Creative Director - DACH

The Role

DAZN Creative is DAZN’s in-house creative agency, and we are looking for a multi-disciplined and talented Creative Director to join our DACH creative team. Responsible for shaping and elevating the brand’s creative vision in the market. Working with the department’s global creative management, this role leads on regional creative strategy, ensures global brand consistency while enabling local relevance, and partnering closely with Marketing, Product, Programming editorial and Regional Leadership to deliver best-in-class creative across all channels.

This role is based in Munich.
 

Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!

Department

77-803 - Subscriptions - Creative Services

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

Germany - Munich

Workplace type

Onsite

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Define and drive the creative vision for the DACH region in alignment with global brand guidelines
• Lead, inspire, and mentor a team of designers, editors and copywriter in the market
• Work closely with the global creative department’s management team in both APAC and London to ensure the DACH region is consistent with creative quality and effectiveness
• Oversee the development of integrated campaigns across digital, print, social, and DAZN’s owned and operated inventory. 
• Strong story-telling and promo narrative sensibilities.
• Ensure all creative output is culturally relevant, linguistically accurate, and market-appropriate for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• Partner with regional marketing and programming editorial teams to translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions
• Review, approve, and elevate creative concepts, layouts, copy, and final executions
• Stay ahead of creative, cultural, and design trends within the DACH region and globally
• Present creative concepts and campaign results to senior stakeholders

What You’ll Bring:

• 8+ years of experience in creative leadership roles, preferably within international or matrix organizations
• Proven experience leading in-house creative teams and agencies across multiple channels
• Strong sports-based portfolio demonstrating brand-building, campaign development, and creative excellence
• Deep understanding of the DACH market, consumer behaviour, and cultural nuances
• Fluency in German (native) and English (business fluent) is required
• Excellent storytelling, conceptual thinking, and visual sensibility
• Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Experience working with global brand guidelines and adapting them for local markets
• Experience in sports lifestyle brands and/ or Broadcast
• Familiarity with agile workflows and cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, 30 days’ annual leave, pension contributions up to 3%, a family friendly community, learning and development resources, opportunity for mobile working and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.