In short

We’re looking for a confident and highly creative leader to join the Graphic Design team at On. As a Lead, you’ll have exceptional design skills and bring a deep design thinking mindset. You’ll guide other team members, provide regular open feedback and be a strong team player. As a designer, you’ll love fine details, have impeccable typographic standards and seek consistent, high quality and cohesive applications of our brand. Long term thinking comes naturally to you and you proactively plan ahead. You’ll be plugged into all things design, culture and understand the relevance and importance of all generations. Reporting to the Head of Graphic Design, this is a fast paced, highly collaborative and creative role, integral to how we should up as an holistic global brand.

Your Mission

  • Create a powerful, dynamic partnership with wider stakeholders and peers both in the marketing team and other functions across the organization.
  • Able to take direct reports, mentor team members and inspire
  • Lead by example, contributing to and driving our company culture to help build a creative, trusting, empowered team
  • Encourage continuous learning and exploration of new design principles and ways of working
  • A problem solver who relishes that aspect of work, it’s challenges, the opportunities and the rewards it brings
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  • Man and woman sat at desks talking
  • Open planned office with men and women sat on a a large curved sofa
  • Group of runners talking outside the office
  • A team of people sat on the steps with a view of mountains outside the office.
  • Two women smiling at each other in a meeting room with large curved windows
  • A group of people sat around a table looking at large design papers
  • 3 men sat around with laptops smiling at each other
  • a large group of runners holding an On flag smiling at the camera
  • Man and woman sat at desks talking
  • Open planned office with men and women sat on a a large curved sofa
  • Group of runners talking outside the office
  • A team of people sat on the steps with a view of mountains outside the office.
  • Two women smiling at each other in a meeting room with large curved windows
  • A group of people sat around a table looking at large design papers
  • 3 men sat around with laptops smiling at each other
  • a large group of runners holding an On flag smiling at the camera

Your story

  • 6 years minimum working at a Global Brand or Creative Agency. Min. 2+ years experience working as a design team lead / director, designing and managing creatives and relished the opportunity to do both.
  • A portfolio bursting with innovative, memorable branding and design work for global brands
  • You’ll have a brilliant understanding of how to use design to achieve consist, cohesive work
  • Great understanding of print production and methods, and good knowledge of animation and motion within design.
  • Confident pitching, presenting and selling in ideas
  • Comfortable giving and receiving feedback; you see the feedback process as a creative challenge not a roadblock
  • A true team player - keen to collaborate with stakeholders to get the best end result
  • Strong portfolio showcasing branding, digital and print and motion graphics
  • Excel in a fast-paced environment where multitasking is the norm
  • Tenacious, proactive and positive in building cross-functional relationships and processes
  • Fluent English speaker and writer
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About the Team

The focus of this team and the role is to define, develop and cement a brand identity that is innovative, experimental and unique to On. The work covers all formats; digital to physical - internal to external - product to packaging. There’s no project too big or small. You’ll work closely with your peers in the Graphic Design team, Copywriters and Art Directors, plus a company-wide team of stakeholders from the product, strategy, talent and communications teams to bring your work and theirs to life.

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Explorer

Explorer

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Creativity at On starts with our Explorer Spirit, so in Marketing, we celebrate curiosity, vision and tenacity. Hey, we like to push the envelope.

Learn about our Spirits
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Peter

Global Marketing Lead, Zürich

We need people outside of the box from the beginning. And that's why I think marketing is a great place if you just feel creative… so you can really bring in those ideas and then drive the whole content forward that we're creating.
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What we offer

On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.

On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.

Build the better you

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.