What you can expect
As Junior Graphic Designer (f/m/d) at Kess Berlin, you will design and adapt visual assets across digital and physical touchpoints, including Social Media, Performance Marketing, CRM, E-commerce, Retail, PR, Print and Packaging.
You will work within established campaign concepts and design systems, ensuring that assets are visually strong, on-brand and technically accurate. At the same time, you will contribute ideas and work closely with the Senior Graphic Designer and wider design team to create exciting and impactful graphics that support campaign, communication and business objectives.
You will be comfortable developing and presenting design ideas and options to different stakeholders, including the Senior Graphic Designer, Art Direction, Head of Marketing and Head of Product, and explaining the thinking behind your work with clarity and confidence.
Your responsibilities include:
- Design and adapt assets for Social Media, Performance Marketing, CRM, E-commerce, PR, Retail and other marketing touchpoints, creating the required sizes, formats, language versions and variations while maintaining campaign coherence.
- Contribute visual references, ideas and design solutions in collaboration with the Senior Graphic Designer, Art Direction and the wider design team, and present options confidently to relevant stakeholders.
- Understand the communication and business objective behind each brief and translate it into clear, engaging and effective graphic assets.
- Create production-ready files for product packaging, seeding boxes, retail materials, PR materials and other physical brand touchpoints, including packaging adaptations within agreed design systems and technical specifications.
- Carefully check copy, colours, dimensions, image quality, bleed and export specifications across digital and print deliverables.
- Revise assets based on consolidated feedback from Art Direction, the Senior Graphic Designer and relevant marketing or product stakeholders.
- Maintain clear file structures, naming conventions, versions, templates and archive systems.
- Proactively flag missing information, unclear requirements or potential timing conflicts so that projects can be resolved and delivered efficiently.
What we expect from you
Must-haves
- 1-3 years of professional experience in graphic design or a strong and relevant portfolio, supported by a degree, vocational qualification or comparable training in graphic design or visual communication.
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, plus practical experience with Figma and Canva or the ability to learn collaborative, template-based workflows quickly.
- Strong foundations in typography, layout, colour, image selection and visual hierarchy.
- The ability to work within established campaign concepts and design systems while contributing relevant creative ideas.
- Experience creating accurate digital and print assets, including production-ready artwork for packaging, retail or other physical materials.
- Confidence presenting design ideas and options to different stakeholders and explaining creative decisions clearly.
- Strong organisation across files, formats, versions and deadlines, with close attention to detail and the ability to implement feedback effectively.
- An interest in beauty, fashion, design, Social Media and contemporary visual culture.
- Fluent English and German are required.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working for a beauty, fashion, lifestyle or e-commerce brand.
- Experience with packaging design, retail assets, seeding boxes or POS materials.
- Knowledge of motion design, animation or short-form video editing.
- Experience with After Effects, Premiere Pro or comparable tools.
- Knowledge of photography, image editing or retouching.
- Experience with scalable templates, Figma components or AI-supported design tools.
Please send us your portfolio in addition to your complete application documents.
Benefits
- Discount on our products
- Discount on tickets purchased through Eventim
- EU remote work options
- Corporate benefits and Benefits.me platform
- Public transport subsidy or bike leasing
- GoFluent language platform
- Regular team events, summer and winter parties