Creative Designer, Social Ads (German fluency)

Ahead Health AG seeks a freelance Creative Designer for social ads in Zürich. The role requires German fluency, strong video editing skills, and a hybrid schedule of 2 days per week to produce high-quality, on-brand creatives.

Ahead Health AG is developing Europe's fastest-growing AI-driven preventive health platform, currently operating in Switzerland with plans for European expansion. This freelance position focuses on producing high-volume, production-grade video and static content weekly, establishing a unique visual identity while maintaining rapid turnaround times.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary creative force behind all published materials.
• Transform project briefs into engaging, high-converting ads and deliver polished assets on a weekly basis.
• Produce user-generated content, hook variations, static images, founder-focused videos, and organic short-form clips, moving from initial concept to first draft within 48 hours while maintaining an 80% first-pass quality rate.
• Adapt designs for various placements like Stories, Reels, and Feed from the outset.
• Craft static and animated assets for paid social campaigns that consistently align with brand guidelines.
• Develop and sustain an efficient production system using templates, motion presets, and asset libraries to ensure consistent output.

Requirements

• Minimum of four years in editing paid social and short-form video, including at least two years working with DTC brands or performance marketing teams.
• Keen ability to enhance brand design within paid social, ensuring Ahead Health remains recognizable while developing a distinct visual style.
• Proven capacity for rapid, large-scale production, delivering creatives in days rather than weeks without compromising quality.
• Extensive experience designing for Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram), which serve as the primary channels.
• Proficiency across the full creative stack, including video editing, motion design, and static graphics, with the ability to switch between formats weekly.
• Skill in generating multiple ad variants from a single brief, experimenting with different hooks, cuts, and angles.
• Comfortable sourcing licensed B-roll, stock footage, music, and sound design, including utilizing AI tools to accelerate workflows.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with AI tools while maintaining high aesthetic standards.
• Experience adapting creatives across German, Swiss German subtitles, and English.
• Fluency in both German and English.
• Proficiency in Figma.

Nice to have

• Background in designing for LinkedIn, Google Display, YouTube Shorts, or organic social platforms.
• Experience shooting original video footage.
• Utilization of AI-assisted tools to accelerate production or generate new ad concepts.
• Understanding of Meta algorithms and performance mechanics.
• Proficiency in French.
• Prior work with health-focused brands.
• Experience in health, wellness, or consumer biotech sectors.

About the company

Ahead Health AG combines the precision of a clinical brand with the dynamic energy of a consumer product. Their content strategy aims to deliver exceptional creatives supported by a rigorous yet engaging visual language.

• The content strategy aligns with the goal of delivering exceptional creatives through a visual language that blends clinical precision with consumer product energy.