Job Description

Date:

Jul 31, 2025

Location:

Aarburg, CH

Company:

franke

About Franke

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We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow's demands.





The Franke Coffee Systems division is a leading global provider of state-of-the-art solutions for professional coffee making. Together with our trade partners, we are committed to delivering premium best-in-class in-cup-quality, consistency and beverage variety, as well as ensuring an outstanding customer experience through constant innovation.





Shape the visual future of Franke Coffee Systems - with creativity, strategy, and vision.



Are you ready to lead and inspire? Take charge of our creative direction and elevate our brand identity across all channels. As the head of our Creative Team, which consists of internal employees and external agencies, you'll set new standards for quality, consistency, and impact - globally and with room for your ideas.





This is your moment - seize the opportunity and apply now!

Your responsibilities

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Own and evolve the brand's visual identity (CI/CD) and design principles, ensuring consistency with group-level guidelines while tailoring them to divisional needs. Lead creative direction for major global initiatives including campaigns, product launches, and events. Manage and develop the Creative Team, fostering performance, professional growth, and clear role definition. Translate strategic marketing goals into impactful, channel-appropriate creative concepts and content. Oversee all visual brand assets across print, digital, video, and physical environments, including tools and templates. Act as brand guardian for the division, supporting regional teams with guidance, templates, and feedback to ensure consistent and market-relevant brand application. Collaborate cross-functionally with the Coffee Systems Global Marketing Team (Regional Marketing Managers, Product Marketing, Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing) and our Sales organizations to ensure customer-centric, brand-aligned visual messaging. Ensure operational excellence in creative processes, including budget and timeline management, asset governance (licensing, archiving), and stakeholder coordination.

Your skillset

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7+ years of experience in branding, visual design, or creative direction - either in-house or on the agency side Strong strategic and conceptual thinking, paired with hands-on execution skills Proven track record in developing and managing visual identity systems (CI/CD, brand guidelines) Experience in leading creative teams - both internal and external (agencies, freelancers) Solid background in producing design and content across various formats (e.g. print, digital, video, trade shows) Experience in B2B and/or B2B2C environments, ideally within a multinational context Proficiency in tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, DAM systems, and Figma (or equivalent) Excellent organizational and project management skills Strong communication skills and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset Fluency in English; German or additional languages are a plus

Our offer

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We are an innovative family business in a future-oriented and globally growing market We are a great, internationally positioned marketing team We have flat hierarchies as well as sales, marketing, production and R+D in one location We have a modern work culture with flexible working hours and the possibility of home office We are a member of GAV Swissmem (40-hour week / at least five weeks vacation per year) We offer free parking and direct access to the train station (Aarburg-Oftringen) We offer perfect Coffee4free, our own staff restaurant and much more...

Ready to apply? Make your mark. Join us.

We offer a thorough introduction as well as a variety of tasks with a high degree of independence in an innovative company.





Timo Bantle, HR Manager, is looking forward to the first contact with you. Please apply using the "Apply" button below. Thank you very much.


For more information see: www.franke.com

Important information for all executive search companies, headhunters and HR consultants

The Franke Group does not accept unsolicited support from headhunters and personnel consultants for our career opportunities. Any CV/resume vitae submitted to Franke or its employees by external recruitment agencies without a valid written recruitment agreement related to the position in question shall be deemed the sole property of our company. In the event that a candidate presented by an agency is hired in our company and there is no prior agreement, no fee will be paid.