Brand Design Lead (Biotech)

TL;DR

Brand Design Lead (Biotech/AI): Owning and evolving hirify.global's visual identity, setting creative direction, and building a high-performing design function with an accent on unifying brand guidelines, creative leadership, and building design infrastructure. Focus on hands-on critical projects, cross-functional art direction, and external partner management, especially in translating complex scientific and technical topics into captivating visuals.

Location: Hybrid in Amsterdam or Zürich

Company

hirify.global offers a software platform for AI-guided discovery and optimization of proteins, enabling biologists to design proteins faster and at scale.

What you will do

• Own and evolve hirify.global’s brand guidelines, ensuring a cohesive visual identity across all platforms (product, website, marketing).
• Set the creative direction and act as the visual quality bar-setter for major company initiatives and customer-facing materials.
• Establish visual design as a formal function at hirify.global, defining the roadmap and hiring freelance collaborators and agencies.
• Provide cross-functional art direction for engaging scientific and technical storytelling, partnering with Marketing, ML, Product, and Biology teams.
• Oversee the budget and creative direction for external resources, including illustrators, motion designers, and agencies.
• Influence how the brand comes to life physically, from office aesthetics to presentations at global industry events.

Requirements

• World-class portfolio demonstrating experience building and scaling sophisticated brand systems for high-growth tech companies.
• Expert proficiency in modern design tools, including Figma, Creative Suite, and Framer.
• Ability to build scalable visual frameworks and asset libraries through systems thinking.

Nice to have

• Experience in Biotech, Deep Tech, or other relevant sectors.
• Experience with motion design or 3D visualization.
• Passion for scientific communication, especially translating complex ML and Biology topics into captivating visuals.

Culture & Benefits

• Be part of an experienced team of around 75 people with strong funding.
• Receive a competitive salary and a generous equity stake in the company.
• Access a wide range of benefits and career progression opportunities.
• Work in a culture focused on team building and inclusivity, distributed across Zurich and Amsterdam.
• Benefit from a commitment to inclusive hiring, evaluating candidates based on merit regardless of identity.