Working student (all genders) – Communication Design Student in Marketing

Good design makes complex content easy to understand, builds brand recognition, and shapes how a brand is perceived. This is exactly where you come in!

As a working student in communication design, you’ll support our marketing team in helping to shape XITASO’s visual identity and creatively showcasing our themes. In this role, you’ll do more than just design individual graphics, you’ll be involved from the conceptualization stage to the graphic implementation.

We’re interested in a long-term collaboration and are flexible in how we structure the working student position. The expected number of hours is 16–20 hours per week.

• You’ll support our marketing team in the conceptualization and design of various communication and marketing materials (e.g., flyers, brochures, ads, trade show equipment) while contributing your own creative ideas.
• You’ll develop and design graphics and visual content for digital and print media, such as our website, social media, campaigns, events, or print materials.
• You create and optimize professional presentations for internal and external audiences and present content in a visually appealing and easy-to-understand way.
• You explore with us how AI can enrich our creative processes and use AI tools, particularly in the creation and refinement of visual content.

• You are studying communication design, graphic design, media design, or media production or a similar program, and are ideally in the second half of your bachelor’s degree or pursuing a master’s degree.
• You have already gained some practical experience in graphic design as well as in the conceptualization and creation of presentations.
• You have a very good sense of design, visual language, and visual communication and can demonstrate this through your own early work.
• You are proficient in using common design tools such as Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, Canva, or Affinity. Knowledge of Figma or similar applications is a plus.
• You are interested in new design trends and creative technologies and are open to integrating AI tools into your design process. Some practical experience with these tools is a plus.
• You work independently and are well-organized, contribute your own ideas, and excel as a team player through open and respectful communication.
• You have very good German and English skills (at least C1 level) to ensure clear and confident communication within the team and with our partners.

New Work & Culture

• Self-organized teams with plenty of creative freedom
• Responsibility and the opportunity to shape the work
• An open culture of learning from mistakes and giving feedback

Mentoring & Personal Development

• Individual mentoring from day one
• Regular development reviews (catch-ups)
• Leadership on a equal footing, based on trust and respect

Lifelong Learning

• Technical and cross-functional training
• Internal TechTalks, external training courses, and conferences

High-End Software Engineering

• Challenging, innovative, and diverse projects
• Cross-functional teams using modern technologies
• A culture of expertise and cross-team knowledge sharing

Family-Friendly Environment

• Subsidy for childcare costs of up to 250 € per child
• Continued pay for days when children are sick

Community & Events

• Regular events (e.g., retreats, summer festivals)
• Personal interactions & team cohesion
• Part of a diverse, connected community from Day 1

Work Hours & Flexibility

• Freedom to choose work hours and location
• Flexible work time accounts, 30 days of vacation, part-time option, sabbatical & workation
  

Health & Well-being

• Mental Health Task Force
• JobRad & other benefits

Diversity & Inclusion

• Diversity Task Force for a diversity of perspectives
• Culture of belonging: Everyone should feel accepted

Within our standardized and transparent salary framework, the pay for this position ranges from €15.50 to €19.50 per hour and is based on various factors, such as qualifications and experience.

For this role, in addition to your CV, we’d also love to see work samples that give us insight into your previous work, your approach, and your design sensibility.

Please feel free to use the “Other” field in the application form for this. Thank you very much!

Daniela
+49 821 885882-0
work@xitaso.com