Associate Creative Director (Design)

In this role, you will:

• Lead N26’s brand and marketing design efforts across all channels, shaping compelling campaigns that elevate brand awareness and engagement.

• Drive the creative direction of brand and product marketing campaigns, ensuring strategic alignment and visual impact.

• Develop and refine scalable design systems that maintain brand consistency across all digital and offline touchpoints.

• Transform business and user insights into visually stunning, intuitive, and high-performing creative assets.

•  Set and uphold a world-class design standard, ensuring every brand expression aligns with N26’s identity and marketing objectives.

• Foster collaboration between brand, marketing, and product design teams to create cohesive and memorable brand experiences.

• Optimize creative workflows and design processes to enhance efficiency, scalability, and execution quality.

• Manage multiple high-visibility projects, balancing strategic priorities while maintaining creative excellence.

• Stay at the forefront of industry trends, integrating innovative design thinking into N26’s brand campaigns.

• Champion best practices in Figma and other design tools, driving efficiency and seamless cross-functional collaboration.

• Lead, mentor, and inspire the creative team, fostering a culture of innovation, learning, and design excellence.

• Empower the Creative Studio with knowledge-sharing, best practices, and design leadership to elevate brand storytelling and impact.
   

What you need to be successful:

Background:

• 7+ years of brand design experience (agency/client side).

• Extensive experience working on global consumer brands.

• Best in class conceptual and design craft skills.
   

Skills:

• Proven ability to create functional and impactful designs across multiple platforms (OOH, Social, Content, Performance, Lifecycle).

• Strong conceptual skills, with a focus on meaningful innovation in design.

• Expertise in Figma, including utilising figma for automation and production at scale.

• Experience working with global brands and international creative teams on integrated campaigns.

• Exceptional asset management and organizational skills.

• Previous experience in an advertising agency is preferred. Experience with lifestyle brands is a strong plus.

• Ability to function independently while also excelling as a collaborator.

• Capacity to work efficiently at high speeds without compromising quality.

• Ability to lead teams, mentor junior designers, and manage multiple projects effectively.

• A compelling reel showcasing previous work.

• Fluency in English
   

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors 🚀.

• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation. 

• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.    

• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.  

• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and family statuses. 

• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.
   

Who we are

N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it’s how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do. 

We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, an