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05.05.2025
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Job Description:
JOIN OUR TEAM
The Westwing brand is our most valuable asset. As a pioneering e-commerce company, we have built a strong foundation and now it’s time to elevate our premium positioning and drive greater impact. As Director of Brand Development & Media, you will take this function to the next level, shaping strategy, increasing effectiveness, driving efficiency, and ensuring a powerful and consistent brand presence across all touchpoints. Reporting directly to the CMO, you will lead a team of five senior professionals and collaborate closely with key stakeholders. This position is unlimited and located in Munich.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead and define Westwing’s brand strategy, ensuring a strong, coherent brand identity across all touchpoints.
- Develop and execute impactful brand awareness campaigns, enhancing brand perception and engagement.
- Identify key opportunities to strengthen brand value and increase brand talkability.
- Build a robust Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) function to provide strategic direction and fuel brand growth.
- Develop a new media strategy and implement an effective media plan across all markets.
- Create and refine brand guidelines, ensuring consistency across all communication channels.
- Establish a compelling roadmap for brand partnerships and sponsorships, reinforcing Westwing’s premium positioning.
- Ensure the continuous evolution of our brand and marketing approach in response to changing market conditions and consumer needs.
- Foster a culture of creativity while maintaining strategic discipline, operational excellence, and high performance.
YOU COME WITH
- 10+ years of experience in strategic and operational brand management, brand architecture, narrative development, and communication strategy for leading consumer brands.
- Proven leadership experience, successfully managing and inspiring senior-level teams with a passionate, empathetic, and hands-on leadership style.
- Strong expertise in strategic planning, negotiation, and execution of media plans.
- Experience in digital units or e-commerce is a strong advantage.
- An entrepreneurial and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to think strategically while also being hands-on.
- A visionary and proactive approach, with a strong ability to integrate new technologies, drive innovation, and effectively prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep enthusiasm for premium brands, particularly in design, fashion, beauty, and interiors.
- Fluency in English (German would be a plus) paired with excellent communication skills.
WHY WESTWING
Aside from our awesome team and shared purpose, we offer a variety of additional benefits. Come work with us and get:
- An inspiring, international, informal, and nonpolitical environment for you to take ownership and grow your career.
- A unique culture based on trust, support, and collaboration, where we foster open communication with our biweekly Company All-Hands, feedback channels like Officevibe, and regular Q&A sessions.
- Flexible working mode: roughly 60% remote, 40% in-office working policy.
- Up to 4 weeks of temporary work-from-anywhere per year.
- 30 days of paid vacation per year.
- A beautiful, centrally located, and dog-friendly office with free beverages, cafeteria with different lunch options, open spaces, and a sunny terrace.
- 40% off Westwing Collection in our shop, 25% off all third-party brands, 10% family & friends vouchers, Westwing Vouchers for special occasions.
- Regular company and team events like Movie Nights, Oktoberfest, Summer Parties, and more.
- Health and wellbeing offerings including sports memberships, mental health support, coaching, vaccinations, skin checkups, and more.
- Discounted green mobility options with public transport or JobRad.
- Company daycare “Westwing Wichtel” next to our HQ and cooperation with Elly & Stoffl, a multilingual daycare with several locations in Munich.
- Subsidized company pension scheme.
- “Social Impact Day” to do good for the environment and society.