Associate Creative Director (m/f/x) – Design München experienced →

Avantgarde; München; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AVANTGARDE is seeking an Associate Creative Director (m/f/x) – Design to lead visual storytelling across brand spaces. This role requires turning brand identities into cohesive visual worlds that span physical spaces, installations, retail concepts, and digital touchpoints.

The successful candidate will translate complex brand strategies into exceptional visual systems, lead a multidisciplinary team, and elevate the studio’s creative output to the highest level.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in creative leadership.
• Exceptional visual craftsmanship in graphic design, typography and branding systems.
• Ability to translate brand identities into physical spaces, installations, retail concepts and digital touchpoints.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee visual concept and design quality for international brands.
• Translate brand strategies into visual systems for physical and three-dimensional contexts.
• Lead and mentor an interdisciplinary design team and elevate creative quality.

Skills

Visual Design

Typography

Branding

Spatial thinking

Job description

Associate Creative Director (m/f/x) – Design

Department Design

Level experienced

Experience 7-10 years

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."

Join our team!

Excellent design is the foundation of unforgettable brand experiences. We’re not looking for a jack-of-all-trades, but rather an exceptional visual talent: an Associate Creative Director (ACD) of Design who combines outstanding visual craftsmanship (graphic design, typography, branding systems) with strong spatial thinking. You’re a top designer at heart, but you think far beyond the two-dimensional plane. You translate brand identities into consistent visual worlds that can be seamlessly translated into physical spaces, temporary installations, retail concepts, and digital touchpoints.

Presence & Flexibility (On-Site in Munich):

Working from home and remote work are part of our everyday routine, and we’re extremely flexible in this regard. However, since this is a central leadership role, we’re looking for someone to join our office in Munich. As a creative lead, we expect you to be physically present on-site on a regular basis to stay close to the team, directly support co-creation processes, and actively shape the creative culture in the studio. As an experienced lead, you know how to not only bring your creative vision to life on paper yourself, but also how to lead and inspire an interdisciplinary design team and elevate the visual quality of our projects to the very highest level.

At Avantgarde, you’ll work at the intersection of brand, space, technology, and strategy—together with specialists from the fields of Strategy & Concept, GraphicDesign, 3D/Architektur, Digital and Production

Your Tasks

• Visual Direction & Excellence: You define and are responsible for the visual concept and design quality for international brands—from the initial pitch layout to the final implementation in the physical space.
• The Intersection of Graphic Design and Space: You translate complex brand strategies into outstanding visual systems that function perfectly in physical and three-dimensional contexts (scenography, retail, brand spaces).
• Team Leadership & Mentoring: You lead, inspire, and develop a team of