our YOYABees
- To ensure you're taken care of even after your time with us, we subsidize your company pension plan with up to 60% of your contribution
Requirements
What you bring
- 5+ years of hands-on Art Direction, ideally in an agency or fast-scaling creative team
- Experience with AI Design Tools is a must; first touch points with AI Video a plus
- Proven experience designing for social media campaigns - and knowing what makes them perform
- Track record of managing freelancer networks and coordinating external creative talent
- A sharp eye for quality, consistency, and the details that separate good from great
- Proficiency with Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and/or After Effects
- Familiarity with interaction design, rapid prototyping, and QA workflows
- Independent working style, you manage your own deadlines in a fast-moving environment
- Clear, constructive communication in English (German a plus)