Creative Director Art (m/f/d)

Who we are

Mawave – Europe’s leader in social media outcomes – translates consumer brands into social media. As the social-lead agency behind brands like E.ON, Jack Wolfskin, and ATU, Mawave manages nearly €200 million in ad spend, the largest social media budget of any independent agency in Europe.

The secret to the success of our 170+ social natives lies in their deep understanding of social media and their innovative use of it beyond traditional formulas: through the full re-integration of media, creative, and production craft. Through agile “always-on” approaches instead of classic campaign thinking. Through data-driven optimization instead of hoping for virality – consistently managed and measured against client-relevant business goals along the marketing funnel.‍

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Your Responsibilities

• Visual Leadership & Art Direction: You are responsible for the visual guiding principle for clients, campaigns, and always-on setups, developing a consistent visual language across all channels (look & feel, imagery, motion, design systems).‍
• Visual Strategy Translation: You translate strategic inputs into powerful visual concepts, style frames, mood boards, and format designs, ensuring all assets are brand-compliant, platform-appropriate, and performance-optimized.‍
• Production, Quality & Execution: You manage visual execution across all disciplines (design, photo, video, animation, creator production), conduct creative reviews, and ensure consistently high visual quality.‍
• Pitch & Client: You lead the visual direction in pitches, present art directions, looks, and style worlds to decision-makers, and act as a sparring partner for clients on visual matters.‍
• Team & Quality: You advance the visual excellence of the creative team, provide professional coaching to designers and video creators, and elevate the creative standard of the entire Mawave creative team to the next level.‍
• Business & Impact: You work closely with heads and project managers on economic management and are responsible for visual creative excellence as a driver of performance and revenue.

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Your profile

• You have 7+ years of professional experience in a design, visual, art, or creative environment within a social media agency
• You bring several years of experience in developing art directions, visual guiding principles, and campaign looks
• Very strong skills in visual storytelling, design systems, imagery, typography, color, and motion
• You already possess leadership experience (functional or disciplinary)
• Very good understanding of how visual design influences performance (hook rates, watch time, CTR, etc.)
• You are familiar with the relevant economic KPIs in day-to-day agency life and understand how they correlate
• High level of confidence in presentations in both German and English
• Structured, independent way of working with a very high standard of quality

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Your benefits

• Great team spirit & a collaborative atmosphere with flat hierarchies
• Lots of fun combined with high professionalism & exciting projects
• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home
• 30 days of vacation per year
• Workation & Sabbatical: Design your workday flexibly and uniquely with up to 3 months of workation, or consciously recharge your batteries with a sabbatical of up to two months
• Benefit-in-kind or EGYM Wellpass: Shop for your summer outfit or take advantage of over 8,000 sports and wellness offers – on top of your salary
• Tax-free meal allowance: In addition to drinks & snacks, you receive a full €7.50 meal allowance per day
• Mobility allowance: Use public transport and get €32 back per month
• Several team events & after-work events throughout the year, such as barbecues on the rooftop terrace
• Modern, bright office in Munich with a view over the city and great public transport connections
• Your own MacBook for work

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Apply now!

We look forward to receiving your application! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our recruiting team at jobs@mawave.de.

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About us

Mawave Marketing is defined by the agency's ability to react quickly to trends and the team's deep understanding of social media communities. We always strive to work transparently so that every team member can learn from their colleagues' experiences. Beyond that, it is incredibly important to us to create an open and trusting atmosphere so that all employees feel at home with us immediately. This is also reflected in our core values:

• Together We Thrive
• Stay unconventional
• Be bold
• Take responsibility
• Strive for excellence

The Mawave team is a strong community, not just during the workday, but also in our private lives. To create special experiences for the team, we organize regular events: barbecues on our rooftop terrace, ski trips, retreats in the Bavarian mountains, a monthly chef who cooks delicious meals for us all, and much more. Come ride the wave with us!

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