Head of Creative (Brand and Design Team)

Head of Creative (Brand and Design Team)

• Full-time
• Time Type: Full time

Where your expertise is needed

AUTODOC is the largest and fastest growing auto parts ecommerce platform in Europe. Present across 27 countries with around 6,000 employees, AUTODOC generated revenue of over €1.8 billion in 2025, supplying more than 9.3 million active customers with its millions of vehicle parts and accessories for car, truck, and motorcycle brands. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels a strong sense of impact, purpose, and belonging—whether they are working in our offices, warehouses, or remotely. With our headquarters in Berlin, and several offices across Europe, we are driving towards our vision with a clear focus on leveraging technology to build a sustainable future for mobility. Join us as we accelerate towards becoming the leading tech ecosystem in the automotive world. Catch the ride with AUTODOC!

About the role

AUTODOC is scaling fast, and creative vision and leadership are two of the biggest levers we have to do it well. We're hiring a Head of Creative to set the creative direction for our brand and lead the design team that brings it to life — across content, campaigns and the wider company.

In this role, you'll hold true creative ownership: translating business and brand strategy into concepts and campaigns that hold together across every market and channel, managing and developing a team of designers, and building the operating model that lets high-quality creative scale without depending on any one person.

What you'll own

Creative and design vision. Set the creative direction for AUTODOC's brand and communications, translating business and brand strategy into concepts, campaigns, and ideas that hold together across every market and channel.

The team and the craft. Directly manage and grow a team of graphic, brand, and motion designers — setting workload, running regular critique, and developing their skills. You'll be hands-on enough to give sharp, specific design feedback in tools like Figma or Adobe Creative Suite, not just at the concept level.

Quality at scale & operations. Build the design system, brand guidelines, and creative operating model — including briefing frameworks, prioritization processes, resource allocation, and review workflows — that let the team move fast and stay excellent across a high-volume, multi-market output.

Business partnership. Work directly with Promotions, CRM, Private Brand, Internal Comms, Performance Marketing, and Product to make sure creative resourcing and prioritization reflect what the business actually needs, while representing the creative point of view to senior stakeholders with real credibility.

Modern creative practice. Champion the use of AI and emerging design tools (such as Figma Make, Adobe Firefly, or similar) across the creative workflow — pushing speed and experimentation where it counts, while knowing where craft and human judgment stay non-negotiable.

What you bring

• A design background: you've worked as a designer or art director earlier in your career, and can credibly review and direct design work, not only brand strategy or concepts.
• Proven people management experience: you've directly managed and developed a team of designers, with real responsibility for their output, growth, and workload — not just worked alongside one.
• A clear point of view: ability to present a creative position, defend it, and know when to adapt it based on business needs.
• Proven range across identity and brand systems, campaign concepts, performance and CRM creative, and motion design.
• Strong operational competence in structuring creative workflows, managing prioritization, and scaling high-volume output across complex organizations.
• Skilled at giving and receiving direct creative feedback, with experience managing a mix of resources — internal teams, freelancers, and external vendors — to keep output consistent and on brief.
• Working fluency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and AI-assisted design tools (Figma Make, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Google’s suite or similar).
• Direct experience in DE, FR, or UK markets, with the judgment to adapt campaign strategies to markets you know less well.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders, including the ability to defend creative decisions under commercial pressure.
• Professional working proficiency in English (verbal and written).

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries based on your professional experience
• Fast growing international company with stable employment
• Annual vacation of 30 days and 1 additional day off on your birthday
• Mental Wellbeing Program – providing you and your immediate family members with free and confidential mental and physical health support services for a wide range of personal and work-related issues.
• AUTODOC Corporate Discount to order parts for their own use at special discounted rates
• Retail discounts of up to 75% on travel, technology, fashion and much more
• Opportunities for advancement, further trainings (over 650 courses on soft and hard skills on our e-learning platform) and coaching
• Free English and German language classes
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work

This job was posted on , and is considering applications up to 6 weeks from this date.

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