Brand Designer

🍇 About grape: 

Our entrepreneurial spirit drives us in what we do and what we are passionate about. Our mission is to become the premier health partner in the insurance business. Recognising the need for innovation in the traditional employee insurance model we are set to revolutionize the employee insurance industry. We help companies support people before and after they get sick and to make more of their time. Our insurance solutions reduce monotonous and manual work for employees, doctors, HR & payroll managers. As we strive to lead a technology-driven transformation, we put employees first.

At grape we pride ourselves on our people and our culture. We continue to grow fast and that’s where you come in. Our team is dynamic, diverse and full of creative ideas. Want to join? We can’t wait to get to know you!

Your role:

Hi there. Janine here. I know, this is unconventional… I'm deviating from the regular job description script. Why? Because this role is different. The starting point for this role is different. And we want to communicate that clearly.

If you browse our website and think, "amazing opportunity for a rebrand", we are not for you. Because here's the truth: what you just saw isn't a draft. It's not a v1. It's the result of a year spent getting the fundamentals right and building a visual foundation we believe in for the long term. What you saw is the floor, not the ceiling. It's the minimum bar for anything we ship from here on out. No rebrand. No reset. Just continuous improvement.

We're now at the point where we're looking to build up in-house design, and we need someone who can put the brand before personal signature, buy into what you just saw, execute on it with the same care it was built with, and then, over the years, shape its trajectory and help develop it further.

Who are you designing for, you ask? Three very different audiences: HR, the CFO, and, most importantly, the insured person. Not the easiest of brief, since most of the industry still talks to people like they're a policy number, especially at their hardest moments. We want to change that. This is why your work matters so much. At every touchpoint. You're not just making things look good. You're deciding what it feels like to face this system on a day when someone has less capacity than usual to deal with it.

That's the job: breathe life into our brand with your design skills and branding expertise, ensuring we deliver high-quality design solutions that connect with our audiences, feel distinctively human, and feel distinctively us. 

The team, you ask?
At this stage of growth, most of us are generalists wearing many different hats each day. Outside of work, you might find us boating on the lake, snowboarding in Arosa, hiking in Appenzell, playing dress-up with our kids, or looking out the window in a classroom in Bern. A bunch of wonderful human beings, skilled in many different things in life. Each one is equally important in building this brand step by step, day by day.

P.S. No AI in the application process for this role! We look at every portfolio and read every cover letter. So, you are not wasting your time telling us why you want to join :)

Please add a link to your portfolio or attach it when applying.

What you’ll do:

Shape the brand story going forward.

Execute on our new visual identity and help sharpen our brand guidelines.

Lead design projects from concept through delivery.

Bring your creative expertise and know-how to campaign planning just as much as to execution.

Design and create digital and physical collateral for brand and marketing initiatives. 

Review design work from external partners to ensure high quality and brand consistency.

What you’ll need:

You bring +6 years of experience, either from a branding/ creative agency or working within an in-house team.

You have a proven track record of building brands, are able to adapt your designs to the respective brand, and are proficient at reviewing design materials to ensure cohesive execution.

You are equally skilled in creative direction and creative execution, taking ownership and occasionally working with freelancers to speed up the process.

Your strong aesthetic sensibility and passion for branding allow you to interpret the brand and deliver a unified narrative through your work.

You excel at managing a variety of design projects simultaneously, collaborating effectively with both internal teams and external stakeholders.

You are highly skilled in Figma and equally adept with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. After Effects is a plus.

Creating animated digital assets that are versatile and impactful is second nature to you.

You have an eye for detail, precision, and exceptional typography skills.

While you thrive working independently, you also enjoy partnering with diverse teams to bring projects and campaigns to life.

As a collaborator, you challenge others constructively while pushing your own creative boundaries.

You are fluent in English, both written and spoken, with German being a plus.

