Role: Head of Design & Creative Production
Company: JetBrains
Location: Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Cyprus, Serbia, Armenia, or the UK (no relocation)
Job Type: Full-time
JetBrains is an iconic company. As they say it themselves: "it's a Way of Life."
JetBrains builds intelligent tools for software developers and teams. It all started when engineers created IDEs for their own use, acting as engineers, product managers, and testers simultaneously. This short feedback loop has proven highly effective.
They are now famous for a range of products like TeamCity, YouTrack, and others. They also invented the Kotlin programming language, which Google chose as the preferred language for Android app developers.
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And with all of that, the company is 100% private and hugely profitable!
As the Head of Design & Creative Production, you will lead JetBrains' Design organization across Graphic, Web, Video Production, and Computational Arts teams (~35 people). You will report to the VP of Marketing and own both creative execution and operational excellence.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll shape how JetBrains looks, feels, and communicates across all touchpoints from websites and advertising to event experiences and social media. The team is talented and engaged; what they need is a leader who can demonstrate how great work gets done, build the processes that make it repeatable, and integrate modern tooling to produce more, faster, without compromising quality.
Operational Excellence (primary focus):