Senior Brand & Graphic Designer (JR2191)

AO Foundation; Davos; Hybrid; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Supplementary vacation days

Pension scheme contributions

Training opportunities

Job summary

AO Foundation is seeking a Senior Brand & Graphic Designer to shape and evolve the AO brand globally across channels. You will maintain brand ecosystems and enable stakeholders to produce high-quality, brand-compliant communications through effective tools and guidance.

You will collaborate with corporate communications and other functions to translate complex ideas into engaging visual solutions, leveraging AI-powered design tools to increase efficiency and scalability.

Qualifications

• Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Brand Design, or a related field.
• Several years of professional experience in graphic design, brand design, or visual communication.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across digital and print media.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
• Understanding of brand ecosystems and how guidelines, design systems and portals support consistent application.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality visual assets for digital and print channels (presentations, infographics, campaigns).
• Manage and evolve the AO brand guidelines and brand portal.
• Develop and improve brand guidelines, templates, design systems, and tools for scalable brand use.
• Ensure visual consistency across all brand touchpoints.
• Support governance of design assets within the Digital Asset Management platform.
• Monitor brand portal performance and drive improvements from insights.

Skills

Fluent English

Stakeholder management

Brand storytelling

AI-powered design tools

Education

Degree in Graphic Design/Visual Communication/Brand Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Brand portals / Digital Asset Management

Job description

Senior Brand & Graphic Designer (JR2191)

The AO is a medically guided, not-for-profit organization, a global network of surgeons, and the world's leading education, innovation, and research organization specializing in the surgical treatment of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. We are home to people from all over the world, from different backgrounds, with diverse talents and specialist areas. What binds us together is our passion for excellence, our dedication to our mission of improving patient care, and our understanding that we are stronger together: we are one AO.
For more information, visit: https://www.aofoundation.org/

Workload percentage / Pensum: 100%

Short Description

As a Senior Brand & Graphic Designer, you will help shape and evolve the visual expression of the AO brand across all channels and touchpoints. Beyond creating outstanding design, you will help maintain and evolve the AO brand ecosystem, ensuring consistent brand application across a complex international organization.

Working closely with colleagues across corporate communications and other business functions, you will help enable stakeholders to create high-quality, brand-compliant communications through effective tools, systems, and guidance.

Main Responsibilities

• Create high-quality visual assets for digital and print channels, including presentations, infographics, campaigns, and corporate communications materials.
• Manage and evolve the AO brand guidelines and brand portal.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve brand guidelines, templates, design systems, and supporting tools that enable consistent and scalable application of the AO brand across the organization.
• Ensure visual consistency and quality across all brand touchpoints.
• Support the management and governance of design assets within the Digital Asset Management platform.
• Monitor brand portal and digital asset performance, usage, and adoption, using available reporting and insights to improve asset quality, findability, and stakeholder experience.
• Collaborate closely with corporate communications and business stakeholders to translate complex ideas into engaging visual solutions.
• Advise and enable colleagues through design guidance, templates, and brand education.
• Leverage AI-powered design tools and automation to improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.

Main Requirements

• Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Brand Design, or a related field.
• Several years of professional experience in graphic design, brand design, or visual communication.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across digital and print media.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Understanding of brand ecosystems and how brand guidelines, design systems, templates, digital assets, and brand portals work together to support consistent brand application.
• Experience creating, maintaining and applying brand guidelines across multiple channels and platforms.
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, color, and visual storytelling.
• Demonstrable interest in AI-powered creative tools, automation, and modern design workflows.
• Experience with Digital Asset Management systems or brand portals is an advantage. Familiarity with platforms such as Bynder is beneficial but not required.
• Experience using digital asset, brand portal, or content performance data to identify opportunities for optimization, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Fluent English; German is an advantage.
• Office presence: 1x a week in the AO Davos HQ

We offer

• An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative organization
• The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team
• Modern infrastructure
• High degree of flexibility regarding working hours and location (depending on operational requirements)
• Generous package of social benefits, including supplementary vacation days and pension scheme contributions
• Internal skills training opportunities and support for continued education