What you will learn:

Refine expertise in brand storytelling by working on diverse design projects that bring the grape brand’s vision to life across various platforms.

Expand skills in cross-functional collaboration through hands-on involvement with internal teams, external freelancers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of creative initiatives.

Deepen proficiency in creating scalable design systems that support cohesive branding and elevate the user experience across digital and physical touchpoints.

Gain exposure to strategic branding challenges by contributing to high-impact projects and learning how to adapt designs to evolving business needs and audience expectations.

🤝 What we offer in return:

🌱 Empowering workplace: Join a passionate team and an empowering workplace where you are given the ownership, tools, and support to make decisions and take initiative. Together we grow and build innovative solutions.

💻  Hybrid setup: Enjoy the flexibility of our hybrid work schedule, with the freedom to work remotely or from our office in Zurich. On Thursdays, our team day, we meet together in our Zurich office.

🪑 Home office stipend: To enable our hybrid setup, we allocate a one-off CHF 200.- home office budget to help you set up your dream workspace in the comfort of your own home.

🌐 Internet allowance: We give you a monthly internet allowance to help cover your internet costs at home and enable you to work seamlessly from your home office.

⏳ Flexible working time: You can distribute your working hours the way you want to.

🧠 Learning budget: We support you in improving your skills, acquiring new knowledge and advancing your career. We also allocate a CHF 1'500.- budget annually

❤️‍🩹  Well-being: Work-life balance is important to us and we foster a supportive work environment. We support you with mental health sessions with our partner Aepsy.

🎫  Team events: Every month we gather for fun and engaging events where we can connect and bond with our colleagues and our teams.

✈️  Team retreats: Once a year we travel somewhere nice to bond with our colleagues.

🚂  Travel and commute: We will cover your SBB half fare card, so we can spend some time together in the office.

🌴 Paid vacation: You get 5 weeks (25 days) of paid vacation every year and 2 additional days of paid vacation to compensate for canton-related holidays, religious holidays, birthdays, etc. The total amount of paid vacation days per year is 27 days.

🧖‍♀️ Wellness budget: Health and well-being looks different for everyone. You can optimize your wellness budget to best fit your needs.

👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Parental and adoptive leave: We offer additional time off to support employees who are balancing family and work time in the most crucial stages of family life.

✈️ Digital nomad: For every 3 years of employment, you can work for an extended period of time from anywhere in the world (location subject to review).

🏁 Our recruitment process

We place particular emphasis on four areas when making our selection decision: professional and technical skills, mindset & values. We evaluate these through the following steps:

Step 1 - Your motivation

To get to know you better, we invite you to a 30-minute motivational interview with our Talent Acquisition Team.

Step 2 - Role fit

In the first interview, we assess how well your qualifications and skills align with the role requirements. This discussion will take place with your Hiring Manager.

Step 3 - Case study

For roles with higher technical demands, we will invite you to complete a case study or technical assessment. This allows us to better evaluate your specific skills and problem-solving abilities.

Step 4 - Our culture connect

Throughout the interview process, you'll gain insight into our company culture, and we'll explore how your values and mindset align with our ways of working. The final interview will offer a deeper look into this connection, along with broader discussions about the role and our vision.

Our diverse experiences, perspectives, and voices make us the company we are, and we would love to learn more about you!

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Health is our foundation. Innovation drives our mission. Together, we’re building the future of employee insurance.

At grape, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the foundation of how we work, live, and succeed. From bold brainstorms and lessons learned, we overcome challenges side by side. Our time together is our greatest asset. Disrupting an industry that truly needs change takes courage, creativity, and team spirit and that’s exactly what defines us.

With well-being at the core, we foster an environment where ideas and people thrive. Your growth matters as much as our mission. Whether it’s supporting your self-care, developing new solutions, or redefining how health and insurance connect, we grow together.

Our values guide us every step of the way: keeping Health at Heart, Inventing Together, and always striving to Embrace Clarity.

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