Creative Studio Lead & Art Director (m/f/d - be who you are)
F/A/Q – The Better Health Group
·Yesterday
- Location
- Berlin, Berlin
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Marketing
- Seniority
- Lead
- Source
- Personio
Description
Your mission
You build the visual world of FAQ YOU. You develop a distinctive, flexible, and globally scalable design system, ensuring that FAQ YOU is instantly recognizable across social media, campaigns, product, partnerships, and brand experiences.
REPORTS TO: VP Brand & Community
SCOPE: Global
LEADS: Designers, Motion Designers, Video Editors, Creative Studios, and Working Students
About F/A/Q Health & FAQ YOU
F/A/Q Health is building the Adoption Infrastructure for the next generation of patients. FAQ YOU connects health with culture, community, and action, evolving into a global health brand and people's everyday health companion.
We think globally, execute locally, and combine creative excellence with measurable impact. We take ownership of outcomes - not just deliverables.
Core Accountability
You own the visual quality, consistency, and continuous evolution of the FAQ YOU brand.
What Success Looks Like
- FAQ YOU has a distinctive and instantly recognizable visual identity.
- Campaigns and always-on content clearly belong to the same brand.
- Local markets can move quickly without diluting the brand.
- Templates and systems increase speed without limiting creativity.
- External productions consistently meet our creative quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
Art Direction
- Develop and continuously evolve the visual brand world.
- Lead the art direction for campaigns, social media, out-of-home (OOH), events, and partnerships.
- Define imagery, typography, layout principles, and motion language.
- Provide creative leadership for key productions.
- Ensure a strong and consistent visual point of view across all touchpoints.
Design System
- Build and maintain global Figma libraries.
- Develop modular templates for markets and content formats.
- Define scalable systems for social, campaign, and motion design.
- Support local teams in adapting global assets.
- Ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability across all visual outputs.
Creative Production
- Design priority assets where needed.
- Lead and coordinate designers, motion designers, video editors, and external creative studios.
- Review and approve externally produced creative work.
- Build efficient creative production workflows.
- Partner closely with Content and Marketing teams throughout execution.
DAM & Asset Standards
- Define asset management, file organization, and version control standards.
- Ensure clean, high-quality master assets.
- Maintain standards for assets, formats, and templates.
- Collaborate with Marketing on usage rights and partner-provided assets.
Decision Rights
You own decisions on:
- Visual standards and the design system
- Art direction and creative execution
- Final visual approval of key assets
- Selection of creative partners within the agreed framework
- Continuous evolution of the visual brand
You are not responsible for:
- Global brand positioning
- Editorial content strategy
- Campaign project management
- Commercial partnership negotiations
- Day-to-day publishing
How We Measure Success
- Visual consistency and brand recognition
- Quality of campaigns and always-on content
- Speed of asset production
- Adoption and quality of the design system
- Reduction of manual, ad hoc creative production
- Quality of external creative partners
- Internal satisfaction with studio support and creative output
What You Bring
- At least five years of experience in Art Direction, Brand Design or a Creative Studio environment.
- A strong portfolio showcasing social, campaign, and brand design.
- Advanced expertise in Figma and design systems.
- Solid understanding of motion design, video, and digital creative.
- Experience leading external creatives, agencies, and production partners.
- Strong visual judgment and cultural awareness.
- The ability to create outstanding design while building scalable systems.
- Fluent English; German is a plus.
OUR EXPECTATIONS
We're not looking for someone who simply manages deliverables. We're looking for someone who takes ownership - making clear decisions, delivering exceptional quality, executing reliably, and helping build FAQ YOU into a global health brand and the world's leading Adoption Platform.