(Senior) Brand Designer (f/m/d)

Intro

MONDRIAN:LABS operates two distinct beauty brands: SHYNE and Pomélo+Co.. Each with a loyal D2C customer base and growing B2B partnerships across Europe, including DM, Rossmann, Boots, and Bipa. Our Brand & Creative team sits at the center of that growth. Shaping how each brand looks, feels, and shows up across every touchpoint, from social and CRM to packaging and offline activations. We move fast, care deeply about craft. If you believe design is strategy made visible, you'll feel at home here.

Your mission

Creative Direction & Brand Building

• Contribute to creative direction for seasonal campaigns, product launches, and brand moments across Pomélo+Co and SHYNE.
• Translate brand strategy and campaign objectives into compelling visual concepts, moodboards, and creative territories.
• Help build and develop graphic systems: typography, color palettes, layout principles, and graphic devices.
• Participate in the creative exploration phase of projects: research references, generate options, and help shape recommendations presented to the Head of Brand and Team Lead Design.
• Learn to articulate the reasoning behind creative choices, connecting design decisions to brand positioning and audience.

Design Systems & Execution

• Design within and contribute to scalable design systems applied across all brand touchpoints: social, CRM, e-commerce, retail, packaging, and offline activations.
• Create and adapt templates and components in Figma for team-wide use.
• Ensure design consistency across campaigns and channels, following established brand guidelines.
• Work alongside the team to ensure brand systems translate effectively into performance assets, CRM layouts, and digital experiences.

Campaign Development & Ownership

• Own the creative output for designated campaigns from concept to final delivery, with guidance and support from the Design Lead.
• Design hero assets, key visuals, and campaign toolkits under creative direction.
• Support junior team members by sharing knowledge and offering constructive input.
• Review own work for creative quality, brand consistency, and system adherence before it reaches the Team Lead Design for review.

Print, Packaging & Offline Brand Activation

• Support the maintenance and update of product packaging artwork across brands, following established guidelines and templates.
• Contribute to the concept and design of offline brand activations: retail displays, pop-up spaces, influencer events, OOH campaigns, and other physical brand moments.
• Execute print-ready designs from concept through to final artwork, ensuring quality and brand consistency at every stage.
• Manage adaptation of existing artwork for new product variants, markets, or regulatory updates.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with the Team Lead Design and Head of Brand to align on creative direction.
• Collaborate with social media, CRM, and performance marketing teams to understand channel needs while maintaining creative quality.
• Partner with supply chain, product development, and retail teams on packaging and print-related projects.
• Contribute to a collaborative design culture, sharing references, insights, and inspiration with the wider brand team.

Your profile

Experience & Expertise

• 3-5+ years of experience as a brand designer, graphic designer, or visual designer, in an in‑house brand team, creative agency, or studio environment.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand design, campaign development, and visual identity work, ideally for beauty, fashion, or lifestyle brands.
• Solid ability to work within visual systems: typography, color, layout, and graphic language.
• Experience contributing to the creative process: gathering references, generating options, and helping shape recommendations.
• Experience designing for multiple channels (social, CRM, e‑commerce) while maintaining brand consistency.

Technical Skills

• Strong Figma skills: components, auto‑layout, design system documentation, prototyping.
• Excellent skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Motion design skills (After Effects, Premiere Pro or similar) for social and campaign content.
• Experience with generative AI tools for creative exploration (Higgsfield, Nano Banana Pro, or similar) is a strong plus.

Mindset & Soft Skills

• A strong creative eye with a passion for beauty, fashion, and lifestyle aesthetics.
• Willingness to learn to filter, prioritize, and make clear creative recommendations.
• Comfortable receiving and implementing feedback from the Design Lead and Head of Brand.
• Proactive, organized, and able to manage projects with appropriate guidance.
• Collaborative and open to direction, with the ability to adapt while maintaining creative quality.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with multiple brands and campaigns.

Language

• English (at least C1) required.
• German, French, or Italian is a plus.

Sounds like you?

Please include a portfolio or website that clearly demonstrates your strength in brand design, creative campaign development, and visual identity work. We are especially interested in seeing visual systems, campaign toolkits, and work that shows how you translate a brand idea into a consistent, distinctive visual world across multiple channels. Please note: applications without a portfolio cannot be considered. This is not a remote position, so we will only consider applicants who can directly come on-site from Tuesday to Thursday to our Berlin office.

What we offer you

• Exciting environment: A captivating start‑up atmosphere that promotes a culture of support, collaboration, and individual empowerment.
• A strong foundation: Become part of our competent and collegial Brand & Creative team.
• Get actively involved: Play an active role in shaping the creative direction of two established brands and a new launch.
• Flexible work-life balance: Benefit from our hybrid working model with up to two work-from-home days per week (Mondays & Fridays)
• Additional time off: In addition to work-from-anywhere days, we give you December 24 and 31 as additional days off
• Modern working environment: Our modern office near Rosenthaler Platz offers a great view and is dog-friendly
• Stay fit: We support your health and well‑being with an Urban Sports Club membership (M) for all sports enthusiasts – or you can take advantage of the employee discounts and vouchers offered by the Probonio app instead
• Teamwork makes the dream work: Enjoy regular team lunches and team events
• Attractive extras: Receive free company products on an ongoing basis
• Tools for your success: Choose the equipment you work best with – a MacBook or a notebook of your choice
• Of course, we also offer the classics, such as a free fruit basket, snacks, and fresh coffee