About us

designaffairs is a strategic design consultancy with the brains, hands, hearts and guts to rock the future. We believe only exploration beyond boundaries will spark truly new ideas that enable our clients to grow and create a sustainable future.

Your Responsibilities

• Your impact as a Senior Strategist will come through leading multi-disciplinary team of researchers, designers and project managers in a hands-on creative environment, establishing the frameworks/storylines that will guide the outcomes

• You are a person who is passionate about leading project teams, hungry to contribute to our culture of exploration, exceptional at uncovering human-centered insights and translating these insights into meaningful opportunities for design and innovation and has the ability to lead tasks throughout the project lifecycle

• You will push both our clients and our internal team by using your industry expertise and solidly grounding research to inspire our design teams, inform better prototypes, and elevate the perspective of our clients

• As an architect of the early project vision, it is critical that a strategist makes clients feel both comfortable and engaged in the entire design process. You will work closely with designers to inject strategic considerations into each step of a client initiative

• You can creatively apply the extensive knowledge of all things research, design, innovation and business that can provide clear and compelling strategic direction to our clients

• You will empower designaffairs and our clients to bring to market truly disruptive products and services

Your Profile

• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, product management and qualitative/quantitative research experience, with solid experience in China

• Experience in identifying and delivering on growth opportunities and bringing products or services to market

• Strong knowledge and experience of research and design theories and methods, both rigorous and creative in the conduction of research

• Past experience in experience/service/product design work is advantageous

• Strong awareness and appreciation for how organizations function, how decisions are made, and by whom

• Speak the various departmental languages including, design, engineering, marketing, brand and communications

• Ability to lead tasks throughout the project lifecycle, serve as the primary contact with clients and suppliers

• A master of finding the new angle of the story that will resonate and inspire our clients

• Please note: Proficiency in English language is required for this position; every additional language is a plus

What we offer

Our agency advises successful brands worldwide and supports customers in the development of holistic product experiences. We think outside the box and change perspectives. Our dynamic team structure and flat hierarchies promote open exchange - we create innovative solutions that inspire. We are more than 100 creative minds: ergonomists, strategists, engineers, designers and ethnographers in Munich, Erlangen and Shanghai. Team spirit really matters to us! Together we enjoy cooking or barbecuing and love to relax on the rooftop terrace.