When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago! By comparing prices from major booking sites, we're making it easy for people to find hotels they want at a price they'll love. In the lively city of Düsseldorf, we seize opportunities to learn everyday, innovate, and make an enduring mark on the travel industry. A career at trivago is a journey designed for people who crave continuous development and want to thrive in a high-performing team. Here you will find those who aren't afraid of change but rather embrace it, turning every challenge into a pathway for growth. Join trivago, work with a great team, and grow with us!

Join us in making a difference

The Brand & Creative Studio team develops and communicates trivago's brand strategy across various touchpoints, constantly adapting to consumer preferences and market trends to maintain competitiveness and resonance with our audience. As a Communication Designer, you'll create visually stunning content that engages and inspires travelers, advertisers, and our corporate audience. You'll conceptualize, craft, and produce digital and printed communication materials while shaping our brand's visual expression and ensuring its high standards.

Your creativity will bring our brand to life across social media, corporate communications, and company events. You'll lead projects from concept to execution, collaborate with talented colleagues, and grow your expertise with industry-standard design tools. This is your opportunity to build an extensive portfolio on diverse topics while making a tangible impact on how millions experience our brand. Ready to create something amazing? We'd love to see what you can do!

How you'll make an impact:

• Conceptualize and design high-impact visuals across digital channels that clearly convey trivago’s brand and product story.
• Own projects end-to-end, delivering on time and at exceptional quality while clearly communicating technical possibilities and constraints.
• Partner with the creative team to shape visual narratives aligned with brand strategy, ensuring every asset reinforces our identity.
• Collaborate with brand and marketing teams to create visuals that resonate with audiences and drive measurable campaign performance.

What you'll need to thrive:

• A Bachelor/Master’s degree in design, branding or advertising.
• 1–2 years of working experiences in a professional design-focused setting such as an agency, design studio or in-house design team.
• Available full-time (40 hours) for 12 months.
• The ability to create highly engaging designs that show a strong attention to detail.
• Advanced skills in communication design, typography, layout, developing creative concepts, design implementation and production.
• Solid knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative applications, esp. Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and preferably also After Effects.
• A passion for new technologies, including familiarity with AI tools for image and video generation, audio processing, and video-to-text applications.
• Having a growth mindset, being proactive and eager to learn are must-haves for us.
• Excellent communication skills that allow you to clearly convey your ideas to team members and stakeholders.

Not ticking every box? We still want to hear from you. Apply, tell us what motivates you, and you could be a great match—now or in the future. This is the recruitment process that you can expect for this role (subject to modifications):

• Screening Call
• Case study assessment
• Technical interview with team + case study voice over

What you can look forward to:

As you grow, so do we. This is why at trivago, we prioritize your development, offer personalized coaching through Nilo, and provide workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, and access to a fully-equipped campus library.

Moving to join us? No problem. You can count on the visa support from our talent support team, a relocation package, interest-free newcomer loan, free language classes, regular team and many company-wide events to build experiences together.

Life happens. We offer self-determined vacation (with a minimum of 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, up to 2 work from home days weekly. Additionally you can work remotely from a different location, within Germany or selected countries abroad for up to 20 days per year. You also get free access to the Heycare platform for personalized nanny assistance, and an on-campus kids room.

Enjoy your office days. Use your daily canteen budget to share lunch with colleagues in our canteen, help yourself to complimentary snacks and drinks in our kitchens, choose from a variety of fitness options with our on-site gym, sports classes, and Urban Sports Club membership, and enjoy the comfort of ergonomic desks and focused work areas.

How does this look? I've crafted the job ad specifically for mid-level creative professionals, emphasizing meaningful collaboration, skill development opportunities, and the chance to build an extensive portfolio—key motivators for The Visual Gatekeeper persona.

Thank you for considering a career at trivago! Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and enriching environment for all talents is at the heart of what we do. We understand that embarking on a new job opportunity is a blend of excitement and curiosity. Should any questions arise before you apply, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on global travel, we look forward to your application!