Senior Visual Designer - Shanghai

Permanent employee, Full-time · Shanghai

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Your mission
  • establish creative direction and visual identity system for internal and external projects.
  • develop brand that stands out from the competition and resonates with target audience.
  • lead visual design strategy, positioning, data visualization and typefaces for advertising and communication. 
  • turn purpose and strategy into aspirational stories through visuals, writing, and other media.
  • collaborate with designers with different backgrounds such as design strategists, industrial designers, and design researchers to develop a holistic design for our clients.
  • support the team with guidance for visual expression.
  • build narratives and presentations that wow clients.  
Your profile
  • 5+ years of industry work experience as a visual designer or similar title, preferably in an international design-agency or prominent in-house design setting
  • in-depth knowledge of graphic and UI design principles.
  • solid understanding of leveraging visual mindset and your excellent craft skills to express brand and product identity.
  • keen sense for details and outstanding visual design skills, using Adobe CC, Figma or Sketch, or other visual- and interaction-design tools. 
  • natural presence, healthy ambition and high emotional intelligence. 
  • convincing critical thinking, outstanding creativity and excellent presentation skills
  • experience and passion on photography would be a plus. 
  • excellent verbal and written communication skills in Chinese and English.
Why us?
  • fun and passionate team that places high importance not only on professional skills, but also on great personalities
  • onboarding program which will prepare you well for your new role and introduction to your new team
  • modern office, flexible work-times and benefits to support a healthy lifestyle, e.g. min. 24 paid vacation days, fitness allowance, home office support
  • opportunity to receive on- and off-the-job training, as well as travel to events, trade-shows, conferences, and exhibitions
  • opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects with designers, researchers, strategists, technologists and model-makers
  • regular team-events, both planned and spontaneous: from team-lunches, annual field-trips and X-mas parties, to ad-hoc Karaoke, or the Oktoberfest
About us

PHOENIX is a product innovation studio that turns brands into winners of tomorrow’s wellbeing mega-economy. As an independent, award-winning studio, PHOENIX makes the foggy future visible to its partners, accompanying them from idea to market success. Today, the team of around 70 international design experts reinvent the future of wellbeing in Stuttgart and Shanghai and thus stand for excellent design - as confirmed by over 900 design awards. Since 1987 we have been driven by Logik, Moral und Magie - our design philosophy which sums up our notion of design excellence: lucid solutions with love for humanity and that special something.

Ihre Aufgaben
  • establish creative direction and visual identity system for internal and external projects.
  • develop brand that stands out from the competition and resonates with target audience.
  • lead visual design strategy, positioning, data visualization and typefaces for advertising and communication. 
  • turn purpose and strategy into aspirational stories through visuals, writing, and other media.
  • collaborate with designers with different backgrounds such as design strategists, industrial designers, and design researchers to develop a holistic design for our clients.
  • support the team with guidance for visual expression.
  • build narratives and presentations that wow clients.  
Ihr Profil
  • 5+ years of industry work experience as a visual designer or similar title, preferably in an international design-agency or prominent in-house design setting
  • in-depth knowledge of graphic and UI design principles.
  • solid understanding of leveraging visual mindset and your excellent craft skills to express brand and product identity.
  • keen sense for details and outstanding visual design skills, using Adobe CC, Figma or Sketch, or other visual- and interaction-design tools. 
  • natural presence, healthy ambition and high emotional intelligence. 
  • convincing critical thinking, outstanding creativity and excellent presentation skills
  • experience and passion on photography would be a plus. 
  • excellent verbal and written communication skills in Chinese and English.
Warum wir?
  • fun and passionate team that places high importance not only on professional skills, but also on great personalities
  • onboarding program which will prepare you well for your new role and introduction to your new team
  • modern office, flexible work-times and benefits to support a healthy lifestyle, e.g. min. 24 paid vacation days, fitness allowance, home office support
  • opportunity to receive on- and off-the-job training, as well as travel to events, trade-shows, conferences, and exhibitions
  • opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects with designers, researchers, strategists, technologists and model-makers
  • regular team-events, both planned and spontaneous: from team-lunches, annual field-trips and X-mas parties, to ad-hoc Karaoke, or the Oktoberfest
Über uns
PHOENIX ist ein Design- und Innovationsstudio, das Erlebnisse schafft, die Menschen berühren – heute für morgen und immer getrieben von Logik, Moral und Magie. Als unabhängiges, vielfach preisgekröntes Design- und Innovationsstudio macht PHOENIX die oft so neblige Zukunft für seine Partner sicht- und greifbar, und begleitet sie von der Idee bis zum Markterfolg. Heute erfindet das Team von rund 70 internationalen Designexperten in Stuttgart und Shanghai die Zukunft von Wellbeing neu und steht damit für exzellentes Design - bestätigt durch über 900 Designpreise.
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